General

Stop studying 30 minutes before the exam, put yourself in a nice space, don’t talk to your friends as it makes you think you don’t know it. Believe in yourself.

Ann Marie Kearney, 

Adamstown Community College, TUI

English

For English paper one: planning, planning, planning. Don’t put a word on the page without knowing what you’re going to say. For paper two: don’t be afraid to say what you think, it’s not a test of what someone else said but what you think.

Fintan O’Mahony, 

ASTI subject rep

Home economics

Familiarise yourself with the layout of the exam paper and format of question areas A, B and C. Planning is essential as it is very demanding time-wise – it is vital you have your time mapped out for every question.

Ann Marie Kearney, Adamstown Community College, TUI