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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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Coconutty · 13/06/2014 20:35

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Bouncingbeans · 13/06/2014 19:52

Edexcel Maths calculator better than Monday's until she made fatal mistake of looking at The Student Room and muttered something about not getting the right answer about what time Sue got home (?) and that was an easy one so if she got that wrong, she probably got others wrong. She didnt attempt the last few questions but that is because her set are not taught the A star questions but can still get a B with the rest of the paper.

All done now though and she is also off partying tonight. Expected her to be ecstatic it was over but she was a bit subdued and said she feels 'weird' probably exhaustion.

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 13/06/2014 19:41

DS1 has 5 more to go, all the sciences to make up triple science and the two further maths papers. Most of his friends finished today. Sad

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Nocomet · 13/06/2014 18:44

We had RE first and almost last. 4 hours of it for one GCSE. More than any other subject, which seems daft.

sunshinecity17 · 13/06/2014 16:34

OCR maths quite easy- only one question requireda bit of thought according to DS
Now just further maths next week and last RE paperthe week after.So not finished until the 24th!!
his first exam was re and the last one is too

MrsMaturin · 13/06/2014 16:22

Maths was better here than physics yesterday. Just further maths to do and thankfully dd isn't putting too much pressure on herself re that.

LeapingOverTheWall · 13/06/2014 16:01

DD got confused with the time in Maths this morning, and panicked herself Sad. And even though she had an hour more than she thought, she couldn't get properly into it again. Oh well, not much we can do about it now.

Nocomet · 13/06/2014 14:52

DD1 not impressed with the, Edexcel, maths (she's A/B) borderline and it sounds like there were several A* questions. She says she used all her extra time throwing things at the last question, but she couldn't get it. Hopes there are some marks for workings.

Anyway, That's It!

Good luck to the triple scientists, DCs doing ad Maths and everyone else still with exams. DD said her DF regretted Latin when the Exam was a week after most people had finished last year.

nostress · 13/06/2014 13:07

Yes DS liked edexcel maths :) he knows he dropped some points in paper 1 so is hoping that 2 will bring it up.

He also got me a moonpig card saying thank you for 'helping me revise' and 'RIP to 1000's of trees who died to supply the paper to print mountains of past papers' :)

marymoocow · 13/06/2014 12:51

All done hereGrin . OCR maths was 'really good'. Here's hoping he gets his B, he already has a C at foundation level.
I've taken the obligatory last time in uniform photo, and he gleefully ripped up his exam timetable. I imagine that will be the only bit of tidying his room for today, as the laptop is on and computer games in full swing alreadySmile .

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MorvahRising · 13/06/2014 12:39

Lancelottie that should make the examiner smile anyway!

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MissScatterbrain · 13/06/2014 12:29

Envious of those whose exams have finished today...4 more exams to go for us.....

Love the sound of the beach being 1 min from the school Envy

Unexpected · 13/06/2014 12:25

DS also very happy with Edexcel Maths, hoping for A* overall. Most of his friends are finished today so really difficult to keep him on track as he still has triple science stretching to Monday week!

Lancelottie · 13/06/2014 12:18

DS says he thought maths went well until he compared answers with some friends and realised that he'd made rather a lot of daft mistakes.

Some poor hypothetical customer now has 7 m thick concrete on his driveway...

RaspberryLemonPavlova · 13/06/2014 12:02

Oh you lucky people with finished exams. DS is upstairs doing a past Further Maths paper at present.

They've been allowed to go in for exams in mufti since half-term and study leave, so we had last uniform then. However, when he plays in the school bands they wear school ties, so I will see him in it again.

eatyourveg · 13/06/2014 12:00

Edexcel maths was "so good" according to ds.

LaurieFairyCake · 13/06/2014 11:25

Dd's gone off to get something inappropriate pierced

I'm ignoring it

YeGodsAndLittleFishes · 13/06/2014 11:25

Maths just 'ok' here. Other stresses at play now.

LaurieFairyCake · 13/06/2014 11:24

Had the same from dd about the Maths - she was happy with it.

Thank god it's over.

Now what to do with 12 weeks off

EatSleepRaveRepeat · 13/06/2014 11:23

opps pressed too soon. Her school is literally 1 min walk from beach so I think the whole of year 11 are down there today

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MorvahRising · 13/06/2014 11:22

Just had text from DS just out of the maths exam (Edexcel) saying 'all questions answered, very A*, wow!'

What a relief, he was so nervous about this one as it's one of his most important subjects. Just hope it's not over-confidence!

Hope everyone else is OK with it.

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EatSleepRaveRepeat · 13/06/2014 11:22

Anyone heard how Edexcel Maths went .. not heard from DD , she headed to beach straight after last exam

YeGodsAndLittleFishes · 13/06/2014 11:05

Yes, but ask her to help choose what to see.

nostress · 13/06/2014 11:03

What does she think? I'd take her! When is the dance exam?

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