Thanks for those 2 videos, very interesting. Especially liked the 2nd one which made a very good point that although about 50% of results will be changed from what the teacher predicted (up and down), adjustments are made every year anyway so the grades don't improve too much year on year..
This may help explain later to DD if she doesn't get a certain grade which she believes she deserves . For example an 8 in PE, she has been working at this grade, never getting lower in tests or homework etc, got an 8 in Mocks - didn't spend as much time revising as some other subjects so COULD have got a 9 in exam but who knows. It's possible that she will actually be awarded a 7. Her school cohort this year are much lower predicted grades in PE, most of the class were working at 3/4/5 apparently, so I suspect that the results in previous 3 years weren't many 8s. This may well mean that although she deserves an 8 she won't get it. And even if she was at a school where lots had 8s before her, the grade could be reduced to a 7 if lots more people also predicted 8s nationally, which would have happened anyway even if they had taken exams and too many got 8 results. I don't think DD is aware of this happening every year and it wasn't just about what score you got on the exam itself.
I can see some tears coming tbh, if DD doesn't get the grades she believes she deserves, but I am guessing that in some subjects her grade may be higher than she believes (fingers crossed anyway).
I've tried to get across to her that it doesn't really matter if it's a 7, 8, or 9, or 5,6,7 (Chemistry as she is around a 6) as long as she gets what she needs to do the next thing, at the school she wants to go too (another story as she still hasn't decided to stay or go)…
DD seems more unsettled now that the exams would have been over, even though she has met up with friends, it's now that she knows she would be having "the best summer of her life"..
She is doing some A level bridging work, but not lots. Seems to be sleeping later and later. (going to sleep later as well as waking up later). I am leaving her to her own devices at the moment. I can see from her message board in her room that she is doing some work, stretching, exercise routine, tidying her room, sorting clothes etc - she is like me in that she loves a list to tick off :-)
August 20th seems so very far away, so fingers crossed we all cope (us and the Yr11s) !!