GCSEs 2012 support thread

You are right that they don't "get it". I think DD has woken up rather too late to the fact that there is a direct link between the work you put in and the grade you get. She is very likely to have thrown away the A she was predicted for her Chemistry GCSE tomorrow which was based on the practical and the 1 paper she has done because she has basically refused to revise for the last few weeks. She has already checked away the A for English by refusing to revise for one of the controlled assessments and the best she can hope for is an A. It is frustrating, but in the end I stopped having a go at her, as it was just making her worse.
She has to learn the hard way unfortunately and will hopefully learn her lesson when the grades come out and will later on salvage her potential University place through her AS levels.

Aargh!
DS's school have, from this week told them they don't need to be on the premises / studying if they have what is now a 'free' lesson due to them having finished that subject.
His timetable today meant he had to be in first andlast lesson only.

We talk about how that leaves him more time to study, and, although he hasn't got many exams over the next week, there will be clusters of exams coming up, so it would be a good idea to start spending an hour or two on them, etc.,etc.,

Guess what he's done ?

Period 1 - in class
Period 2 - sat on the field in the sunshine and revised (possibly )
Break and Period 3- football outside with his mates
Period 4 and lunchtime and Period 5 - Down to the park with his mates.

He really just doesn't get it, does he ?

DS's been under house arrest today - still didn't improve his levels of productivity!

For those whose DC are doing the anthology poetry on AQA - which group of poems are they doing? DS is doing the Place poems but can't seem to find a great deal of resources for them online. Is that a less popular cluster?

Chemistry and English Lit tomorrow here tomorrow - dreaded Lord of the Flies and the wonderful Carol Ann Duffy. DD has been "revising" in the park!

No exams for DD today, but she had an appointment to have her brace adjusted. We have to drive an hour and a half and the appointment was at 9, so an early start. She came back then went to school for Physcis and English lit revision classes. During the afternoon, the back bracket of her brace fell off, presumably after having been fiddled with this morning, so now she has a lose wire in her mouth as well as the ache of a newly adjusted brace, and has Physics and English Lit exams tomorrow. I'm a little bit cross (as well as worried she'll be distracted). I now have to take more time off work next week to take her back for it to be fixed. Grrrr.

Just got back, this thread has been busy.
IdontknowFajitas for breakfast! I'm impressed.
PE was easy according to DS.
Heavy day tomorrow, two chemistry papers which he is fine with and the dreaded English lit poetry.
His very last English exam. Celebration tomorrow I think.

Anyone's dc doing 21st Century Science tomorrow? The 'Ideas' module. I'm confused, dd insists she doesn't need to revise because she gets given an 'article' to read and all the answers are in said article! Can anyone confirm this? She has another one next week.

It is absolutely crazy the grade boundaries. However some papers are only out of 45 so I suppose they have to be quite close together. Some are just ridiculous though - in DS's science coursework you needed 36/40 to get an A* and 30/40 for a C! That's only two marks per grade which is worrying.

On a more positive note DS has done an english practice essay today and has started on some chemistry revision. Not the most productive morning but more than I expected he would do!

Brigit apologies!

Only 6 marks between an A and an E Bridgit*? That's crazy. Art seems to be similar, you can drop just one or two marks and you drop a grade according to DD.

iGCSE Physics this morning went ok according to DD but unfortunately she had a really bad stomach ache and had to take a rest break (she is allowed these due to a particular condition which also causes stomach aches.) Hope it didn't affect the grade too much.

PE this afternoon- she achieved an A on her practical but apparently the theory paper is almost impossible to get an A on and last year there were only 6 marks between an A* and an E?!!!!! so not hoping too much- think she will be happy with a B- fingers crossed.

Physics went well but the harder paper is next week so we are not out of the woods yet. It is geography tomorrow then four days to the next one so DD can relax a bit revise carefully for next week.

IGCSE Chemistry this afternoon.
DD1 is pants not great at it. A C grade will do us just fine!

DS is at home today and in a shock turn of events he is awake and in the shower! I thought it would be a good couple of hours before he surfaced so this is a pleasant surprise :o

Nothing here today, Ds is still fast asleep in bed.

RS here as well