All the practice adds up
At this time of year, your main port of call is exam papers. Use this isolation time to practice as many topics from each paper as you can.
Try to use a system, so instead of randomly going from topic to topic, pick one topic and practice different questions from that same topic. For example, you might choose to do probability from the 2019 paper two and then again from 2018, 2017, and as many more as you see fit. Then move onto another topic for a few days. Don’t get stuck in the habit of just doing the topics that you like or are most familiar with.
Use this time to get to grips with the topics that you have struggled with, as this is where you stand to learn the most.
First practice a question as if you are doing it in the exam, without using the textbook/ notes/marking schemes. Second, once you are finished, consult textbooks/notes to figure out places that you were stuck in.
Finall,y consult the marking schemes to see the solution and mark your question accordingly.
This may seem like a lot of work on one question but very quickly, after doing just a few years of questions on the one topic, you will have practiced and mastered the majority of what that topic can throw at you.
While home from school, try to maintain consistency in doing maths every day. Before the schools closed you would have had a maths class most days and homework at night; this keeps you well practiced. Try not to lose that edge now that the schools are closed. Do maths questions every day without fail to stay sharp.
Leaving Cert Papers Breakdown:
Paper one main topics: Algebra; indices, logs (HL), functions; sequences and series; financial maths; complex numbers; differentiation and integration (HL).
Paper two main topics: statistics; probability;trigonometry; co-ordinate geometry: the line and the circle geometry.
Maths: Pádraig Creedon