GCSEs 2012 support thread

Another day at home here - next week is the week from hell for my DD - 9 exams, 4 of them on Monday. ( although a couple of them seem to be only an hour each).

With a week like that you just pray that it's not the week when she gets a cold or a sore throat or a tummy bug......

We've been celebrating the end of French (or examination French at least) for ever tonight. Exam was 'ok' apparently.

See, you're all worrying me now as ds didn't have an RE paper today .

He too said the French was "quite easy" today. This worried me, but I am reassured by you all also getting similar reports
He's doing an AS English paper tomorrow - an actual proper exam that lasts for 2 hours. He's horrified at the very idea. I had to tell him O-levels were all like that (or longer)

DS only has the one maths module this year so we've got past that battle and most of his preferred subjects are after half term. It's just latin that he has hit a brick wall with. I'm hoping that his non language papers will drag his grade up tbh!

My Ds stayed all day today for revision classes and the exams start tomorrow.
So grateful school run these sessions or it would have been a day of revision fitted around x box!!!

Love him - he seems to be gearing himself up now.

DD is looking at A in both Bio and Chem in her results so far which I think is making her a bit over confident as she has done f-all for either recently! She is unlikely to get A in English because of her marks in the controlled assessments but has chosen it for A level. She loves Latin and will be doing it for A level - she has the most amazing but rather odd teacher. The ones she is in denial about are maths and History but at least those are after half term.

Next week DS has the exact same exams as your DD, BeingFluffy. He's very chilled about all of them, except latin which he is dreading. I've been trying to motivate him to concentrate on that but he finds it very tedious and would much rather revise bio and chem. Sadly I think his results will reflect that.

We've got a mad dash to the finish line for mounting and touching up artwork for the art deadline tomorrow, then a break until English lit on Tuesday. She has again relaxed, by making dozens of cup cakes with swirly icing on top! I'm going to the the size of a house, by the end of June at this rate!

DD had French today (OCR) - she thought it was a lot more difficult than the one earlier in the week but confident she did well. At least French and Art are finished now. Heavy week next week, 2 x biology, 2 x chemistry, 2 x English and a Latin!

DS says the French reading paper went well.
Nothing tomorrow then Biology on Monday, two papers I think.
He says the Biology teacher (who he reckons is useless) dumped a whole load of stuff on them yesterday that they have never done before. When he was reading the revision guide he said something to the effect that it wasn't actually revision more learning because there was so much of it they had not covered in class. He doesn't seem too worried though.
Reading about all these mix ups over times are making me glad he isn't on study leave yet.
Good luck to everyone with exams tomorrow.

Once DD had got over her rather frantic start to the day she did actually report that the french reading(higher paper) was pretty straight forward.

She has spent the rest of the day on English physics and chemistry (all next week)

Nothing tomorrow except three revision classes where only about three pupils will be there so plenty of individual attention.

DD1 also had French this morning and reported something fairly similar.

Gosh, that was good of you re neighbour DD!

DD's early exam of the day was French reading and she was very pleased with that one. The text said, 'I don't want to get your hopes up, but that was really easy.' It's her hopes I'm worried about, not mine!

Early reports from my own school, was that AQA Foundation was pretty straight forward though, so maybe she's right.

RE otoh, she has just phoned to say she failed epically! Aparently it was all about God and Jews, so she failed miserably! I'm sure she hasn't done quite as badly as she suspects, but she's perfectly up beat about it, so I'm not going to dwell on it!

I once had to take a sobbing yr11 neighbour across the borough to her school, because she had got the times wrong on her exam. Her mum had already gone to work and not enough time to get back for her to sit it, so I got the call! Poor love was in a terrible state! We did make it though. Thank god we are only 15 mins walk away and 5 mins in the car, if the same thing happens to DD!

I think that is exactly what it is, unfortunately it's worthless as he is University material. So if he doesn't get the magic C he will have to re-take and re-take. He's two marks short at present, so it seems possible. (He's dyslexic and a Science/Maths geek.)

Good God brigit - that's my worst nightmare. Well, strictly, worst nightmare would be getting there After the final let in time, but you take my point.

Last night I went downstairs at midnight just to check her timetable - clearly shows nothing again til Monday but I still keep looking at it and waiting for school tiring and ask where she is.

And I'm on my 7th straight year of public exams so you'd think i'd be more relaxed by now!

Well DS had an extra English exam yesterday, we're not quite sure what it is, as it is an "experiment" for the school, and I suspect will be worthless. Then last night he (and siblings go down with the Stomach bug I had earlier in the week). I'm just relieved as his first proper exam in Biology on Monday and there is time to recover. Next week will be tough though.

Had a call after French this morning, she thought it went well, no odd questions. I've stocked up on haribo and marshmallows for today's revision session. If she doesn't eat them, I will.

I have been shopping for cheering-up-exam-treats. I got trifle, french fancies. tinned peaches and strawberries. hope it cheers her up a bit.

brigit

Thankfully DS went for the early train on tuesday. I got a panicky phone call because he forgot his paperwork to get him into the exam. He had time to get home and pick it up and go back again.

Christ that was a close one.
DD told me her exam was this afternoon- I made her a timetable calendar with everything written on it. Clearly said the exam was...

...this morning.

She started yelling at 8.25 that her exam was in 35 mins!(apparently she had a dream that the exam was this morning) and she needed to be there for 8.45

We are a 20 min drive from her school and the traffic at this time of the morning is diabolical.

She phoned the school en-route and warned them- fortunately she is allowed to take her exam in a different room and has a little extra time (she has fibro) so a few minutes late is not a total disaster.

But amazingly we arrived at...

8:47 Someone up there likes us

The lady from the exams office was there to meet her and spent a few minutes calming her down before she went in and it seemed to go ok.

Thank God I wasn't at work today.

And Breathe.