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Excellent! We are all sorted then! You seem to have packed all the essentials! I’ll bring a pesky 🐈‍⬛ to pop on the broomsticks ( that we won’t use for sweeping!!) 🧹 😈😹

@Sisublondie
Yes!
All are welcome in my swampy abode 😊🍁🍂🌿🕸🌩🕷🍄🥂🧁

…Can I come with?! We can have a second outpost for Swampblondie too! In between stirring the potion pot! Switch between the sea 🌊 side, and the swamp in the woods…. You know, JUST BECAUSE WE CAN!!! 🧙 🌟 😻😹!!

Ha!
My mn nn is very much my peri menopausal dream...I really, really now understand our ancestors wanting to live in the woods alone and make potions and scare men 😄

Ookkkaaaayyyyy! Well! I, for one, am LOVING the “slutty vampire” 🧛‍♀️ 💃 concept!! Beats shoving a “ghost face” mask on! And, hey, anything that can perk up and motivate her out of her sick 🤒 bed…. Go, Swampwitch Jnr! .. speaking of which…., SwampWITCH 🧙🤷‍♀️?! Any regular outfits for you, in a regular year? …
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….. I’m so sorry that you are still feeling pants.. 🤒.. hopefully the antibiotics may start to work overnight, hopefully you will be able to get some good rest, and hopefully tomorrow may see a turning for you…🤞🙏🤞💕 🤗x

@Sisublondie
She's planning to go as a - and I quote - "slutty vampire 🧛‍♀️ 🦇🤷
She seems to be feeling better, sadly I'm still full of whatever plague this is I've got 😷

Wow! Thank you for letting us know this! A “ grade up” week sounds perfect!! Is this, in your experience, on a college by college basis? As in, is it the norm on BTEC courses, or college specific?

DS has his first assignment due in on Monday. He went in on Wednesday on his day off, to ostensibly use library ( I think he did!) and spent all day there today, too. He had part of a “ Q&A” section outstanding, so I’m trying to find out if it is something he can complete over the weekend, or he needs to question specific people ( for example, he had both the police and fire service in last week).

Anyway, 🙏 so much! it’s very reassuring to hear that BTEC appears to be geared up to help students succeed and achieve…. ( as oppose to the horror or everything being based on final exams!).

🙏

@swampwitch0… as to outfit, I mean!!! 🙄😹

Hey!, how are you today?! How is DD today??! Did the issue of college arise? If so, I do hope DH stepped up! And, I’m hoping it didn’t turn out to be the 🤮 lurgy too 🤞🙏🤞…

The Halloween party 🎃 👻 🦇 sounds bloody brilliant! I know she’s poorly, so I’m sure can’t think of anything worse!, but thoughts?! x

Thats a great idea

Resubmissions and how they are done depends on the college.

I've worked in a few colleges and the best resubmission was that we had a 'grade up week'. This week there was no time table so teachers were available to give advice and to look over work.

If you had anything that wasn't a pass you had to come in and bring your work up to a pass. If you had a passes or merits on assignments you had the option to come in and upgrade your work.

If you had distinctions or you were happy with your grades you got a 'reading week' ie a week off.

Oh, dd has a college trip in a couple of weeks and was delighted to get an invite to a Halloween party from a new friend

@Sisublondie
I'm not sure...hoping not! 😬
I feel shocking tbh and am hoping if dd goes in to college tomorrow dh might drop her 🙏
Not much planned for the weekend fortunately

Not a such! There was an event about a work experience trip which I went to, with opportunity to chat to lecturers afterwards. DS’s weren’t there, but! Had a fab chat with his ALS contact, so was absolutely worth going in that regard! As I get zip from DS!!!

I would absolutely go to that! Great opportunity!😸

Hey, just got back, rushed from work to get DS from college and out to pub as it’s his birthday Bb 🥳🥳🥳

Nightnare 🤯! Poor thing!! And poor you! How are YOU feeling? Do you think ( fear) X”s 🤮 bug has trot into our house??? Sending get well wishes!! 🍀 💕x

Just had an email for an online "meet the tutors" evening in October.

Dd off today as she's no better ("oh, X from college was throwing up all night on Tuesday"...🙄)
She's doing some work on her portfolio (watercolours)

We had an information evening last week, which was a very waffly presentation from the principal followed by a talk from the tutor. There's also a proper parents evening happening later in the term, with individual tutor meetings.

Anyone else got a "parents evening"?
We've got a "meet the teachers and ask questions" evening coming up. Quite unexpected as DS1 attended same college (different course) and we were told nothing ever.
I'll be browsing this thread again before I go to check I ask everything I could need to know.

Awwww as to DD…. 🤞🤞🤞 she takes a positive turn over night.

And, yay as to antibiotics 💊! Sometimes they are just needed to squish nasty ass lurgys 🤒 in their tracks…. Pop your nighttime one, plenty of liquids. And snuggle up 💕 x

@Sisublondie
I got some antibiotics 💊
Dd still not feeling 100% but we'll see how she is tomorrow 🤞

Ahhhhh, oooh, excellent!!! Thank you SO much for researching that!! That is so helpful- and a world away from the seeming comparable insanity of exams! ( certainly for DC like my ND DS).

Your DS sounds like he really has got an aviation passion! My DS is in that field, but more on the less fun side 🙄😹. I love how you DS has confidence to know his passion, and is open to where that may take him!

It’s great he has feedback on what additional work is required for this assignment, and I hope it goes well!!

🙏 again for the heads up. Much appreciated! 😸

I can imagine the opening credits, now…….!! 👩‍⚖️ 🕵️‍♀️!

I hope the Doctor’s Appointment went well! 🤞🙏, DD’s migraine and dissipated and things are generally a heap perkier for you tonight! 🤞.. sending 🤗 x