Year 11 GCSE thread continued!

DD has (AQA IGCSE) Biology today then another 6 to go next week and the week after. Feels like this has been going on forever! Good luck to all your DC with exams today.

Yay to the uniform wash Jellykat. Never having to buy school trousers again is. Something I 'me looking forwArd to.

Well we can see the finishing line here.. Only Chemistry resit and Maths left next week, and DS already has a C in that.
Yes i do sound like a smug cow, but we've really been through the mill re. Secondary school, it's been a long battle.
..And the best bit - after 21 years of DCs school years, i only have 1 uniform wash left to do in my life!

Chin up peeps!

DS went into school for revision sessions he called 'depressingly disorganised'. Hmmmm. I honestly don't know what to do for the best home where he doesn't do much at all or school with me imagining hes doing lots of quality revision but not...

Maths revision tonight not so great. It was one of those questions about gas bills. Mrs X uses 2400 units of gas per year. If Mrs X pays £1.52 per day standing charge to Gas company A and 53p an unit, is she better off switching to Gas company B who charge £1.57 per day etc.
There was a bit of a meltdown. I wish I could sit it for him

DD had a major melt-down last night - she is going to fail & have to stay at school forever

So I agreed & then she had a go at me instead of worrying about exams - I'm so tired of it all

Oh, we've moved! Who knew there was a limit?!
DD has been home alone working all day. Seems to have done a lot , and did follow up with me this evening.
Morning revision session at school tomorrow followed by an exam. Then back in school on Sat and Sunday for more revision sessions.
Will this ever end!!!!!

Just marking my place.

ds3 did remarkably well today looking after ds2 while I was at work and says he even managed some science revision. Computer monitor broke so he couldn't do any Bitesize or Mathswatch. Doesn't want to go into school for the physics lesson tmrw which is just before lunch. I'm not convinced that's a good idea, I'd rather he get the chance to see the physics teacher before the exam even if its just for a chivvy along chat and not a revision lesson as such.

Having seen dd1 go through y12, I really do think you have to be ready to go from day 1. And dd2 is rather prone to anxiety and felt it was an extra challenge for her. That said, we were both incredibly impressed with the sixth form college, and it hasn't been a foregone conclusion. I'm sure that colleges in areas with only 11-16 schools are actually really good at settling everyone in and getting them working. The college we looked at certainly gets fantastic results given its fairly low selection bar.

DD really stuck into Biology today, so seems to be back in the zone. I have been worried she wasnt doing enough and still touch and go for sciences, but she is definitely a crammer thats for sure!

Feel like I cant encourage, cajole or push any more than I have so leaving her to her own devices for the rest of these exams (doesnt stop me from worrying though!).

It just seems to go on and on and on.DS2 still got 10 more papers to go -3 more science papers, 5 maths papers and 2 RE

At last! DC revising hard for tomorrow's biology.

DD finished her second english paper today. She was a bit worried about the first one, thought it hadn't gone well. In this one she had to analyse a blog written by Tom Hiddleston, it had various mentions of the Avengers films, which she loves.
She saw it as a sign