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Year 11 GCSE Exam Support Thread 2

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HSMMaCM · 24/03/2015 20:24

New thread ..... (DD not sure about the prom dress she has bought!!!!)

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Littleham · 28/04/2015 20:06

How awful Coffee. Those poor parents. Sad

Well done to mini HSMM.

auntpetunia · 28/04/2015 20:04

Oh coffee that is so sad, her poor family. Your poor DD also what a thing to deal with at such a young age.

HSMM that is fabulous news. Well done to DD Flowers

bigTillyMint · 28/04/2015 19:45

HSM, that's greatSmile

Coffee, that is so, so sad. Poor girl and poor family and friends.

A friend and I were just discussing how we don't think they have quite realised how close the exams actually are, and that we are probably stressing more than them.

CoffeeBeanie · 28/04/2015 19:39

Well, my DD is finally revising. Since I have stopped nagging the atmosphere is a lot better.
She has work experience lined up after GCSEs in a lab, which she is very happy about.
Let's hope she can somehow pull this off without much revision.

All things were put into perspective when last week a girl at DD's school killed herself. Nobody knows why, it's shocking.

Sending lots of patience to you and resilience to the dc in this stressful times.

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HSMMaCM · 28/04/2015 19:39

She said the French teacher did a dance in the hallway and ran up the corridor telling all the other teachers.

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ErrolTheDragon · 28/04/2015 19:34

HSMM - Star to go with being over the moon.

Fairenuff · 28/04/2015 19:29

Great result for your dd HSM Smile

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HSMMaCM · 28/04/2015 19:24

Did my postal vote yesterday sugar plum

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HSMMaCM · 28/04/2015 19:24

Dingit. We get the silent treatment.

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SugarPlumTree · 28/04/2015 19:19

I hear you Dingit, oh I hear you.

That is excellent news HSM Smile

It occurred to me today that I need to actually make a decision about this flaming Election as it is before the Ethics and Philosphy exam and I am in a marginal so it will actually count.

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HSMMaCM · 28/04/2015 19:09

DD got a B in her French speaking assessment (during PE) today. I can't tell you what an amazing achievement that is for her. She's over the moon.

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dingit · 28/04/2015 15:32

Argh. Dd is like a smouldering volcano at the moment. Erupts without warning. The pressure is building, and we are both feeling miserable today Hmm

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HSMMaCM · 28/04/2015 15:00

Little ham - hope you offered to do bottom wiping too, to help with the physics :)

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Littleham · 28/04/2015 14:13

Great that he is being given some help AuntP. Smile

Physics mock today. Very stressy this morning - quote 'do you want me to pass my Physics mock or do you want me to pick my washing up?' Sigh.

dingit · 27/04/2015 18:59

Aunt P, glad he is all sorted. bet he is a bit of a minor celebrity with his mates Smile
word, that sounds alright with the speaking exam, and at least you got a text!

ErrolTheDragon · 27/04/2015 18:26

Wow, that is indeed a good school AuntP, and it sounds like the HLTA is a gem.

SugarPlumTree · 27/04/2015 18:08

Great news AP Smile

bigTillyMint · 27/04/2015 17:27

That's fab, AuntPSmile

bigTillyMint · 27/04/2015 17:20

That would be a massively positive text from DD where exams are concernedGrin

Well done mini-dingit! I hope the maths tutor that DD has will have a similar effect on DD.

I am impressed that your DC are managing CA's as well as revision.

auntpetunia · 27/04/2015 17:13

I love my kids school! Grin nothing is too much trouble , everything is sorted he will record lessons they are doing now, all staff have been told to let him, they are giving him a HLTA who used to be a maths teacher before kids as his scribe in the exam, he's got sessions every night after school with this lady to practise so they can get used to each others style. The senco is contacting the exam board today to find out if he can have extra extra time as he doesn't normally have a scribe in maths they are treating this like anyone else who got injured so needs to be clear how much time he can have, just his usual 20% more. Nothing was too much trouble and it wad so nice to leave home knowing everything was sorted. He's just come home after an hours session on geography which went ok.

Dingit that's fab neW's about the maths, well done to DD.

Fairenuff · 27/04/2015 16:54

dingit well done to your dd, great confidence boost right before exams start Smile

ErrolTheDragon · 27/04/2015 16:10

word - the main thing is that it went! Grin And I'd take a bet that 'not too badly' means 'actually quite well, feel a bit daft about the fuss'.

TheWordFactory · 27/04/2015 16:00

DD sent me this text about the oral
'It didn't go too badly thank you. Will tell u later '

So that's as clear as mud ( other than being told to bugger off).

ErrolTheDragon · 27/04/2015 15:53

That's great, dingit.

AuntP - that's bad luck Sad. Salutory warning for me - I was beginning to get a bit restive about DD barring both of us from going sailing/windsurfing till after all her exams are over (including the FM which is after everything else) but it really is the risk of injury rather than the revision time that has convinced her. Mind you, she has a remarkable ability to do 'risky' activities with no injury but then hurt herself in some daft way (Tripping over or getting her foot stomped on between activities). Hmm

SugarPlumTree · 27/04/2015 13:12

Glad he got some keep Aunt P, fingers crossed the School get everything sorted so he can come hme knowing plan in place,

Excellent news Dingit ! And can imagine relief that french oral is done and dusted WF.

I remember my German oral. My eccentric Aunt turned up from Germany on her Vespa fairly late the night before out of the blue. I was pleased to see her but really pissed off inside that she hadn't turned up a few hours earlier. In my French oral I spoke some German by mistake.

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