Year 11 GCSE support thread 4 - more exams

O your probably right. Have you/ your DC seen the Hitler video though? My DS was crying laughing at the accuracy of it.

Georgethesecond, the stuff I've read on-line suggests that the grade boundary for an A* varies from 80-82%, which, if true, won't be enough to help my DS. I'm very happy to be corrected though.

MissC, my twins like maths but even they found the first iGCSE paper hard and their teacher emailed everyone after to say it was the hardest paper he'd seen in 20 years so your daughter is not alone. Hopefully today's paper will be easier.

All calm here for English this morning but they are always very calm. I joke it's like living in a Trappist monastery here and I like it.
They only have music tomorrow after today's maths which is the easiest for them by far (they both have music scholarships to their school) and then history next week. So just about over now.

DD said German (OCR) was dreadful but human geography (AQA) was OK.

She has maths this morning - AQA again. Bit worried.

Everything kicked off in the Dingit household this morning. Ds had a hissy fit and crashed around as he couldn't find his French spellings,which he should have learnt by now, not ' have a quick look on the morning of the test'.
This then woke dd up who appeared downstairs dressed in her running gear for an early run since she was awake. This was when the shit really hit the fan, as it appears ds went to school with her headphones as his are broken. She won't run without music, don't want to be in his shoes when he gets in, assuming he's not in detention for failing his French test.

Thanks, Sugar and everyone.

Yes at 'geek maths'. If that's further maths, that's the one that DS finishes his exams with on 19th June. Meanwhile he still has, in order,

Maths (today)
Biology
Maths
Chemistry
History
General Studies
Maths
Physics
Further Maths
General Studies
History
Further Maths

Maths here too - pleaded with DS to wear some antiperspirant for the sake of his fellow students as it is very hot.

I'm expecting it to be hard based on all the other maths papers so far which seem to have been incredibly difficult. So, I will be off in an hour to pick him up armed with snacks, a cheery smile and some well rehearsed motivational phrases to gee him up for Music and Biology tomorrow.

DS1 went off with a skip in his step and a smile on his face. Maths is his favourite subject. I had to show him how to open his compass box yesterday. He's been yanking it apart, when it just needed to be squeezed to pop in open. Good at maths, not so good at opening boxes!

Maybe when she leaves this Summer, I'll get a bill for thousands? .

I gave DD the boundary comment this morning. She looked at me like 'who has told you this shit, Mum?' .

She eats breakfast at school. About half the girls board so there's always a good spread available.

I think the day girls are meant to sign in for it, but I've never been charged .

Funambulist - but as Hitler said in the video (he's seen the video?) - the A* boundary will have to come down to like 70%! So he may well be fine (Ds1 is doing the same edexcel igcse)

My DS is doing Maths (Edexcel iGCSE) at the moment. He was nervous setting off as the first paper was harder than expected. He's a bit down about it as he's consistently done well in practice papers and in his mock and suspects that after all that effort he'll go down a grade for his actual GCSE. Best of luck to all those doing maths today, especially those who need a good grade for sixth form entry, A level or next academic year.

Maths for DD too.

Her least favourite. She told me she dreamed she was half an hour late for her English exam and when she got there her French teacher shouted 'good luck with French.'

Classic anxiety dream!

Clemency, my DD never eats breakfast, and anyway, cereal or toast is all that is on offer here

Maths today here too. Maths has never been DD's favourite, but as she and her mate got out of the car, I wished them luck and she said "we'll be fine" with a smile!

SugarPlum, what has your DD got next week that she is worrying about?

Love the "ordinary maths" and "geek maths"
We're just off to OM in a mo - wish us luck!

That's harsh for your DS Linerunner

Fingers crossed. For all Maths takers today. Think DD finding morning exam shock to the system. She is finishing a week today but warned me she is very worried about next week.

Ahhhh....really hope maths goes ok. I can't bring myself to wish DS good luck in case it is somehow unlucky. Instead I tell him I love him about 50 times before he leaves the house. Some times I add "have fun" or "be good". Today I said "Eat well and prosper" while piling extra snacks into his bag.

Yep, maths today for my DS and for OH's DD.

That's then the end of her exams, but DS will have another 11.

Sitting here smug today as dd has no more exams this week ( done maths)
Not looking forward to her last week, history and 3 sciences.

Good luck to all the maths peeps today.

Good Luck to all the Maths takers (probably everyone?)!!

Computing was 'fine'. Odd that.

Maths today which is DS's favourite but (and it's a big but) he has to get an A* to get into the VIth form of his choice. He has a tendency to make silly mistakes so fingers crossed and good luck to everyone.

Maths today. It's never been a favourite so there's a bit of anxiety but at least we're on the way to getting it over with at last.

11 to go!