GCSE Support Thread 2013

DS said this afternoon's Biology was easy but that it was a good job as he had a massive headache. He looked a bit white when he got home from school so we've taken the executive decision that he can stay at home to revise tomorrow (no study leave here). He has a big week of exams next week so he needs to be fighting fit for that!

Thanks...its probably irrelevant to be honest, I was just trying to make conversation with him!! Edexcel TA Physics today.....

Thanks mumslife for the feedback....My DS does not cope at all wel with exam post mortems and when I asked him what the 6 mark sustainabiity question was about he claims he could not remember and then we drove home in virtual silence! History he loathes with a passion (bad GCSE choice!!) so he said absolutely nothing about that....I guess what will be will be and its best to just move on to the next.....

DD2 has Sociology IGCSE tomorrow morning. I'm a bit in trepidation because it's a 2 and 1/2 hour paper which I think is way too long for GCSE level. I just hope she can concentrate enough for that long - and get it all in as it's very tight for time. It really should be split into two papers in my opinion.

She knows the Sociology really well but I'm worried her level of English isn't really up to it. Hence I'm up late trying not to worry (as if it can do any good anyway!)

I bet the examiners must have a right laugh at some answers they see!

Eng Lang today, DS wrote an essay on persuading a teenager to eat healthily, then I picked him up and we had lunch at McDonalds!

Phew! Today feels like a real milestone: ds1 is great at English, but really hasn't enjoyed the GCSE course, but he was pleased with the exams today (WJEC).

No more papers for him this week.
3 left (14 done). Finishes 12th June.

11 down 11 to go...

DD1 is 2/3 of the way through now. 16 done, 8 to go.

DD also did Eng Lang & Geography today, and they were 'ok'. So no change there .

Nothing now till next week, and just 3 exams to go :)

Did anyone have Edexcel History A - Industrial Relations yesterday or Geography A - Skills and challenges? I'm getting absolutely NOTHING out of my DS who claims he "cant remember" what came up!!! Did most people's DS's/DD's think they were ok?

DS just in and said English was fine (it's his best subject so not too worried about that) and Geog - apparently he started answering a question & halfway through realised they hadn't been taught it so changed questions
THEN... ten mins from the end he realised he'd omitted to do an eight mark question so had to quickly complete

For an intelligent boy he is a numpty sometimes.

Got hold of him at last.

English was 'alright'.
Geography was 'alright' too.

Which monosyllabic replies explain why the glories of English literature leave him cold

H works at the attached Special school so he is looking out for DS1 to see who it went. Both of us are on tenterhooks - DS is normally so laid back about exams...

Oh bless him Orm - I loathed all Shakespeare so can sympathise.

English today.

DS1 in tears For a child who loves Shakespeare he really really hates bloody &J!!

Dd1 finishes June 20th too. She has 11 exams left but is doing 3 today so after that it will be 8. 4 of which are maths which should be a rest cure really (she doesn't see it that way, but I can't help it - compared to geog or history or biol or chem, all of which she also still has to finish off, maths must be like the lovely fluffy moments). She has biol tomorrow, then nothing for rest of week, then next week history, chem and geog and some maths then the rest of maths. Today is a big day really, in terms of getting over the hump. The problem is chem is her weakest subject so until that is done with, she can't breath even slightly....

DS doesn't finish till the 24th June, he still has 10 exams left so the end isn't in sight yet.

He's been on study leave since the middle of May, school have held lots of revision periods though.

I think that's the last day of exams for his school but not sure about people in other areas.

Quite a few of his friends finish next week so his last exam is quite late I agree boschy.

DD1 has no exams til Weds and Thurs this week (RPE and Media) and then Mon and Thurs (both Maths) the following. Then that's it!

However, they are not on study leave and she came home yesterday bored out of her mind... cant revise all day she says, which I do kind of agreee with. god knows what they are doing in lessons!!

when does everyone's DC finish? just wondering the last date - June 20th sounds late horsemad

Bit late to this but hey ho!

Trying to get DS1 to revise has been like nailing jelly to a wall he's needed lots of encouragement.

He did History yesterday and said he felt it went well which he was relieved about as that was the one he was dreading apparently.

Eng Lang & Geography today. His last one is 20th June so he is counting the days now!