My brother has a son who is in his GCSE year and has been studying in a very methodical way so far but wants to completely take his foot off the gas pedal over the Christmas break. In principle my brother is in agreement with this, because he's worked hard this term, but he would rather that his DS did at least continue to read a book to maintain his language learning and continue with any controlled assessment projects he's started. Has anyone else exprienced anything similar with their DS or DD?