Hi Just wondering if anyone knows about this and whether it's a worthwhile GCSE to have? My daughter is in year 10 and is doing it now and i'm not very impressed with what she's learning so far!
We did not want to do this in the first place but because my daughter was really struggling with maths at the time, we asked if instead of doing another GCSE she could do a support class so she could do extra Maths in it and have more time to spend with Maths revison. This was supported by the Maths teacher (who is also her form tutor) and she thought it was a really good idea as she was only predicted a D in Maths and they wanted to get it up to a C but she was really struggling. In all other subjects she is really good and is predicted all A's and B'and has already done part of her GCSE in English and got A* and Science an A. So it was only Maths that we were worried about hence wanting the extra help to try and push her grade up to a C, so that she would get all A-C.
Anyway her tutor said she couldn't see a problem but at the last minute one of the people in charge of options said no to it as although she struggles with Maths, the support is for people with special needs, so she suggested doing Asdan as she said they do number handling and other Maths skills. So i didn't really know much about this subject at all but on the advice of the teachers and because it was so last minute and had to pick and because of them saying it would help her Maths we agreed even though we weren't particularly happy.
So she has been doing it for the last few months and she hates it. She is the only one in the whole class who doesn't have special needs, she said that she fnishes the work and justs sits there while the teacher is still trying to explain to the other kids. She is just finding it so easy and doesn't see the point at all. She feels really patronised because the TA comes over and says things like 'Do you know how to use Google?'. 'Do you know how to spell the word Even?' She just feels really embaressed and like when she passes it won't even be a acheivement. Today she even came home with a letter saying they have to get bus to see how they go a journey and time it. She gets the bus every day to school so she just thinks whats the point? Another thing they have to do is take a picture of their room before and after tidying it!!
I just don't think it's helping her at all and don't think anyone will be impressed with that on her C.V or people will wonder why she did it?
Don't really know what we can do now though because it's a bit late to change to something else now because she will be four months behind everyone and hard to catch up really.
What does everyone think? Should i ask if she can leave? Or does anyone think it's actually a good thing for her to do? Or has anyone elses child done it and was it worthwhile?
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Madz · 10/01/2013 17:25
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