Leaving Cert timetable 2008

timmywex

Confirmed as bring changed now, its out next month, news article here::

Hanafin announces changes to Leaving Cert timetable
08/10/2007 - 13:15:08


Minister for Education Mary Hanafin has announced changes to the Leaving Cert exams timetable in an effort to ease the pressure on students.

From next June, students will no longer have to sit the English, Irish and Maths exams back-to-back.

The move follows concerns about the amount of writing they have to do during the first three days of the exams.

The Department of Education and the State Examinations Commission have now drawn up a new timetable that will be implemented next year.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhmhkfcwauoj/rss2/

spurious

"From next June" - so the proposed changes will be in the 2009 exams?

**edit**
My mistake - I thought this was referring to the proposed holding of exams in May - the SEC have jiggled the English, Irish and Maths about a bit in June by the sound of it.

timmywex

spurious wrote:

"From next June" - so the proposed changes will be in the 2009 exams?

**edit**
My mistake - I thought this was referring to the proposed holding of exams in May - the SEC have jiggled the English, Irish and Maths about a bit in June by the sound of it.

sounds to me like they will just move around the exams in june a bit, the timetable will be available from november this year so we will see then.

SligoBrewer

timmywex wrote:

sounds to me like they will just move around the exams in june a bit, the timetable will be available from november this year so we will see then.

i quite like this idea.

an awful lot better than having paper 1 in may which would have been a logistical nightmare

Naikon

Not fair I tells ya, you should all go through the same horror in the original format, as those preceding you have endured:D

Mushy

Naikon wrote:

Not fair I tells ya, you should all go through the same horror in the original format, as those preceding you have endured:D

Agreed:D

clickclick

possible format is

Day 1 english p1
home economics
Day 2 english p2
chemistry
Day 3 maths p1
geography
and so on
i was banking on an extra week for chem!!!!:eek:

whateva eva eva

clickclick wrote:

possible format is

Day 1 english p1
home economics
Day 2 english p2
chemistry
Day 3 maths p1
geography
and so on

That suits me pretty well. I'm a repeat student so I'm not sitting english. Where did you see this possible format? You don't know the rest of this possible format is by any chance?

1huge1

Hmm fairly interesting but a change was clearly needed, hopefully this will work to our advantage.

clickclick

whateva eva eva wrote:

That suits me pretty well. I'm a repeat student so I'm not sitting english. Where did you see this possible format? You don't know the rest of this possible format is by any chance?

i heard hanafin discuss it on the radio on monday and it was only a possible format. that list isnt definite, more of an example but its the jist of the story.

Davidius

Naikon wrote:

Not fair I tells ya, you should all go through the same horror in the original format, as those preceding you have endured:D

This is the real reason Irish is still compulsory.

genericgoon

1huge1 wrote: »

Hmm fairly interesting but a change was clearly needed, hopefully this will work to our advantage.

If its to your advantage then its to everyone elses advantage and the points will reflect this so tbh even if does make the LC easier in terms of points youll still be in the same situation.

alan4cult

If it were to be introduced for the 2008 exams it would be unfair. The format should be changed for next year. Into the 2007/2008 school year is too late for making a decision. The mocks would need to be the same format and the Department are only bringing trouble on their back introducing it so soon.

cson

Naikon wrote: »

Not fair I tells ya, you should all go through the same horror in the original format, as those preceding you have endured:D

QFT

1huge1

genericgoon wrote: »

If its to your advantage then its to everyone elses advantage and the points will reflect this so tbh even if does make the LC easier in terms of points youll still be in the same situation.

Yes but in terms of pressure

philologos

clickclick wrote: »

possible format is

Day 1 english p1
home economics
Day 2 english p2
chemistry
Day 3 maths p1
geography
and so on
i was banking on an extra week for chem!!!!:eek:

That suits me sweetly I don't do either Home Ec or Chemistry. Heres to hoping!

JSK 252

alan4cult wrote: »

The mocks would need to be the same format and the Department are only bringing trouble on their back introducing it so soon.

But sure like the mock timetable that schools have isnt the same as the leaving cert one is it? so it doesnt really matter what way the exam timetable is made.

Is it November when the timetable will be made available does anybody know?

Mars Bar

Jakkass wrote: »

That suits me sweetly I don't do either Home Ec or Chemistry. Heres to hoping!

You think you got it good?? I don't do Maths, Home-Ec or Chemistry!!:D

PurpleFistMixer

I don't do home ec, chemistry or geography so I'd be perfectly happy with that! However, I like the fact that art and music are near the end, gives more time to study, so wouldn't want them moved. Applied maths could afford to be moved, it fits in with maths and physics so it'd be handiest to get the logical stuff out of the way in one chunk.

timmywex

ah no, leave applied maths and physics alone, im quite happy with where they used to be thanks!!

