Hi
My first post so apologies if not done correctly.
Daughter is due to start y10 in September and thought that gcse choices were sorted.
School contacted us today to say that due to low grades in end of year test, chemistry and biology will be foundation gcse not higher gcse.
My thoughts are - she has another eighteen months to show she can get better results
Am I putting pressure on her to perform - although I am 100percent sure she understands the subject but just doesn’t get the keywords in exams
She is predicted a grade 8 in art so should she drop science for a better mark
Doesn’t know what she wants to do yet and my main concern is that if she chooses higher predicted grades today that she is limiting future choices.
Happy to work with her on exam techniques.
School day final decision not taken until jan 2021 - but why tell me before course starts if this is the case.
Is getting the predicted highest grades more important than a wider subject choice- only taking eight GCSEs
Thank you for any advice - daughter prepared to work in science subjects but was surprised when art was given an 8 as she didn’t think she was very good at it.
Thanks again x
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TG09 · 10/07/2019 00:28
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