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Anyone else got year 11 mocks coming up?

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webwiz · 29/11/2012 18:30

Just being nosey really. DS's start next week and apparently they are revising in school so he doesn't need to do much at home Hmm.

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Loshad · 30/11/2012 22:59

amberleaf, no real gcses scheduled before jan now anywhere in uk.

mindgone · 30/11/2012 00:14

Y11 mocks next week here too! No stress shown though, not sure if that's good or bad!

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webwiz · 29/11/2012 22:12

That's a bit unhelpful creamteas - DS is doing an English literature paper in January and they actually did a mock for that last week and have the result already.

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creamteas · 29/11/2012 22:07

We've just finished mocks, and I'm wondering if we will get the results this side of Christmas. I do hope so as DD has some January papers so it would be good to know areas to work on over Christmas.

But I've got a feeling that we won't get any real feedback till parent's eve in Jan which will be after her real first paper....

AmberLeaf · 29/11/2012 20:19

Ah ok! well good luck to your son and rotten luck that it's on his birthday!

Hope he enjoys his birthday all the same Smile

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webwiz · 29/11/2012 20:16

We are in Hertfordshire and they are definitely mocks. DS did a few actual exams in May/June of year 10 but apart from a couple of English papers in January everything else will be in the summer.

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AmberLeaf · 29/11/2012 20:06

Whereabouts in the UK are you all?

are you sure they are mocks?

Maybe London is the only area where they are doing actual exams spread across yrs 10-11 rather than waiting until may/june of yr 11?

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webwiz · 29/11/2012 19:51

DS is not impressed by having three exams on thursday (his 16th birthday).

He has revised for Maths as that is two full papers but hasn't done much else yet. He has Religious Studies on Monday but it is only one question as they did 50% of the GCSE in the summer and so haven't covered all of the syllabus for this year yet. I thought he was being sarcastic when I saw he had written in his planner "revise matters of life and death"!

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AmberLeaf · 29/11/2012 19:27

Yes..except they aren't mocks but the real thing!

Several have been set as early as january of this year during year 10.

Polgara2 · 29/11/2012 19:26

Oh yes we have. Dd1 is squirrelled away in her bedroom permanently revising at the moment. This is the first time she has had several subjects in one week and she is unimpressed - also at my lack of sympathy along with the 'in my day we had 3 hour exams' speech Grin.

bigbluebus · 29/11/2012 19:14

DSs start next week too. He says he isn't going to bother revising as they are "only mocks so they don't matter". Nothing I say can convince him otherwise! He is grudgingly doing 1/2 hr revision per night atm!