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Year 8 summer exams in 2 weeks

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mrsjavierbardem · 01/06/2014 23:34

Ds is at an all boys secondary and I have no idea how much revision he should be doing, is it obvious to everyone else do you think? Ds keeps saying his mates aren't studying but a lot of them may not need to. I just feel so out of touch with the school and find most of ds's teachers fairly chilly with Ds and me. I know it's a very hard job but communicating with us can surely only help.
There's a new HT who just started and hasn't so much as emailed parents, oh maybe once. I don't have any close friends who have kids at this school to ask, also form tutor was pretty useless when I asked her.

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whatchutalkinboutwillis · 02/06/2014 08:07

silas my DD yr 10 revised about 30mins a day in the second week of Easter hols for her gcse mock exams! she'd has her real statistics gcse in 3 weeks and hasn't even started yet although she is naturally high achieving but still

Nocomet · 02/06/2014 08:03

DD2 has a maths test next week, I'm sure she will have other end of year test to. Her school doesn't do a proper exam week.

It's very annoying because you can't chase them to revise and the results on reports are only for the last class test and not necessarily representative of the whole year.

Basic the only rule for end of year tests is don't get put down a set for being lazy and work your socks off if you want to move up.

(Although DD1 didn't really need to, because the idiots fucked up her maths and science sets so badly she could do the exam in her sleep).

OwlMother · 02/06/2014 07:54

Ds has just finished s2 exams (he's just turned 14- not sure how this equates). The month before the exams he averaged 1.5 hours a day after school, with about 2.5-3 hours a day at the weekends/ holiday days. Seemed fairly well prepared, will get results in the next week or so. Fingers crossed! What did your school suggest?

JeanSeberg · 02/06/2014 07:40

I'd consider 4 hours a lot for gcse or a level.

merlottime · 02/06/2014 07:39

Mine did about 2 - 3 hours over the whole of half term..

dingit · 02/06/2014 07:10

This is worrying. Ds hasn't opened a book Hmm

summerends · 02/06/2014 06:58

Silas your DS is exceptionally hardworking and I find it difficult to imagine that half his class mates are doing more especially for Year 8 (and boys!). What type of school does he go to?

Picturesinthefirelight · 02/06/2014 00:01

Four hours a day!!!!!!!

SilasGreenback · 01/06/2014 23:45

My year 8 has done 4 hours a day over half term and in theory 1 hour after school since he went back after Easter. School give them good revision guidance and make it clear this is the time when they need to learn revision techniques.

I know from last year he will be somewhere in the middle of the revision volume.

Picturesinthefirelight · 01/06/2014 23:39

Dds year 7 internal exams start tomorrow.

She's done a bit if revision, about half an hour to an hour a day over half term.

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