Following a mixed reaction to the Leaving Certificate maths paper one on Friday, students this morning resumed their exams with the second maths paper at 9.30am. Irish paper one follows this afternoon, beginning at 2pm. Key readsLeaving Cert: ‘It requires a lot of mental energy to sit a full exam paper’Last-minute advice ahead of the Irish exams10 tips for parents supporting an exam student this monthSign up for our Classroom to College newsletterNiamh Towey - 8 minutes agoLast-minute tips ahead of the Leaving Cert Irish examsHugh Gallagher, author and Irish teacher at Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School, spoke to Jen Hogan ahead of today and tomorrow’s exams.He said it’s better to stick to simple, accurate sentences when writing answers, as opposed to more complex ones, where mistakes can occur.Students also shouldn’t be afraid of a long question in the listening comprehension, and when it comes to the reading comprehension, Gallagher advises students to underline the question words.“Who, what, where, when, why. And then go to the piece and highlight the sentence with those words. Check back then before you write your final answer to make sure that you’re only including the information that was asked for.”You can read the full piece here.Niamh Towey - 13 minutes agoLeaving Certificate students are sitting maths paper two right now, with the exam due to end at 12 noon.There were mixed reviews on Friday’s maths paper one at higher level, with quite a few of you getting in touch over the weekend to say how difficult it was.Of particular concern was a question relating to the tuning of a piano, which certainly put my head in a spin just reading it.Niall Duddy, ASTI subject representative and a teacher at Presentation College Athenry, said this question struck a bum note. “I don’t want to make a song and dance about it, but students had trouble tuning into the question,” he told Peter McGuire.You can read Peter’s full paper review here.Hopefully today’s paper will leave students feeling more calm. Peter will have a full review once the exam ends this afternoon. This evening we move on to Irish paper one, between 2pm and 4.20pm. We will have a paper review for this, too.Please get in touch with any thoughts by email, niamh.towey@irishtimes.com.