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Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle: Live reaction to day one of the exams

25 minutes ago Up today: Leaving Cert: English paper one (9.30am-12.20pm) and home economic (2-4.30pm); Junior Cycle : English (9.30-11.30am) and religious education (1.30pm-3.30pm) Leaving Cert parent Damian Cullen: 'Is there any chance we can have the kitchen table back?' Exam advice for students (and parents) : 'Allow them time and space to tell their story and move on to the next challenge ' Analysis : Why are more students than ever availing of additional supports in the exams? 7 minutes ago How not to give Leaving Cert advice Thousands of Leaving Cert students are streaming out of exam halls after completing English paper one. We'll have reaction shortly. If as a parent you're wondering how to sympathise / encourage / congratulate your child, here's an example of what not to do ... Your Mother when You have Exams... Posted by 24 minutes ago Leaving cert students this morning preparing to start English paper one at Belmayne Educate Together Secondary School, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Mind-boggling logistics It's only natural to empathise with students on the first day of the State exams – but spare a thought for those involved in the mammoth logistics of the Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert this year. A record number of students – more than 140,000 – started the Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert exams on Wednesday. It involves the secure distribution of about four million exam papers to thousands of exam halls and other settings across the State. In total, there are some 5,900 exam halls and a further 9,500 'special examination centres', typically smaller classrooms. Meanwhile, about 10,000 teachers will work as examiners, over the coming weeks, marking millions of pages of exams.