Science GCSEs level 1 start this week!

Pat, bit misleading about the 10 mark question - no part of a question is worth more than 6 marks, though that is bad enough for the kids that find literacy a challenge. The 10 marker is several subparts totalled - that has always happened.
Not AQAs fault - some government directive and all the exam boards have had to do the same and include these longer written answers.

Overseas alert. DS yr 11 is doing gcses and tomorrow 5pm (our weekend) he has Eng Lit, its not his fav, he has extra time, laptop and a reader. He has revised, I know he has I could answer the questions myself, but I did let him go out today to see the round the world yachts, he aspires to have a gap year sailing and he has worked hard. it caused a big dicussion argument between DH and I.

DD1 has said it was 'ok' too, not too bad - fingers crossed she is right! However, she has a maths assessment tomorrow which she hasn't concentrated on at all so is closetted away doing that now (wish they would space them out a bit better!)

Well, exactly! I apprecaite that at a moments notice her first science teacher may not have known whether she was single or double science, but knowing how the classes are named, surely he'd have worked it out by asking her what set she was in! (Sets 1, 2 and 3 do double or triple, 4, 5 and 6 do single)

And surely, someone who has already got a B, would stand out a bit, from the students who are resitting to try and get a C? There can't be that many in her set 2 class that have to re-sit! He's had her for a year and half fgs!

Anyway, ultimately, it's her own fault she had to do it. If she'd pay a bit more attention and looked at the list of exams she has, which is clearly on display in the kitchen (since before Christmas) she'd have known!

CBG? I'll look into it - they must be doing the same board presumably if they've sat the same exam today?

Maureen - it all sounds as bit bonkers actually - the fact that her name wasn't on the list but they let her sit the exam anyway?

And I'd be cross and speak foully if I was him too.

Soz, that was for Shirl.

I don't know what board he's doing, but mine has a revision CD which he says is marvellous, CGB I think

Maybe, but I'm a bit cross that one of her science teachers thought she should be doing it in the first place and secondly why the hell didn't she know when her bloody exams are! She's 16 fgs!

Also feel a bit bad for the kids who got a C in November Yr10. They haven't had the freebie entry to bump it up to a B. She said it was quite easy, which it probably would have been, since she's done another yrs work and they've said she can keep the new grade if it's an A or A*.

Haha! Maureen! ha!

Pat - Nope, his revising has been a bit hit an miss for this anyway - biology is his least favourite of the sciences - so I'm going to use this as a learning exercise, so I can say "SEE? Told you you should have revised more"

Hully - Oh DS is all CROSS - his new maths teacher is a bit shit and his grades (and those of his class) have dropped pretty dramatically, he got an A grade for the last module - so he's frothing at the mouth about it. I've just had to send him a text warning him about the bad language!

I don't know where he gets that from either

Shirl it's worse that way than if they don't care, isn't it?

Mine really cares too, he goes all hangdog and I've-let-you-downish. Spineless BARSTARD

Doesn't make it easy that I have 2 classes going through it as I have a top set doing biology today and my bottom set doing chem next week.

45 kids to fret about!!!

Hull; that sounds good.
Shirley;he will be fine, he may not have revised the bits that were on it as he already knew it quite well??!

Oh Maureen that is fab!

Sooo, DD did her single Science paper today.

For those of you paying attention, earlier up thread I mentioned that DD was in fact sitting the 4th part of double science in a few weeks!

Aparently, I TOLD her last night that Science was today. Why she didn't know herself, I have no idea, but there you go!

So, she arrives at the exam hall. Her name is not on the list. She is sent to one of her Science teachers, who says, yes, you should be sitting it. She goes back and the exams officer tells her it's fine, there are spare papers, so we can get you in, don't worry.

After the exam, she goes to see her other science teacher, who says, 'why did you do that? You've already got a B for that paper, you did it in November of yr10!'

Oh I know Bella, he just puts too much opressure on himself (it's not me - I'm pretty laid back really and was all "WOOHOO!! YOU DID WELL!!" and he's all "I SHOULD HAVE GOT AN A" )

I don't know where he gets this drive from - it sure as shit ain't me.

Yes Pat, everything crossed for you and them.

DS just rang. Apparently it was "all right, but oh well can I go to my friend's if I revise a lot at the weekend?"

DS has taken music too Orm .

Oh Shirls, it will be ok. He will be ok...

Does he need a scribe though Hully? If he can write himself, has a reader or uses a laptop then it won't apply as he will be writing himself and can gain maximum marks if he answers well.

Only 3 pupils in my bottom set of 15 have no scribe, reader or extra time. They are attempting the Chemistry paper next week and I just feel that they would have done so much better on last year's syllabus

Right. Got a text - nothing he revised for was in the test.

Fabulous. He sounds really downhearted actually.