Year 12 - 2024/25 - Support, Discussion and Looking After Each Other (Thread 2)

My DD just got back from 2.5 weeks in Asia on a biodiversity trip with school. Completely off grid for some of it and no contact for over a week. I think it was good for both of us. It made me think about when I went travelling in the 80s and 90s and how difficult it was to keep in touch.
She had a great time but is glad to be home!
She’s now buckling down for the UCAT…..
DS has some work experience with a law firm coming up.

He's back late tomorrow evening, cannot wait for him to be safely on the plane now, I've had enough worry. I've taken up colouring to try and calm myself down in the evenings and it's not working but I have got some nice pens 🤣

@Newlease that’s great news and good luck with the ESAT prep.

@SilverBlue56 when is your DS back? Hope he’s had the most amazing time.

Great end of year 12 for us too, got email from teacher about Pg moved up as it was on the boarder, now to keep up with predictions!
Which also means we will be continuing with 4 subjects. All these made me start thinking of DS’s GCSE choices( End of Y7 email says they need to choose next yr), thanks to this thread. As you say, time flies and Year 12ended with last day at Airshow.
prepping for ESAT now, coming to reality of topics to be covered, holiday and then only three more weeks left to start year 13. Only just settling into week 1.
I wonder if it’s only me but I felt like my school years felt like eternity( boarding schools, never allows to go until end of terms-always wanted to go to grandmas).
We haven’t checked out any other uni’s after Bristol, ICL and Southampton. Focus will need to be on tests now, I guess.
Anyone else on uni thread on FB suggested by MN. People worrying about results/accommodation and all sort of stuff 😭
we will be soon there, should enjoy this year properly. Enjoy summer everyone

Dd is in a similar position as a pp now she has her predicted grades. She wants to do engineering and loves Nottingham, The open day was great and we can’t see a single negative. They ask for A A A and say that they offer to everyone predicted that. And as long as she gets an A in maths, they will likely accept her. Dd has been predicted A star in maths and A A in her other subjects. Not really sure what else to look at now though. She has always thought that Newcastle will be her insurance at BBC. It all seems a bit too simple!

Mine climbed Poon Hill at 4:30am Nepali time for the sunrise and has finished day 3 of the.5 day trek after that.

He's been away for 11 days and I haven't heard from him once, I only know what's going on from other parents 😫

I will be relieved when they are out of the mountains and back in the city, and even more relieved when he's on the plane home.

I am enjoying the lack of cooking, nagging and being woken up by him crashing about too late / too early though 😁

Can't quite believe we are halfway through A levels. DS finished yesterday and hit holiday mode straight away. Tennis in the afternoon, Nandos and then a party at a friend's.
He was still talking to someone when I woke up at 3am!
Apparently he has loads of work for the hols, so we need a chat about that at some point but he needs a chill out first.
Well done to DC and us for making it through Y12.

Great news @WoodlandFlowers . What does she want to do and where have her pg opened up as possibilities?

We’ve just got dd’s predicted grades as well. Thrilled that they are above what she needs for her number 1 choice. She is now not sure whether to even go to any more open days

Great PGs @lalux, well done to your DS!

That's a long journey @bluefineliner DS's trip is going to be a little longer than that both ways, just found out last week they are not flying direct. Nightmare! Glad she got to make friends with some new people, it's not easy being the newbie.

@Lalux well done to your DS on the PG!

Well DD has returned from her school trip to Paris having had to endure a return coach journey with delays taking 18 hours in total! I picked her up at 4.30am so we were all a bit jaded yesterday. She had a great time and met some new people who she hadn't had opportunity to talk to at school before which was great. DD moved to a new 6th form and found it hard to get to know any others apart from those in her subject classes so this trip was great for her ahead of y13.

After catching up on sleep she is now going to have to start UCAT prep but seems to be taking it in her stride atm. I tried to do some research to allow for plan b, c and d if UCAT doesn't go well but I just went round in circles and concluded we can't make any plans at all until she's got the result.

I am not good at 'wait and see' but am trying my best to hide it and appear chilled about it all in front of DD 😂.

Predicted grades worth waiting for! Well done to your son @Lalux

Fabulous @Lalux, very well done to your ds

We have to wait until September for predicted grades as AS results will play a big part. DS has found out which teacher will be writing his UCAS reference this week and he’s pleased so that’s good.

Y12 done and we finally have PGs which DS over the moon with but also he’s been very consistent and has been predicted as hoped for 3 A Stars.

Wishing all a lovely holiday ahead.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5373976-how-important-would-a-russell-group-uni-be-to-your-employer?page=7&reply=145726012

Interesting thread in case any of you haven't already seen it!

DD has work experience this week (enjoying it so far!). Y12 has been a good year for her, feeling grateful.

Good luck to all prepping for all the "acronym" tests! And hope all (YA and us oldies!) have a good summer.

Well done to your daughter @Philandbill, that’s an excellent result!

Thank you @wonderstuffthat’s really good to know.

DS finishes on Friday lunchtime. This week has been a week too long for him, he’s very grumpy!

well done to your DD @Philandbill !

@Philandbill well done to your DD on the English lit grade!

@Waspie I hear you about our imagined 'stress free Y12 😂'. Maybe its a good preview to prepare us for Y13, DD keeps telling me everyone knows Y13 is the most awful year ever!

DD is currently on a school trip to Paris and seems to be having a great time. Back Friday, so Y12 is done here too. Our summer may be a stressy one but I also think it will go very quickly too. We go on our summer holiday later in August so looking forward to it even though DD will be doing mock UCAT exams the whole time.

Hope everyone has a lovely break.

DD finishes on Friday, church service in the morning and tutor time then home at lunchtime. Last day of term is always this pattern as it's a faith school. She's had a good year - heard yesterday she got a high B in her Eng Lit mock and Lit is the subject she finds hardest- but she is ready for a holiday.

Dd finished yesterday, the colleges seem to have fewer days in than school, I’m a school teacher and break up Friday. She tells me she has lots of summer work.

We have a beach day tomorrow and a half day on Friday other than that a normal week

DS breaks up on Friday and for year 12 it’s a normal week. On timetable and homework still being set!

I like the look of Lancaster, it has a great reputation, but DS has ruled it out as too far away.

Have everyone's DC finished term now? DS breaks up Thursday but they don't seem to be doing much anyway. He has also created a work plan via Chat GPT for the summer. Whether he sticks to it is another matter of course.

I wish everyone and their DC a very relaxed but productive summer break. I can't believe year 12 is over now. To think that back in September I thought year 12 would be relaxed and reasonably uneventful - how wrong I was!

My dsil is on the senior team at Lancaster, they are having to make some cuts, but I don’t think it’s as awful as some unis, certainly she’s encouraging dd to consider it as an option and I’m sure she wouldn’t if there were significant issues with student experience. They are trying to encourage more home UG students to make up for fall in overseas PG, but I think everywhere is. She does think there may be more wiggle room in grade expectations this year, particularly for 1st choice places. Dd is predicted AAB and she’s encouraging her to look at some higher tariff options.