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Year 11 GCSE thread continued!

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MorvahRising · 05/06/2014 11:52

We seem to have reached the limit on the other one!

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EllenJanesthickerknickers · 23/06/2014 16:40

At last it's all over. DS1 found Physics hard today, but who cares. We'll find out in August. Managed to get a photo of last school uniform. I'll try to attach it.

Year 11 GCSE thread continued!
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MorvahRising · 23/06/2014 16:34

Hooray from us too! Can believe it's all over! DS said physics was OK and statistics was easy!

We're taking him out for a meal tonight to celebrate THE END.

Can I say thank you to all of you lovely lot for the communal handholding and general support? It's been great to have a thread like this to commiserate and congratulate. Well done to all the DCs for coping so amazingly and hopefully see you all back here in August . . . . .

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MissScatterbrain · 23/06/2014 16:19

Hooray!! Its all over for us here. DC said both exams were fine which is a relief as not much revision was done at the weekend and the Student Room is full of people saying how horrible physics was.

DC will be going out soon to party at a friend's so no celebratory glass of wine for me as I will be on taxi duty...

marymoocow · 23/06/2014 14:51

DS out at a theme park with his gf today. Back to school Wednesday to Friday for 6th form induction. He went to buy his office-wear yesterday. Came home saying he didn't feel old enough to wear it. Must admit he did look very grown up Smile . Lets hope the results allow him to wear itGrin .

HSMMaCM · 23/06/2014 13:38

DD has statistics this afternoon. Hopefully stress levels will reduce after this.

dottygamekeeper · 23/06/2014 13:25

All done here too - but DD said she wasn't always certain exactly how to interpret the questions, so am not sure how it went.

We can now all breathe a huge sigh of relief and forget about exams until the dreaded dates in August.

Unexpected · 23/06/2014 10:35

Done!!!!!!! DS says Physics went really, really well so we are hoping it can drag up his Chemistry mark to an A overall. Frankly, I don't care right now. He has really studied hard so whatever he ends up with will be the best he could have done. He's on his way home, having lunch, then off to do some filming with his friends and play in a football league this evening. I won't know what to do when I don't have to nag about revision any more!

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MorvahRising · 23/06/2014 10:06

YeGods that's fantastic - isn't she doing amazingly!

I did get a photo, although in the first one I took he sneezed violently and I have a very funny one of him half bent over with his hair flying up so he looks a bit like a cockerel.

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YeGodsAndLittleFishes · 23/06/2014 09:40

I didn't get a last day in uniform photo either, DD wouldn't let me!
I have told her I am really proud of her lots and lots, and that she is a beautiful person on the outside and on the inside. She had a big weekend camping away from home and managed some tricky situations very well. In some ways this was a bigger deal than her GCSEs.

RaspberryLemonPavlova · 23/06/2014 09:08

Good luck to those with Dc still with exams.

bruffin · 23/06/2014 09:01

You really wouldnt want to see dd in uniform by her last day. She was a real ragamuffin. She had a perfectly neat jumper that had been hardly used, but insisted on wearing a jumper that had the cuff dangling off.

MissScatterbrain · 23/06/2014 09:00

Thanks Morvah.

Was planning to take picture but DC was far too grumpy and miserable so decided not to push it.

AtiaoftheJulii · 23/06/2014 08:23

Shit, I completely forgot to get a last day in uniform picture! That would have been because of the tears and the last minute prom-evening-bag-buying-trip. Oh well!

Hope all those having their last exam today have a good one :)

Anyone carrying on past today?

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MorvahRising · 23/06/2014 08:00

Good luck to yours too MissScatterbrain

I think they're all so exhausted by now it's a huge effort to summon up the energy! I just hope Physics is OK as DS wants to do either this or Computer Sciences at university. Less bothered about Statistics to be honest!

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Unexpected · 23/06/2014 07:35

Last exam! Finally! It's been a marathon. Physics for us. Driving ds1 in soon. Hoping to get a photo of last day in school uniform.

Eastpoint · 23/06/2014 07:29

I've been stalking this thread and am joining today, dd1's last exam is this morning. Whole year does triple science so they are having a year meeting before they come home & then go to a party tonight.

MissScatterbrain · 23/06/2014 07:19

Good luck to Master Morvah - DC grumpy this morning which means stress due to lack of revision and a late night Hmm

YeGodsAndLittleFishes · 23/06/2014 07:00

Yes, good luck to all those DCs still going! And Flowers to the parents!

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MorvahRising · 23/06/2014 06:27

The final day is here at last! Physics in the morning and then statistics in the afternoon, so a pretty tough day to finish on. Then we're going out for a meal to celebrate this evening.

Good luck to everyone today - there are still a few of us left!

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napoleonsnose · 22/06/2014 12:15

DD has Statistics tomorrow the that is it. Just asked her if she thought it might be a good idea to do some last minute revision which was met with a 'no'. Apparently its a foundation paper and she is pretty confident on all the stuff that will probably come up. Tbh I'm quite happy to cut her a little slack now as GCSEs have seemed relentless - far worse than I remember them being anyway!

After that she's hopefully got herself a part time checkout job to earn a bit throught the summer. Prom is a week in Wednesday - we've got the frock and shoes but thought I'd treat her to a girly shop day in our nearest city the day before to get the last few hair bits and pieces.

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EllenJanesthickerknickers · 22/06/2014 11:59

So looking forward to DS1's last day of school uniform tomorrow. I might see if he'll let me take a photo. (No chance, probably Wink )

hellsbells99 · 22/06/2014 10:59

Exams all finished here so encouraging DD to make the most of her 2.5 months off. So far she has been out socialising a lot - Picnic, bike rides, shopping, cinema etc. We have just done 2 days of university open days so she can think about what she wants to do and what she needs to do to achieve this. She has an interview next week for some voluntary week and still has the couple of sessions of tutoring she is doing (so earning a bit of money).
I would recommend doing some open days whilst they are off. I have another DC who has just taken AS exams and she has gone straight on to A2 work so it is still very full-on whilst trying to do uni visits.
Good luck for those with exams left.

MissScatterbrain · 22/06/2014 10:51

Morvah - had to wake DC a few mins ago. Last day of revision Smile

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MorvahRising · 22/06/2014 09:48

The final day of revision and I'm trying to persuade DS to do another past statistics paper. The poor lad is utterly exammed out. I can't wait for tomorrow evening when we'll finally be finished!

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