2015 Yr 12 support thread

No word yet here from DS - impressed but those whose DC communicate with them . DH says DS will probably arrive home at 9pm and casually mention he needs to obtain a tame aardvark for tomorrow.

Narvinectralonum is it one audition for each place or are there recalls as well?

So sorry about C3 Morvah and Atia. I shall be here on Aug 13th with you.

Oh dear Atia sounds like your DD didn't like it either. Poor things. Thank goodness it's Friday and they can have a bit of a rest tonight before starting on C4 . . .

Thanks for that, Lancelottie - I just feel so much for him because he's worked so hard.

Have looked on the Student Room and most people so far seem to think it was pretty hard.

I hope the other DCs on this thread found it better than DS!

DD2's text was "where do I sign up to retake?" I'm not getting upset before August 13th.

If everybody says it was a horrible paper, that's good, Morvah -- or at least better than everyone else thinking it was a doddle.

Oh dear. Just had a text about C3 from DS which says 'probably my worst exam ever. Will be lucky to get a D. Everyone saying it was a horrible paper.'

What a bugger.

I think it must be so much worse if your dcs are trying for medicine or oxbridge, or both Needmoresleep The interview process and extra reading and tests pile even more pressure on everyone. The autumn term/early spring term become yet more exam periods.

Music is even worse. :(

Unrelated to work experience but maybe of interest. Last year when DS1 started uni they wanted a full printout of his vaccination history. Also the NHS introduced the meningitis C vaccination for new university students.

Home you get her sorted Needmore

Good luck Needmore. DD's friend has just had the TB one done in a hurry as the uni health forms were due in but she still needed the 'test' to be done a few days before the vaccine. DD's were done a week apart.

C3 for dd2 today and then she is done! Seems like a long time since she started her oral exams, and fortunately just in time for her birthday tomorrow! Good luck to those also doing C3, and General Studies :)

She has the TB done in March and her arm is still not fully healed yet - it is a horrible one.

Needmoresleep - DD1 got the TB vaccination done at our local hospital for free as the GPs don't offer it anymore. I phoned and asked to be put through to the section dealing with TB and they sorted it. We did go to a travel clinic for the Hep injections though.

Good luck with the C3 today! DD1 in year 13 is doing this.
Glad you have posted about D of E as you have reminded me that DD2 needs new waterproof trousers for hers in a couple of weeks

Good luck to the dcs with C3 today.

And good luck MrsU for the DoE organisation. The zero preparation and then the expectation that you pick up the pieces with zero notice sounds like my dd to a T.

Good luck to all the C3ers today!

DS says he will be 'lucky to scrape a C'. . . . .

Mrs U, yes C3 (not S2) tomorrow. S2 22nd. Good luck to Master Ultra on both counts

Oh, that's so annoying MrsUltra ! Unload away. More worthwhile than ranting at him I finally lost it with dd1 tonight over C3 and called her a "stupid baby" (how old am I???).

Thanks for the language tips - will buy the book and suggest the radio. She told me yesterday that she was going to print out French or Spanish articles that she reads online, to keep in a folder and go through properly with a dictionary, rather than skimming tricky bits. Compared to dd1 she is a complete angel (when it comes to hard work and revision!).

So fed up with DS! He has C3 tomorrow. Saturday is the DoE expedition. Told me this morning he needs to get food for the DoE, finally DH has just got back from taking him to Sainsbos to get it (after having driven a 250 round mile trip today,) . Now he is sorting out the kit, and claiming his bro' has moved it all, stressing his bro'.
He has looked (for the first time???) at the kit list and needs a digital camera, not a phone as they are not allowed phones.
I am just so fed up that he had over a week since his AS ended to sort all this out, and now is doing it on the evening before his C3 so we are trying not to stress him , but we are running around for stuff he could have sorted last week.
Sorry - I know this is not what the thread is about, but you are the only people who understand how stressful it all is, so am unloading here...

Atia thanks for the link - I have read it and, like you, am still not sure! It doesn't help that I don't know which procedure they follow at college. All I know is that if DS has to put down C4 it will probably be a very bad mark indeed if his assessment is correct.

When I had to do a French paper in sixth form for something which wasn't part of my A levels, my teacher recommended listening to French radio, as you can have it on in the background while you're doing other things. She said it was amazing how the conversation sank in subliminally. Might be worth a try?

DS is beyond fed up with the fact that apart from the FM lot, all his mates have finished and aren't having to revise every spare minute like he is. Roll on this time next week when the last one will be done!

Atia
If she is into cycling - how about reading
Las Bicicletas Son Para El Verano by Fernando Fernán Gómez
(at least it has a bit about bikes - ie a boy wanting one...)
often used as a text for A2...

here

DS1is back in school starting A2s but I think they are being very gentle with them. Except Maths where they are doing their coursework.

S2 Friday, c3. 22nd. Inhuman, given in effect they've only had two terms' teaching.