PurpleFistMixer

Too late now, the department have read my post and will be acting upon my words any moment now.
And on that note, I think it'd be really great if you could bring your english texts in with you. *wink!*

rainbowtrout

alan4cult wrote: »

If it were to be introduced for the 2008 exams it would be unfair. The format should be changed for next year. Into the 2007/2008 school year is too late for making a decision. The mocks would need to be the same format and the Department are only bringing trouble on their back introducing it so soon.

Why is it unfair? Everyone is in the same boat.

Anyway, each school decides when to run their mocks and what timetable they will follow, some schools don't run full length exams or do parts of the exams (eg english and irish essays) in class. Some schools don't even run mocks, so that will have nothing to do with the final timetable.

If a student is sitting the LC in June it shouldn't make much difference whether a given subject is on the 4th,5th or 25th of June, the work should be done at that stage of the year.

PurpleFistMixer

rainbowtrout wrote: »

work should be done at that stage of the year.

But isn't. : p
Well I can't guarantee that to be true, I haven't done my LC yet, but I imagine I'm going to use the extra time before my later exams to get some study in, the time for which I would have sacrificed earlier to do things such as english and irish.

timmywex

changes announced but no timetable yet,

linkinton:

http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?maincat=10861&pcategory=10861&ecategory=10876&sectionpage=12251&language=EN&link=link001&page=1&doc=38363

ZorbaTehZ

timmywex wrote: »

changes announced but no timetable yet,

linkinton:

http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?maincat=10861&pcategory=10861&ecategory=10876&sectionpage=12251&language=EN&link=link001&page=1&doc=38363

Interesting.

PurpleFistMixer

Day 1 - Wednesday 4th June English Paper 1 & Home Economics (Social & Sc)
Day 2 - Thursday 5th June - English Paper 2 & Chemistry
Day 3 - Friday 6th June - Mathematics Paper 1 & Geography
Day 4 - Monday 9th June - Mathematics Paper 2 & Irish Paper 1/Aural
Day 5 - Tuesday 10th June - Irish Paper 2 & Business
Day 6 - Wednesday 11th June - French & History
Day 7 - Thursday 12th June - Biology & Art (History & Appreciation)
(Day 8 - Day 11 along lines of previous year's timetable.)

Damn yeah. Only day of two exams would be Monday. Art History being so soon would be a little annoying, but suppose, nice to get these things over with.

1huge1

care to post the timetable for days 8-11 from previous years? By the way that timetable really suits me, giving me a free day to study just biology is great because I'm terrible at it and after that all I'll have is german which isn't a major problem at all.

timmywex

1huge1 wrote: »

care to post the timetable for days 8-11 from previous years? By the way that timetable really suits me, giving me a free day to study just biology is great because I'm terrible at it and after that all I'll have is german which isn't a major problem at all.

http://www.examinations.ie/exam/2007_LCWrittenExamTimetable.pdf

em, there will be a few changes, for example, tech drawing is on thursday and friday last year but this year it cant be on the thursday, this is the last year there are 2 papers in that though.

alan4cult

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Why is it unfair? Everyone is in the same boat.

Anyway, each school decides when to run their mocks and what timetable they will follow, some schools don't run full length exams or do parts of the exams (eg english and irish essays) in class. Some schools don't even run mocks, so that will have nothing to do with the final timetable.

If a student is sitting the LC in June it shouldn't make much difference whether a given subject is on the 4th,5th or 25th of June, the work should be done at that stage of the year.

I posted that comment to a previous thread about the possibility of exams taking place in May (hence the post date). I don't know how the post ended up here. Was there a thread merge/edit? I think this new idea is fair and I'm sorry for any misunderstanding.

eroo

Does anyone know the exact date the timetable is coming out??

Mars Bar

"I'm a big fan of the Mars Bar Diet. You don't eat the Mars bar, you stick it up your arse and let a rottweiler chase you home."

Ouch...

philologos

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Too late now, the department have read my post and will be acting upon my words any moment now.
And on that note, I think it'd be really great if you could bring your english texts in with you. *wink!*

Yeah, that would be a pretty good addition I must say, but the same should happen with pros in Irish and stuff as well, oh and being allowed to bring in the Bible, Qu'ran, etc (for whatever religion you are going to choose).

