Programme

Sixth Year (12th Grade)

Ages 17 to 18. The Leaving Certificate year: exam revision, essays and typing ready for college and work.

Keyboard Fluency: College-Ready TypingTyping at 40 words per minute and beyond: lecture notes, essays, citations, emails to lecturers and long sessions without strain.10 lessons

English: Shakespeare - HamletPlot, characters, themes, soliloquies and key quotations from Hamlet, and how to write a single-text essay.10 lessons

English: Composing the EssayChoosing a composing task, personal essays, discursive and persuasive essays, short stories, speeches and articles, with style and structure.10 lessons

English: Exam Technique and RevisionComprehension questions, functional writing, the comparative and poetry answers, timing and using the marking criteria.10 lessons

Maths: Integration and Further CalculusDifferentiating products and quotients, the chain rule, integration, definite integrals, area under a curve and applications.10 lessons

Maths: Exam RevisionKey facts and techniques from algebra, coordinate geometry, the circle, trigonometry and financial maths for the final exam.10 lessons

Biology: Genetics, Human Systems and EcologyDNA replication and protein synthesis, genetic engineering, the endocrine and nervous systems, defence, nutrient cycles and conservation.10 lessons

Chemistry: Organic Chemistry and EquilibriumHydrocarbons, functional groups, alcohols and acids, polymers, fuels, rates, equilibrium and industrial chemistry.10 lessons

Physics: Electricity, Waves and Modern PhysicsElectric fields, capacitors, electromagnetic induction, transformers, the photoelectric effect, radioactivity, fission and fusion.10 lessons

History: Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe 1920 to 1945Mussolini, Weimar Germany, Hitler's rise and rule, Stalin's Soviet Union, the Spanish Civil War, appeasement and the legacy of the war.10 lessons

Geography: Geoecology and Global InterdependenceSoils, biomes, the tropical rainforest, human impact on ecosystems, trade, aid, debt and the global economy.10 lessons

Economics: The MacroeconomyEconomic growth, unemployment, inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, the budget, exchange rates, trade and the great economists.10 lessons

Business: Management, Marketing and EnterpriseManagement skills and activities, motivation, industrial relations, the marketing mix, the product life cycle, business ethics and the EU.10 lessons

Computer Science: Projects, AI and EthicsThe software development life cycle, user testing, version control, APIs, machine learning, bias and responsible computing.10 lessons

Politics and Society: Globalisation and the European UnionGlobalisation, EU institutions, Ireland in the EU, human rights in Europe, migration, sustainable development and global justice.10 lessons

Careers: College, Apprenticeships and WorkThe CAO, points, access routes, further education, apprenticeships, grants, choosing a course and starting work.10 lessons

Life Skills: Ready for Adult LifePPS numbers, registering to vote, renting a home, tenancy rights, tax, payslips, credit, insurance, learning to drive and health.10 lessons

Arts and Music: Modern and Contemporary CultureMusic of the 20th century, jazz and popular music, modern Irish artists and designers, architecture and culture today.10 lessons