When to study?

MW2FAN

Hi, big year this year. Doing my junior cert in are scoil dis. And I was just wondering when I should start studying. And are there any tricks of the trade I should know?

Ps. Training Tuesdays and Fridays just incase for study plan.

Thanks y so much -kevin

VG31

Starting after Christmas should be fine. You could start sooner but you risk losing motivation.
(Did JC last June).

spurious

Do your homework as if it was an exam question.
If you are finding you don't quite understand something, ask your teacher. This doesn't have to be in front of the class if you'd rather not, though if you don't understand something, I guarantee you're not alone.
Listen properly in classes and try not to miss days.

MW2FAN

Cheers spurious as I sit in bed with a chronic cough. I'll be in on monday�� thanked lads keep the advice coming!

spurious

MW2FAN wrote: »

Cheers spurious as I sit in bed with a chronic cough. I'll be in on monday�� thanked lads keep the advice coming!

When you go back, get a quick catch up on what you've missed - especially in subjects like Maths, where it's very easy fall behind because you missed one thing, one day.

billy100

Take good heed of the passed papers , they are a great study tool, if you can understand what's asked and how to answer them, your a long way there

IrishLassie26

Hi! I did my JC last year and got 11 As so things went well for me

As already said, do all the homework you get including anything your teacher tells you to learn, don't skip over things. Listen in class, ask questions, don`t miss days. Stay on top of things by using class tests, Christmas and Mock exams to revise the chapters given. When you have it studied for class/Christmas tests it will be easy to revise again for mocks.

One thing I did was make lots of your own notes. I went through so much paper but it really helped. Take a new page for every chapter and write down the key points (history), terminology (science), new words or phrases (languages) and for every other subject the main lines.

Prepare your work by writing sample answers for exam paper questions and learn them. This really helped me in history and Irish as when I seen the question I knew the answer off, I didn't have to plan it. Also, make sure to work your way through the exam papers.

For maths, I just stuck to studying the exam papers as the book is really no use. Try to answer the question first yourself, check the answer and then make corrections. For any questions I didn't know how to do or were new to me, I wrote down the method. We had educate papers I think so I also bought the solutions online.

For English ensure you have structure to your answers (introduction, main body, conclusion. For any studied drama, poetry or novel include loads of quotes. Correctors love quotes!

Also for any subjects that have a practical or project included in the exam, give it your all. Some people in my class wrote any old thing for the CSPE project as they said ah sure its CSPE but not to many got As.

As for when to start, I always worked hard from first year but only did the normal study necessary for tests. In third year, I began making notes from September and after Christmas I really got stuck in. Try your best for your mocks if you have them as they give you a great idea of timing and ability in the exam. However, you don't need to panic for the mocks there's still plenty of time after, but still work hard. Basically don't get burned out from the mocks, remember there`s another 3 months after!

Best of luck in the JC! Now that I look back on it and compare it to Leaving cert it really is nothing! Any questions just ask or PM me!