Year 11 GCSE thread continued!

DD was mildly pleased with her biology then not, then pleased again, then she cried!!

Yeah! fertilisers and solar panels came up, no asteroids but supernovas instead - ds very pleased

DC said Exdexcel Biology B2 was tough but managed to do ok. Said it was more difficult than any of their past papers with tricky questions etc.

DD has refused point blank to go to London tomorrow

I'm keeping out of it because I think she should go (based on the commitment made & the fact that she will enjoy it & it makes her feel better) but everyone else is advising her all in opposite directions

Text from DS's GF "we both really enjoyed the exam" (aqa biology). :)

DD just came out of Biology and said it was much better than the other units.

I thought DS was unlucky finishing on the 20th June, school had planned it for the Leaving Day until it was pointed out, by the students, they had a Further Maths exam that morning.

Another one with DS1 gone in for Biology this afternoon - and it's his 16th birthday today! Never has a birthday morning passed with less fanfare in our house. He wants to do Biology A level so really wants an A* in his Science GCSEs and has actually really knuckled down this week. He doesn't want to go out for dinner this evening so have loads of yummy party food all ready at home and his presents.

Agree with everyone else who says this is a never-ending haul, he had his drama exam on 8 May and doesn't finish until 23 June!

OCR gateway here too. Double award so its B2 C2 P2 this afternoon 3 & 4 both next week along with 2 maths and philosophy on wednesday. Ds has asked me to test him 3 times this morning and wants another run through before we leave for school! I am now an expert on fertilisers, solar panels and asteroids!

Oh, and I got back from dropping off his sister to find his school shoes still at home but nooooo sign of DS, so I assume he's gone in, but not sure how...

Uncharacteristic meltdown from DS today as we had an email 'reminding' them of Biology revision sessions this morning.

Now this was the first we'd heard of it; and there wasn't any detail given on the email, which just said 'Reminder: Fri morning P1 revision session for all GCSE double or triple sci'.

Total panic from DS: 'Where am I meant to go? Whadda they mean P1? It's not physics it's biology, and we don't have a room P1, and we've done unit P1 already, and when does it start anyway, and we don't have a form room any more, and... aaargh!'

No idea, sorry, mate. I think the stress has finally all caught up with him.

After this pm's Biology B2 paper, its 7 more exams - DC finishes on the 23rd as well.

OCR Gateway Chemistry here too this afternoon. Gateway seems to be triple done in 6 exam, I'm sure there are other differences.

DS very calm and looking forward to it - hope it goes well for him.

Eight more after this, four more science, two Italian (although back to back), and two Further Maths.

AQA biology this afternoon for DD2 then just physics and chmistry next week .....the end is in sight!

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maths and Further maths

Morvah hers is OCR Gateway - think OCR do 2 or 3 different courses! And yeah, I think I did the same check the other way round before half term when she had Biology and someone else (maybe you!) mentioned a different OCR science exam that day.

It's miserable, isn't it Katy ? I went with a bracing "you are clearly not crap at everything, I'm not even trying to give more of an answer to that one" and a hug and an early night. She's been unsettled all week worrying about Monday's history that she wasn't entirely happy with. She also tends to focus on dd1's lacksadaisical approach to life, and we've had lots of complaining about "she never does any work and she always does better than me" - (1) dd1 does do some work, she just doesn't have that innate conscientiousness that dd2 has, plus she doesn't get stressed about it, and (2) does better at what????? There's really nothing to compare (both HEd for primary years, and dd2 only went to school in y9, so there aren't years' worth of levels to look at!) - but I suppose GCSEs will be a point of comparison so she's worrying about that already.

We'll all be glad when this finishes in a fortnight!

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weNt stupid rubbish keyboard with it's non-working N key

DD2 wet to bed with the start of a migraine last night . Hopefully she's managed to sleep it off in time for last minute Biology revision before this afternoon's exam. Good thing it's an afternoon exam and not this morning .

DD2 definitely feels like she's had enough I think - last night was "I'm just crap at everything" - that's what we are getting here too

She actually wants to cancel dance class at the weekend as it's too much effort

OCR Chemistry here, and then also another 6 to go. DD2 definitely feels like she's had enough I think - last night was "I'm just crap at everything" etc. Hoping today goes well and gives her a boost for the remainder.