Year 13 -2025/26 - Support, discussion and looking after each other (new thread from y12)

Here we go folks! Good luck to everyone with their first exam this morning.

@Ventressbelated happy birthday to you.

Good luck to all the economists tomorrow.

DS seems a bit too relaxed at the moment. I think the application process was so stressful that he’s almost at the stage of thinking A Levels are the ‘easy’ bit which worries me that he’s feeling a bit complacent. I am trying very hard to bite my tongue. Doesn’t help that his first exam is not till after half-term.

@ArchitectureMumhaven’t seen those TikToks but did manage to turn on the TV as Mama Mia was playing Slipping through my Fingers…

Good luck to all of our YP in this final challenge. Hope all goes well 🙏 💕 ☘️

Thank you all, you are all very kind 🥳

DS will be done within a month too @gingercat02. He has two this week, three next and three in the week following half term. I can’t believe it will all be over soon.

DS has decided to drive to school and will pick up his friend, who is also taking economics so they can test each other.

Good luck to all those taking exams tomorrow! And this week😊

Happy belated birthday @Ventress
DS is quite chilled today (it won't last I'm sure)
A month today and he'll be done.
Geography 1 on Tuesday (physical) History next Tuesday (Russia) Geography 2 (human) on Thursday. Then History 2 (Germany) and History 3 (War of the Roses) after half term.
Leavers assembly on Friday, prom on 3 July, Greece with his friends on 5 July.
Mad to think we almost done with school.

Hope you had a lovely birthday @Ventress, belated best wishes! 🎂🎉 DS is very certain of his uni choices, which is both weird and a relief after weeks of agonising!

He is very focused on revision and has been working hard but was saying that he can’t remember anything. He has started revising online with a mate in the last few days which apparently is helping.

Many thanks for the pencil case reminder, @MamOfTwo! It took DS a while to find his. We’ve now also done a full stationary check (he also needed a ruler).

Can’t believe the first exam is tomorrow! Best of luck to all fellow economists! His next one is geography on Tuesday (both Edexcel, I think).

He is another one with a prom in late June, which seems like a while off but I am sure will come round quickly!

DS has woken in a better mood today, I might try and persuade him to do two papers today.. 😮 maybe Chem and Physics, that’ll make him happy. 😄

He is lucky that they finished their content weeks ago and have been just revising at school so I’m hoping that’s been a boon. I can’t imagine him doing six hours a day.

Hope you had a good birthday @Ventress 🍾🥂

DD has all her normal lessons right up to mid June and no leavers events which feels a bit sad. She has no exams until after half term but is finding some motivation and doing about three hours a day on top of the lessons. Have you seen all the leavers tik toks with the Derry Girls sound tracks? They are making me cry.

Oh wow, @wonderstuff, your daughter sounds like my son. Micro is definitely his weakest, although he’s had a better teacher this year .

Thank you @Fabfabfab😊 good news for your DSs NEA.

i certainly did more revision than DS is doing @JessyCarr! DS is doing edexel I think.

I’ve got DS some Kalms and Rescue Remedy as he has difficulty sleeping and relaxing ahead of the exams. DH has offered to drive him to school.

Yes, I think this is what he will end up trying to do. Maybe 2 hrs of physics and FM per day and one each for maths and comp sci to start with, as physics and FM are first.

Roll on end of June!

How about doing the six hours split between the four? 1.5 hours per subject per day. That’s more or less what I did for 4 subjects, though each 1.5 hour session was actually 2 x 40 mins with a 10-min break in between.

I'm debating what to do about the schools direction to do six hours per day during study leave (two hours per subject) when mines doing 4 subjects. I cannot ask him to do 8 hours a day Mon - Fri ...can I?

Similar vibes here @JessyCarr! It was similar with GCSEs where I remember doing really late nights and last minute revision. My DS takes himself off to bed at 9:30 the night before an exam! His approach is probably better.

I think what is different to when I did exams is that they have time at school doing past papers, know the marking scheme etc. where as I'm sure I was getting taught content right up until the exam and I don't think I did any past papers!

Economics fast approaching here too (anyone else doing Edexcel?).

DD started study leave on Wednesday, appearing to think it was some kind of spa break. I have had to have words with her about pulling her finger out. Nice to have an unconditional offer of course, but we expect her to knuckle down and do her best. Like @JustHereWithMyPopcorn I am hearing that apparently two whole hours a day of past papers is soooo exhausting.

I have so far managed to refrain from banging on about how many hours I did back in the day so I shall just vent on here, if that’s OK!

DC keeps running out of time on Econ past papers. Still managing to get Astar though but annoying he can't finish the questions...The good news is that he got full marks on his History NEA though!

We are same, geography Tuesday and school until half term but on revived timetable from Monday.
DS is persevering. He swings from reasonably confident to despair. He's still doing about 4 hours a day.

I just can’t believe it’s almost time! Dd has done a few hours today but has declared she’s burnt out. First exam is geography on Tuesday. She is in school until half term.

How much work is everyone else doing at the moment?

So many economists! Dd is not feeling confident for Monday, she’s not a fan of her micro teacher and says he wasn’t organised and only just finished the course a week ago, she much prefers macro, we had tears yesterday but she seems a lot calmer today.

New clear pencil case was ordered and arrived yesterday! She’s fretting about the bus, so I’m driving her to the station on Monday. Be glad when this one is done, I don’t think she’s as worried about any of the others.

Must be a different board - AQA is 21st May pure 1, 5th June pure 2 and then option paper 12th.

@SilverBlue4 apparently it's core pure 1 this Thursday coming and then core pure 2 the following

It’s both 🙈 (14th and 21st)

Isn't further maths a week Thursday? 21st?

@Fabfabfab my DS also has economics in Monday and is pretty confident. So much so I think he has left most of his revision to this weekend 🤦🏻

Then the first further maths is Thursday and that's where the pressure is as he has to do really well in that.

Happy birthday @Ventress - hope you have a lovely day and joint celebration!

Good luck for next weeks exams everyone!

DC has his first exam on Monday (econ) and seems quite confident about it. He’s a bit more worried about English (Wednesday I think). Annoyingly he’s left his Durham college selection to the last minute and is now unable to log onto the portal for some reason. Will need to call them on Monday after his exam before the 2 pm deadline and hope he gets through to them…

Sorry @MamOfTwoi should read more carefully! Sociology sounds great- hope the exams go well 🤞

good tip about the clear pencil case etc. I’ve just reminded DS. He always seems to forget his calculator for some reason 🙄

I think DS quite liked the Shakespeare in his lit course, but it’s definitely “marmite”. I hope your daughter enjoyed the NEA. I think DS did, although he had rather a mini-breakdown over the “Girl, Woman, Other” piece he had to do. Perhaps one more similar to your daughter’s would have suited him more.

best of luck to your dc too @JustHereWithMyPopcorn@Echobelly(we have birthday here too, but mine. We missed DS’s birthday due to ill health so plan to have a joint dinner) 🥳 @AuntyBulgaria@hels71

All the best everyone!