Year 11 GCSE Exam Support Thread 2

Had a call from DD earlier, very excited because she has done her French and Biology

SugarPlum and TWF, hope your DC's oral's went well too.

word - could be a rough weekend, there's some high winds forecast for tomorrow - what part of the country is she traipsing over? The DoE recommendations for expedition food are almost the exact inverse of 'healthy eating', aren't they? - apart perhaps from nuts.

Tonight I should get to see The Box - DD's electronics project, which she's allowed to bring home as special dispensation so she can take it to her Arwright scholarship interview the week after next.

She told me yesterday that she's not going to make a revision timetable as such but that she has a Plan. She's writing down what she wants to read through, past papers to do and mark, then the idea is that from those (and mocks) she can see weaker areas and spend more time on them. I just sneaked a peek in her room, the Plan (3 sheets of A4, 4 subjects per sheet) isn't yet complete but what's there suggests that my role now is to provide sustenance, keep the dog quiet and let her get on with it. All rather gobsmacking, remembering the homework hell nights and total disorganisation of former years.

DD had yesterday off school.

She was so out of sorts on Wednesday (really unlike her) night that I suggested a day off. Getting up later and having a relaxed breakfast seemed to do her the world of good and she spent all day revising!

Last day of term today. Then straight off to DofE expedition. The bag of food/snacks would make a cardiac doctor despair . I hope it stays fine. I wouldn't fancy walking 20km a day for three days in the rain (even with a rucksack overflowing with crisps/blocks of jelly/Toffee Crisps).

DS has his Spanish oral so we spent last night going over it and over it and over it...and then over it again! I almost died of boredom.

I was just about to say that will be me and my ds in two years, but Tilly beat me to it. Lol at the airbourne pig division, I shall have to remember that one.
Even dd nags ds, telling him to work now, it will make the next years easier.

I was just about to say that will be me and my ds in two years, but Tilly beat me to it. Lol at the airbourne pig division, I shall have to remember that one.
Even dd nags ds, telling him to work now, it will make the next years easier.

Thanks for all the good wishes - am hoping she goes for it today. And Good Luck to your DD SugarPlum!

Draylon, sympathies. My DS is the Y9 version.

Thanks odd boots, 3 days and I miss her already

Good luck to your DDs for their speaking exams today Tilly and Sugar.

I hope your DD has a great time on her trip dingit, how long is she there for?

Everything crossed for her today Tilly, really feel for you you both.

DD has her Japanese speaking exam today. Bit different to the French and German ones I understand as the teacher asks questions and it is supposed to flow like a conversation with no gaps. She had nearly an hour and a half of her tutor firing questions at her last night and was shattered at the end.

Wishing your dd luck today Tilly.

Up at silly o clock today to wave dd of on her 'French' trip. First on the agenda is Disneyland Paris so I'm not sure how much practice they will get

The speaking CAs must be the worst... the combination of exam nerves and 'stage fright' would be bad enough without having to do it in forrin!

Yes, thanks That's what I keep telling her, but anxiety affects some more than others...

Sounds quite like what my DD did with her first German, Tilly - completely paralysed by her inability to pronounce 'ich' properly. But then she realised that saying any of it would get some marks, even if she did fluff bits it would be a lot better than nothing. It doesn't have to be perfect - they credit if you get something right but as I understand it don't actually penalise if you try something and get it wrong.

Thanks guys
We have run through it a couple of times and she seems to know it pretty well. I think she must have wound herself up before she went in and then froze. I dont think she even attempted it Everything crossed that she doesn't do that again tomorrow.

Best wishes for your DD tomorrow, Tilly.

Oh no Tilly, I am sure it will work out in the end but that must be gutting for her and really difficult for you too.

Sorry for your DD Tilly , hope it goes better tomorrow. At least she is getting the chance to have a second attempt.

Apparently she went blank when she got to the French CA so has to do it tomorrow. The English CA clashed with the Biology ISA so she has to do it tomorrow on her own with the Science teacher that DS loves, but she doesn't! And she will have to do it after everyone else has gone - half day tomorrow. No wonder she's pissed off.

Am gearing her up to practise her French with me after Hollyoaks.

Your poor dd Tilly. That sounds like a nightmare day. Hope she feels better soon.

Love the picture dingit.

Really sorry to hear that Tilly That was far too much for the School to schedule in a day really.

Yes thanks, definitely shattered - hopefully she'll tell us over dinner.

Poor little mite Tilly, it probably went better than she thinks. She's had quite a packed day, she must be shattered.

Sadly it seems DD has not had a good day. She is currently in her bed and won't tell me what happened, though she said she did her English but not the other two. DS thinks she forgot her French