GCSEs 2012 support thread

Chemistry and English lit next week. She seems to keep going on coffee and Haribo at the moment. Are other DC's off their food or is it just DD?

Seems like everyone's DC have pretty full on weeks next week! DS has -

Monday: Biology - Units 2 and 3
Tuesday: English Lit - Of Mice and Men and An Inspector Calls
Thursday: Chemistry - Units 2 and 3 + English Lit - Anthology poetry and unseen
Friday: the dreaded Latin!

Monday: CHemistry x 2
Tuesday: English Lit 1 (Mice and Men and unseen poetry)
THursday: Physics and English Lit 2 (Inspector Calls and Heroes)
Friday: Food Tech.
Bloody hell, I'll be at the end of my tether by then, never mind DD!

OK, We have on Tuesday:
Modern Drama (A view from the Bridge), followed by Prose from different Cultures (she thinks this is Mice & Men).

Then on Thursday 'Heritage Prose and Poetry' (she thinks this is Jekyl and Hyde and a Gillian Clark Poem from an anthology, but there is an alternative unseen poem question and a compulsory unseen bit of prose question somewhere too).

So no short stories (phew!), but she did sound worryingly vague about it all.

well 2 exams are short and back to back, so might be considered to be one by some people Kez, and there was 25%CA too, so I am trying to check now before dd goes off out...

cardibach I have pm'd you.
My DS has been helping his ex girlfriend as well but with biology . Over the phone though!

Very jealous of you having things to do tonight! I'm hoping there will be something good on the tv!

I'm out for the rest of the evening, Kez , but will see to it tomorrow.

Maths AS and Drama theory today - went okay, said "my head wasn't in the right place" but I did fine. Oh dear! Poor things feeling they have to put in super performances! Lots of pressure for our youngsters, no where near as stressful/competitive when I did them 30 years ago.

York notes are fab for the longer texts, they've really saved DS from having to trawl through his notes as he really doesn't like English. He does find An Inspector Calls a lot easier though but I think that's because of the type of question asked.

I have Revision Guides on 'Of Mice and Men' and 'An Inspector Calls' which I adapted from other stuff on the interent for my classes (Eng teacher as well as GCSE parent this year). I'll email them to you if you like - PM me email addresses.
Glad all is going well at the moment. DD is going to her friend-who-is-a-boy's house tonight as she says he can help her with Physics. He is excellent at it, but since he used to be her boyfriend and they are very fond of each other I'm not sure what revising will happen... I'm out anyway tonight so couldn;t supervise here.

There's a whole section on Of Mice and Men on BBC Bitesize. It breaks it down really well, I think. I'll be doing it with DD this weekend, although she really likes the book, so I think she'll be OK on that one.

Not so sure about the poems on Thursday though!

We've had a break from exams today, but she's still at school doing a Geography revision lesson. I'd have let her off going, as it's Friday and the exams aren't until after half term, but DH (the rotten old sod!) made her stay!

DS has 2 Eng lit papers next week, his most dreaded subject. One is on Mice and Men and An Inspector Calls, the other is on a poetry anthology - Moon and Tides plus a previously "unseen" poem. He hates English in every form and poetry most of all. I keep saying that after next week he never do English again. He has done countless CAs throughout the last two years.

Kez100 - your DS sounds just like my DS2, he's the youtube boy, DS1 is far too self righteous to break a rule.

Mice and Men here too in preparation for 3 Eng Lit exams next week. Don't think dd does short stories (must check).

We all get hayfever at this time of year and it's not helped at all this year by a massive field of rapeseed in full flower right opposite our house. Streaming eyes all round. Oh well, another good reason to stay at school as much as possible.

Not sure if these notes are GCSE or not but might be a good starting place. There's also BBC bitesize book notes.

school computers ban the likes of youtube anyway
Yes my two always complain that the filters are set so high that nothing they google is viewable. Some of the little cleverdicks no no not mine have ways around those filters via the Cayman islands or something like that

Has your DD looked on spark notes or bbc bitesize Kez? DS doesn't do a short stories paper so I'm not sure if there will be material on there but it's worth a look :)

DD just found out she got an A on her graphics course work. It's worth 60% so not so much pressure for the exam- she needs a B to carry on with it at A level so only a c in the paper is needed. Having said that she is determined to go hell for leather and get a high mark in the exam too.

All her coursework and controlled assessments have been high Bs As and A*s it's such a shame she is pants at taking exams...

Kez100, a few of my friends kids have come down with colds as well. Not great, think the stuffy halls don't help.

Ds currently rereading Of Mice and Men.

I would like to revise at DameH's house as I like the sound of her treats.

DD tweeted- "I never have to speak french again!"

Chemistry and Physics iGCSE, English lit and PE theory next week. On with the revision...