GCSEs 2012 support thread

DD starts the written exams with English next Thursday. She has finished Art so has 18 exams still to go.

I wish I could get my head around this 'newfangled' way of doing things! I know that ds1 has done some bits of some exams but what with Higher papaers and Lower papers and coursework and early entrances etc etc I don't know what's going on. He does though so that's ok...

So he has French on 14th and 17th May (also his most hated subject) with RS on the 17th too; following week is Sciences, then the rest as a mix until the last exam on the 25th June (Geography and one of his favourites too).

He's quite fortunate as he only has one day when he has two exams, the rest are all just one each day with a goodish amount of study time between most.

Checking in and place marking. I'll be back when I have time to read the thread. :)

ds has finished both his 2 English (at end of Yr10) and his maths (in March) but still has 16 exams on his list. He starts with French (most hated subject) next Monday.

Bringback1996 - I know :( it is difficult enough to get her to do her art homework under normal circumstances.

DS got the 10 hours of art out of the way last week thankfully! It was very stressful in the run up to it so I'm glad it wasn't at the same time as his other exams.

I can't believe how long the exams go on for, I am sure in my day it was a couple of weeks. DDs start with French on 14 May and end with Latin on 20 June. Around 18 exams plus 10 hours of art. DD is actually doing her piano practice to avoid revising!

DS did his Maths in Y10 but has Statistics in it's place and 11 subjects altogether.
Maths is the only early entry the school does and none of his exams are modular.
First exam is on 14th May and last one on 21st June. Not sure how many actual exam papers.
He's very motivated and ambitious but his interest lies in Physics along with Maths, Chemistry and Biology. He detests and struggles with English. Naturally he wants to spend all his time revising Physics (he wants to get 100%) and resists revising English. I keep telling him that after the next few weeks he'll never have to do English again.

Dd starts off with French like yours Kez, then English, PE and so on. Thirteen in total, finishing on 20 June. We're at the point now where we'll be glad once they've started (and even gladder oncer they're over).

Thanks Rezolution. He has three exams in total that day so the two at the same time in the afternoon will probably be one after another in that case. He's dreading that day as he has physics in the morning followed by history and latin. I really don't see why his school don't do more modules/early entry. The number of exams he has this year is just awful.

My ds has German on Tuesday this week and Monday the following week. Should do well as he is fluent, but these are his first formal examinations (he is 11) so the whole process is new for him.

Oh gosh 24 exams! Your poor ds. In this house we - yes I mean we, all the encouragement to revise, eat well sleep etc, help with revision feels like I am taking them. Lol.
Ds has 10, all the final parts after the coursework, controlled assessments etc.
He has w/c 21/5 biology, PE theory, chemistry, eng lit (poetry dreading that one although all work to date is A*), DT and economics.
W/c 28/5 is business studies and physics.
W/c 11/6 maths, history and maths.

Some days time gallops by, other times it seems like ages away till the exams.

Yes, he sits one paper and then is supervised by an invigilator while he has his lunch/sandwiches and then sits the second paper. It is arranged so that he cannot tell other candidates what is on the paper he has sat and they cannot tell him what is on the one he is sitting in the afternoon.

DS has a ridiculous amount of exams, somethink like 24 coming up. However he's already done art and 2/3 of maths.

No exams until 21st of May when he has them pretty much full on for 6 weeks.

Does anyone know what happens when two exams are scheduled for the same time? Does DS do them both on the same day at different times?