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MATHS | Leaving Cert Ordinary Level | Junior Cert Ordinary Level | Full Time | Grinds | Courses With the introduction of 25 bonus CAO points for a score greater than 40% in higher maths, the number of students choosing to continue maths at higher level has increased significantly. At Hewitt College, very few students drop back to ordinary level, success rates are high, and most importantly, our students have a firm grasp of mathematical concepts. This is vital to their education and future career prospects, as many of our students will pursue STEM college courses. As there is no restriction on subject choices at Hewitt College, students that are interested in Science and STEM subjects may choose all or any of the following: Agricultural Science, Applied Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Physics. Complementary subjects: Applied Maths, Physics, DCG. -
Irish | Leaving Cert Higher & Ordinary Level | Junior Cert Higher | Full Time | Grinds | Courses Irish is a compulsory subject at Leaving Certificate Level. Here at Hewitt College, students have regular one-to-one oral classes with members of the Irish department so that they can maximise their potential in the Oral Examination, worth a massive 40%. As well as course work classes, they also have weekly aural classes. Our 6th year teacher, Ms Elaine Hammond, is an experienced State Examination corrector and Oral Examination Examiner. Written work is regularly assigned, corrected and returned. -
FRENCH | Leaving Cert Higher & Ordinary Level | Junior Cert Higher | Full Time | Grinds | Courses French is nationally, by far the most popular choice as a third language with almost 26,000 students choosing French as their foreign language for Leaving Certificate in 2018. We pride ourselves in Hewitt College on the excellence of our modern languages departments. You will be taught by Leaving Certificate textbook author Patricia McGrath, and all full-time students have weekly one-to-one French oral classes with our native-speaking French tutor, Antoine Madiot. In Hewitt College, there is no blocking of subjects, and students may study any or a combination of French, German and Spanish. Japanese and Italian may also be facilitated on a private basis.
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ENGLISH | Leaving Cert | Junior Cert | Higher & Ordinary Level | Full Time | Courses English is a core subject, required to fulfil entry requirements for college. Higher English can be intensive, due to the extensive nature of the course, which includes poetry, reading comprehension, essay writing and a comparative study of three pieces of literature|film. Written work is assigned and corrected our experienced teachers and State Examination correctors. Complementary subjects: History, Religion, Politics and Society (available from September 2019).