PurpleFistMixer

Irish isn't TOO bad, 'cause they give you the poems. Prós wouldn't go astray though!

nc0987

The new timetable is great!! so much more relaxing! fair play minister for ed!! apart from chemistry...why....oh.....why.....
plenty of 1/2 days though!
any1 know when German and history are on??

Xhristy

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philologos

The official link is up now
Practical / Oral Exams: http://examinations.ie/exam/Pract_LC_08_EV.pdf
Exam Timetable: http://examinations.ie/exam/Written_LC_EV_%202008.pdf

oleary91

:Dim finished thursday the 12th..only a week and a day:cool:

Mark200

Jakkass wrote: »

The official link is up now
Practical / Oral Exams: http://examinations.ie/exam/Pract_LC_08_EV.pdf
Exam Timetable: http://examinations.ie/exam/Written_LC_EV_%202008.pdf

I'm quite happy with that.
I'm finished reasonably early (Monday 16th) with Physics and only 3 days where I have 2 exams/papers which are Friday 6th (Maths and Geography), Monday 9th (Maths and Irish), Tuesday 10th (Irish and Business)

Mars Bar

I only have one full day!! that's with french and history! And I have the first Friday off...

PurpleFistMixer

Not too bad.. though I have a sneaking suspicion the Irish Maths Olympiiad (this is making the bold assumption I compete) is the week of the art practicals...

Monday the 9th will be a long day, with Irish finishing at 5.10, though it'll be my only day of having two exams. So hurray for timetable!

JSK 252

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Not too bad.. though I have a sneaking suspicion the Irish Maths Olympiiad (this is making the bold assumption I compete) is the week of the art practicals...

Monday the 9th will be a long day, with Irish finishing at 5.10, though it'll be my only day of having two exams. So hurray for timetable!

Cough cough and that was the same person who complained about the proposed changes last year.:D

PurpleFistMixer

I was complaining about exams on a Saturday. Do you see any saturday exams there?

Daysha

Both Music exams in the afternoon?! Thats ruined a perfect timetable, especially since the composing is now before the listening.

JSK 252

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

I was complaining about exams on a Saturday. Do you see any saturday exams there?

No I dont but I remember quite frankly that you saw no problem with having English paper 1 and 2 on the same day. It doesnt matter if you didnt mention Saturday or not.

PurpleFistMixer

And I may alert you to the fact that I haven't been celebrating the splitting of the English papers. Having only one day with two exams is nice alright, but were English paper 1 and 2 both on the wednesday, I wouldn't be too bothered either.

Also, the saturday (and May) element to the previous exam proposals were the main thing putting me off, so yes, it does matter.

rjt

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

Not too bad.. though I have a sneaking suspicion the Irish Maths Olympiiad (this is making the bold assumption I compete) is the week of the art practicals...

Minor aside: Cramming is usually pointless for the IrMO though anyway, so it's unlikely to take away from your time studying art or whatever. Those that do well at the IrMO are those that generally spend an hour or two most weeks on problems from internet/*******d books. By the week or two before the exam you've done more or less all you can. Of course, everyone learns things in their own way, and I'm not trying to say that the above is always the case, it's just a personal observation from the past two years and talking with people who made the team.

Out of curiosity, where are you doing the lectures? apparently UCD has gone downhill now that Dr.Dukes is gone, I'm told Maynooth have a much better programme.

SligoBrewer

english paper 2 on the same day as chemistry?.. not good

PurpleFistMixer

rjt wrote: »

Out of curiosity, where are you doing the lectures? apparently UCD has gone downhill now that Dr.Dukes is gone, I'm told Maynooth have a much better programme.

UCD. They were never all that organised to begin with, in comparison to Maynooth. (For example, Maynooth apparently put on special advanced classes after the regular *******d lectures...) But UCD is considerably closer, so I just go there. The guy taking over for Dukes seems to be a little confused by the whole thing (for example, not knowing where the arts building is), but so long as he can talk maths it should be alright. I have to admit I don't have high hopes for getting onto the team, but as it's my final year, I'd like to give it a decent try. (Also my parents have been throwing maths books at me.)

philologos

It's good that you have an ambition anyway PurpleFistMixer, I could never get my head around maths

JSK 252

PurpleFistMixer wrote: »

And I may alert you to the fact that I haven't been celebrating the splitting of the English papers. Having only one day with two exams is nice alright, but were English paper 1 and 2 both on the wednesday, I wouldn't be too bothered either.

Also, the saturday (and May) element to the previous exam proposals were the main thing putting me off, so yes, it does matter.

Your not getting me. It doesnt matter.:)

PurpleFistMixer

I'm getting what you're writing. Perhaps you're not writing what you're meaning. ;p