Life Skills

Leaving Cert Home Economics

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Life Skills Leaving Certificate Home Economics series including textbook, exam and assignment journal, teacher’s planner, and digital version on a laptop.

Laser Sharp Exam Focus!

Life Skills provides consolidated support for all aspects of assessment, to help your students maximise their results.

The Student Textbook has exam-focused sections and tips throughout. Past-paper questions are included with the recommended time allocations and marking schemes.

The Exam and Assignment Journal includes sample answers for each core unit and elective. The dedicated Food Assignment section gives a complete breakdown of the Practical Food Studies assignment and tips for success in the practical.

Life Skills Home Ec Teachers Quiz graphic featuring images of a classroom, apartment block, fresh food, and a Focus Ireland charity walk.

Home Ec Teachers Quiz

We are delighted to announce Marion Kingston in Kildare and Mary Cummins in Tipperary are the winners of our Home Ec Teachers Quiz and have each won a €150 One4all voucher!

Congratulations Marion and Mary! All winners have been contacted.

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Saves you Time!

Life Skills saves you valuable time in a number of ways:

  • The content is concise and clearly mapped to every topic of the syllabus
  • The Teacher's Planner includes yearly and chapter plans and a range of resources for the classroom
  • The topical eNewsletters will keep lessons fresh and up-to-date
  • The digital resources include ready-made PowerPoints and recipes

Check out this two minute overview of Life Skills

Open spread from Skills for Life Junior Cycle Home Economics showing Chapter 1 on Food Science and Nutrition, with sections on food choices, nutrition, and sensory factors.

Expertise Guaranteed

Life Skills is written by the successful author team of Skills for Life and Lifelines, Carmel Enright and Maureen Flynn.

The Teacher's Planner is written by Fidelma Nolan-Quinn, an experienced teacher and examiner, and includes a range of resources and methodologies to support exam-focused teaching of the syllabus. 

Skills for Life Junior Cycle Home Economics textbook series with Teacher’s Guide, Skills & Learning Log, and digital resources on tablet and laptop screens.

Skills for Life for Junior Cycle Home Ec

Written by experienced authors Carmel Enright and Maureen Flynn with consultant reviewer Maria Hickey, Skills for Life is the complete teaching solution for Junior Cycle Home Economics.

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