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I got it wrong, the school doesn't want DD to do 14 GCSEs

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KatyMac · 11/01/2012 21:52

Only 12 plus 2 Btechs

That's not fair

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seeker · 14/01/2012 19:53

Katy, what happens if you say " neither Ms Mac or I want her to do 12 GCSEs. She is doing (x) and (y) outside school- it is too much for her. So she is going to drop (a)(b) and (c) with immediate effect. Thank you."

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KatyMac · 14/01/2012 19:42

If you are in set 3 you do this timetable, set 1 have more set 5 less

So I wish DD was in set 5 - possibly

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Ponders · 14/01/2012 19:36

they're very bossy, aren't they!

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KatyMac · 14/01/2012 18:24

She also wants to use her Djembe - I think she needs a more traditional instrument or maybe sing

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KatyMac · 14/01/2012 18:22

Because they aren't offering it over 2 years, it's either 1 or not do it

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Ponders · 14/01/2012 18:09

doing Music in one year sounds like a bad move however many other exams she has along with it.

Why can't she do it in 2 like Maths & Science?

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KatyMac · 14/01/2012 12:39

My mu thinks I should let her do Music in Yr10 when she has 3 other exams (Eng Lang, Spanish & Geog) rather than in Y11 when she has 5-7 (Maths, Eng Lit, 2/3 Science, maybe RE & another option) which seems to make sense

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KatyMac · 13/01/2012 21:12

I remember doing it was I was a teenager; I was supposed to be a surveyor

DD will be a dancer/dance teacher no discussion; she is driven

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TalkinPeace2 · 13/01/2012 21:10

Katy - my kids school had logins for it
DD used schools licence code to set up our accounts
see if your kids school will do it ..

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KatyMac · 13/01/2012 21:05

Do I have to pay to do that?

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TalkinPeace2 · 13/01/2012 21:00

DD did the www.cascaid.co.uk/kudos/ today
it was pretty darned accurate
even more so once DH and I did it (in cynical mode)
and it came up with our current professions!!

NB
GCSEs now are much easier than they were in GCE days
top girl in my class did 9 - and now leads a research team at an RG Uni
to do that now, DD will NED at least 11/12

Chubfuddler · 13/01/2012 20:55

Ridiculous. I went to a grammar school and did nine gcses then four a levels (but one was general studies) and went to a Russell group university. The nearby comp pupils did 12 and I could not understand the reasoning for it.

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KatyMac · 13/01/2012 20:52

That's what I thought

I'd rather she did it in Yr 11 instead of 2 options

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Ponders · 13/01/2012 20:46

DD2, who is musical & had already done Grade V theory & was at about Grade VI flute, did Music GCSE over 2 years & found it tough(she got a B iirc)

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KatyMac · 13/01/2012 20:29

1 yr; 5.5 timetabled hours a week I think

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mycatsaysach · 13/01/2012 20:07

music is quite a tough choice - both of my dcs have taken it.will it be offered as a 1 year option - there is a lot of work.

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KatyMac · 13/01/2012 19:52

The options pack arrived this evening

DD wants to do GCSE Music as her option for yr 10; I'm less sure I'd rather she did Drama (I think it's a bit lighter) this year then Music instead of 2 options in yr 11

We have another meeting next week

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DiscoDaisy · 12/01/2012 21:57

My DD did 2 GCSEs at the end of year 10 and got B's in both of them. They were ICT and D & T. This year (yr11) she is taking 9 GCSEs plus a B Tech.

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KatyMac · 12/01/2012 21:38

I went in to see them on Tuesday which is where I got the info from

I do think vocational school is where she is heading, but you are right we should wait & see

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seeker · 12/01/2012 21:35

9i know this will be irritating, but are you absolutely sure? the school near us that do early GCSEs only do 10/12. my dd is in a very academic grammar school and they do 10-of which only 8 have to be academic subjects. They have to beg if they want to do any more.

I would go in and talk to her head of year, explain about her dance commitments and seeif you can work something out. I would also be very careful about deciding she's not going to do A levels, though. Who knows what xoould happen over the next 2 years?

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KatyMac · 12/01/2012 21:25

They sort of launched the GCSEs on us last year without any much discussion

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Hassled · 12/01/2012 21:24

Yup, Yr 9 - "pathways" meetings are coming up. DS2 seems to know what he wants to do already.

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KatyMac · 12/01/2012 21:17

Hi Hassled ae ou two in the same year (yr9)?

DD is part way through 4 already

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KatyMac · 12/01/2012 21:02

She is likely to do vocational school - dancing/drama/musical theatre unless she does that sooner. I don't want he to go at the start of Yr10 but we will see.

She definitely can't do all that

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Asinine · 12/01/2012 21:00

How do you know she won't do A levels? Is that from the school or from her? If they have to stay in education until 18 what will she do?

More GCSEs?

I would be telling the school that less is more.

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