Grinds


2025 / 26 Terms

Autumn Term 2025 begins on 22nd of September
Winter Term 2026 begins on 12th of January
Spring Term 2026 begins on 23rd of March

🌟 Curriculum-Based Learning: Every session is designed to align with your Junior or Leaving Cert syllabus, ensuring focused preparation.

🗣️ Oral Mock exam: Master your spoken Spanish with focused oral practice to help you shine in the speaking exam.

📝 Exam Preparation: Gain essential strategies and tips to ace your exams with confidence.

🌍 Interactive Classes: Engage in fun and dynamic lessons that build both your language skills and your love for Spanish culture.

👩‍🎓 Small Group Environment: Benefit from more interaction and personalized support in our small class sizes.


Preparing for the Junior or Leaving Cert Spanish exams? Our Spanish grinds at Ola Languages are specifically designed to help students succeed in the oral exam, strengthen their grammar, and gain real confidence when speaking.

All our grind options include mock oral exams with personalised feedback. These sessions help students get familiar with real exam conditions, improve fluency, and overcome nerves—essential for a top-grade performance.

Get the results you need with expert-led classes, tailored to your exam goals and learning style.
With proven results and years of experience, our students consistently improve their confidence and performance — and so can you!


  • Real exam practice with mock orals
  • Structured support to master key topics
  • More fluency, better pronunciation, and stronger grammar

Small group classes

  • 8-week term
  • 1-hour session per week
  • Max. 5 students per group for personalised attention

One-to-one support

  • Fully tailored sessions based on your strengths and challenges

One-day workshops

  • Intensive exam-focused preparation
  • Includes mock oral exams with personalised feedback
  • Available in person (Wexford and Waterford) and online
  • Taught by experienced exam prep teachers
  • Focused on Junior and Leaving Cert curriculum
  • 🎯 Book a free info call to choose the best option

Our small group classes (3–5 students) offer the perfect balance between personalised attention and collaborative learning. With one 1-hour class per week over 8 weeks, students develop confidence through regular speaking practice, targeted grammar work, and exam-style activities—all in a supportive, focused environment.
Ideal for students who thrive in a structured group setting and want to stay consistently prepared.

  • 1st term, kick off: 22th September
  • Junior & leaving certificate
  • Curriculum-Based Learning
  • Small groups 3 – 5 students
  • 3 terms a year (Sep – Dec; Jan – Mar; April – May)
  • 8 week term
  • One 1-hour-class per week
  • Online, Wexford, Waterford
  • Fee: €180€. Book before 8th Sept & save €20

🎯 Secure your spot now – limited places per group


Tailored support for students who need a personalised approach. Whether your child is struggling with specific grammar points, speaking confidence, or simply needs focused preparation for the oral exam, our one-to-one sessions are fully customised.
Flexible scheduling and content ensure that every minute is spent addressing your child’s exact needs.

Fee: €45€ per 50min class.


Our intensive one-day workshops are designed for quick, targeted progress.
Through speaking drills, grammar refreshers, and mock oral exams, students get a clear idea of what to expect—and how to succeed—in the exam.
Workshops are especially useful for students who want a confidence boost or need extra support in the weeks leading up to the test.

  • Small groups – One teacher per twelve students
  • Analysis of sample oral exams
  • Intensive structured interactive sessions
  • Individual question and answer sessions
  • Private oral mock exam with an experienced teacher
  • Tips on how to expand answers, lead the examiner and personalise replies

  • 09:30- 10:00 Registration
  • 10:00 – 11:30 Course teaching
  • 11:30 – 11:45 Break
  • 11:45 – 1:15 Course teaching
  • * The individual mock oral examinations will take place throughout the day

One day workshops will take place in November 2025 & April 2026

Fee: €90


The Leaving Certificate Spanish oral exam in 2026 will be undertaken by SEC appointed examiners in schools and will be held under the same conditions as the 2024 and 2025 exams, with the oral examinations taking place during the Easter holidays. Specifically, it will be held from Saturday, April 12th to Thursday, April 17th, inclusive.