GCSEs 2012 support thread

Thanks Fluffy

Great news! Congrats to master Bruffin!

Ist results in
Ds got his Arkwright scholarship
This means he will get £600 while he is in 6th form to study maths and physics. School gets £400 and Ds will have a sponsor/mentor who will hopefully give him work experience.
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Yes, ds finished yesterday.
I can relax a bit now or move my nagging to some other area of his life.

Just popping in to see if everyone has finished now. Hopefully so, I'm aghast at schools which are doing CA at the moment. Our school completed them all before Easter so the students could focus on revision.

Have a good summer and see you back on 23 August. I shall be alone ds and dh agreed whilst I was at work yesterday that ds could go away with friends to holland on , yep 23 August. However we have no plan B so I suppose it doesn't matter anyway. Sigh.....

Yes, DD also reported German as easy (however she is a fluent Dutch speaker so hits this with just a bit of an advantage!).

DD also returned to final day of 6th form induction. Leaver's assembly tomorrow (in mufti) then freedom!

Agreed, well done everybody!

German reading finally over and done with ' not too bad' was the common agreement of the year 11s I collected from late breakfast at McDonald's ( their choice not mine!!). I cannot believe HOW LONG the last two months have gone on, seems like forever since they started at the beginning of May - well done to everyone on surviving and keeping calm and carrying on ( mostly). These GCSES have been a real testament to stamina and determination, despite what the delightful Mr Gove has to say. Time to pack up all the old school uniform and pass on to others - what a rite of passage.

Also back form German, easier than expected is the feedback from ds.

We are also finished. Well done to everyone's children and hope they all get what they hope for on the 23rd.

It's all over! Sadly not a good report of the german reading here, but DS is very relieved to be finished.

DS said german reading was easy this morning Gnome
He still has some ict and electronics to finish off, but he is off to a 6th form induction for today and tomorrow and prom on Monday.

DD has last one this morning - German reading. Today is the last day of school uniform for her. Leavers' assembly tomorrow morning, prom next Friday then it's over.

However, I have just realised that this isnt the end:

2013 - DD1 AS levels
2014 - DD1 A levels
2015 - DS GCSEs
2016 - DS AS levels & DD2 GCSEs
2017 - DS A levels & DD2 AS levels
2018 - DD2 Alevels

Gove permitting of course!

Last exam for DS tomorrow! After a month and a half it's nearly over :)

All over here too, thank goodness. What a marathon it was.

See you all in August!

Well done to all those who have finished - still at the coalface here in year 10, DS is quite stressed about tomorrows History CA which is under high control in the school hall instead of a year 10 history exam. He has nothing to worry about as far as I can see from his essay plan but he wants to do well.

He had a two hour school play rehearsal this evening and his hay fever is causing problems so he's feeling worn out even though its only monday. As soon as the history is over with he'll be preparing for next weeks french CA. At least the play is Romeo and Juliet and they are studying it for English Lit next year

All over here too - last exam (geog) was this am.

Free now till September. Has to go in an regisiter for 6th form at beginning of Sept and starts back on the 10th.

Prom next week - all kitted out and looking forward to it.

Just the results day to cause a few jitters - hoping its all worked out and he gets what he needs to return to 6th form.

Good point, however he's normally quite good at relaying information. The term calendar doesn't seem to have anything either, so I think it'll be worth a quick check with school!

You might wanna check that he didn't get a letter sent directly to him first, via school! DD got her place and induction information sent addressed to her.

I'm a bit worried that DS doesn't seem to have a sixth form induction. Will email the school in case I've just misplaced an important letter about it!

FINALLY! It's over! Timetables, revision plans, school uniform and text books are being evicted!

Until Thursday, when she has her induction day at 6th form and a list of required reading and summer tasks come home!

Onwards and upwards.

Congratulations everyone for making it through. The A2's and AS's finished today and the last of the GCSE's will b done by this time on Wednesday!

Have a wondrful, happy and relaxed summer everyone and I'll see you on 23rd!

ds's prom is on the same day as his last exam. I don't have a problem with that.
Surely that's down to behaviour expectations at the school - having some respect for people who are still taking exams ? A lot have already finished anyway, so won't even be in. Do you mean the pupils were setting fire alarms off ??
The arrests for drugs is a whole different story though, surely.

German still for us. DD1 is now on induction for 6th form so revision is now over bar a little bit of last minute reading.

On a positive note the school saw sense and have now rescheduled (again) the leavers assembly to this Thursday. Hopefully this is the third and final date!

have finished their* exams

Geography over with now, so only german and latin until DS has finished. It's bloody impossible to get him to do any revision now as most of his friends have finished his exams :(