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Jan GCSE modules

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creamteas · 05/01/2013 18:35

Anyone else have DC with January modules? How is the revision going? My DD has 4 papers (English Lang & 3 Science).

The science is not a problem, has always achieved As, so no worries there. But but the English is a real worry. As she is ASD she really struggles with interpretation and imagination.

It is not helped by the fact that it is not really possible to have any certainly about where the grade boundaries are anymore.....

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creamteas · 10/01/2013 18:02

Did anyone get any feedback on the English Lang paper this morning. All I got was a 'dunno'

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JustinMumsnot · 10/01/2013 10:59

DD has Eng Lit and a couple of Science modules this month. She has been revising over Christmas but is very stressed. Still has various mocks going on too which doesn't help.

Mrsrudolphduvall · 10/01/2013 10:55

Yes English this morning for dd, maths and pe results this afternoon.
She has been so calm( has ocd and we have had running away over exams in the past)
Fingers crossed.

hellsbells99 · 10/01/2013 09:39

DD has English gcse module this morning. Also gets her maths retake results I think. Then 3 science exams in 2 weeks time. I have butterflies!

boschy · 10/01/2013 09:16

DD1 doing English lang this morning - 9.00 kick off. She got a D last time round, so we are hoping to reach a C this time... She seemed pretty calm and in control anyway despite a minor kerfuffle about losing her ear plugs this morning.

then a maths paper tomorrow and one next week - anyone else got those?
good luck to them all!

TheOriginalSteamingNit · 09/01/2013 23:18

Yes, dd has English language tomorrow too: she is ok with that one as it's more her thing, but physics next week may be a worry.

webwiz · 09/01/2013 23:17

DS has English language tomorrow and I asked him whether the exam was in the morning or the afternoon. He said he didn't know but was just going to follow his friends when they went to the hall

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creamteas · 09/01/2013 22:49

bruffin I hope he, and you, get some sleep tonight....

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bruffin · 09/01/2013 22:43

Ds is stressed, didnt sleep until 4 this morning, so let him stay home and he did more practice papers, which seemed to go ok.

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creamteas · 09/01/2013 22:18

So how is it all going? DD's first paper is tomorrow morning, although if last year is anything to go by, I won't get any insights into how it went

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IDontKnowWhereMyMedalsAre · 07/01/2013 14:27

Lol. That's what ds said was probably the case when I asked him what exam board this morning.

bruffin · 07/01/2013 06:07

Thanks
Ds confirmed he hasnt any modules for phylosophy and wont have exam until june.

IDontKnowWhereMyMedalsAre · 07/01/2013 02:49

Bruffin, ds is currently doing AS levels and has AQA philiosophy this Wednesday afternoon (he isn't sure but he does think it is possible some schools are doing everything in June) and gov & pol next Monday afternoon. This is the first time our school has offered this subject so I am a bit worried but the lovely LadyLetch on here has been marking essays for him as she is an examiner. I love MN. Thank you LL.

He has a convergence issue which means he can't see the paper properly esp grids. For GCSE he has extra Time (as he does this time 25%). He also had a reader, use of a laptop and a scribe. He used the scribe for science and other multiple choice questions because he can't see patterns, ie the numbers going in lines so she just circled the correct answer. The biggest problem is for A levels apparently getting a reader is nigh on impossible, so he is struggling a bit as he just can't read all the source material fast enough. As for a computer he has been using one in lessons and exams since year 9 (the year he was diagnosed). All I did was pay for an Ed psych and her report was sent by the school to the exam board and all was ok? We did need a new Ed psych report for a levels as it only lasts 2 years.

Startail · 06/01/2013 16:06

Yes combined science so that makes sense.

I am very very angry about this as she could easily have done triple science.

School have changed the set cut off to make their combined results look less crap.

They can justify it by her being dyslexic, but some of her group are so useless they are really winding her up.

glaurung · 06/01/2013 13:32

An energy drink to keep him going might be an idea too?

bruffin · 06/01/2013 13:29

Thanks Creamteas
To be honest i think he will be ok, as long as he has a good lunch. As it is the exam wont finish until nearly 5 so he wont get home until 6.

glaurung · 06/01/2013 13:22

It can still be done that way fro triple too with some exam boards creamteas and startail. As long as they do all the modules for each GCSE at the same time. Triple can be done as cor, additional and further additional instead of physics, chem and bio.

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creamteas · 06/01/2013 13:10

bruffin I would ask for a longer break if your DS will struggle with the timing

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creamteas · 06/01/2013 13:09

Star is she doing double science? If so the usual pattern is to do Core science one year and Additional Science the next (so one GCSE each year rather than two in the second year). This would mean that her Core science is completed this year so modules still possible.

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bruffin · 06/01/2013 12:59

The exams are 1.5 and ds gets 23minutes extra.

Startail · 06/01/2013 12:58

DDs doing science modules and English CAs.

I don't understand the science, as she is Y10 and I thought they'd been abolished.

She's done a fair bit of revision and lives in a very sciency house.

DH and her have found all manner of conflicting interpretations of her poem.

ShipwreckedAndComatose · 06/01/2013 12:53

That does make more sense

glaurung · 06/01/2013 12:44

Some of the essay based subjects have 3hr exams, so it's not really any different from that.

glaurung · 06/01/2013 12:43

The maths exams are often done back to back. They aren't very long - not more than 1.5hr as I recall, so no more than 3hrs without extra time. max 3hr 45min with. (assuming 25% extra). It's still a long time to concentrate though.

bruffin · 06/01/2013 12:23

Just spoke to ds as he has finally got up. It turns out the exams clash for every one and they all only get 7 minutes. He will still be doing first exam when others start the second.
Need to look at it a bit more as it still doesnt really make sense. Its ocr maths 1, then decision maths.

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