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Year 11 GCSE support thread 4 - more exams

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HSMMaCM · 21/05/2015 18:30

Anyone got English tomorrow ?

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TheWordFactory · 22/05/2015 08:36

Gove not Hove!

TheWordFactory · 22/05/2015 08:35

The schools.

DS school is far more selective so IGCSEs work well.

They were considered a bit harder ( as no modules, resists, CAs etc and the A* boundary is high). And a lot less faff for teachers; just crack on.
It also suits boys.

DDs school is mixed ability and they always did very well with modules etc. this suits girls ( I'm generalising of course).

Interestingly it's easier to get a pass at IGCSE so some state schools introduced them for their borderline students. But Hove stopped that!

AutumnFades · 22/05/2015 08:30

Ah, clearly I need more sleep before trying to understand the finer points of our exam system -thank fuck I'm not taking them--

AutumnFades · 22/05/2015 08:30

Why the difference TheWordFactory ? Who chooses which one they do?

TheWordFactory · 22/05/2015 08:29

autmumn it's the opposite Grin.

No controlled assessments , no course work, no modules. Just terminal exams ( mostly).

AutumnFades · 22/05/2015 08:29

Half way through here - 13/24 done or maybe it's 14/23.

TheWordFactory · 22/05/2015 08:27

IGCSEs are international GCSEs.

They were originally introduced for ex pat DC who wanted to retain a home education abroad.

They've been adopted by many private schools.

I have one twin doing IGCSEs and one going GCSEsGrin. So I get the comparison.

Eng lit for both today.

AutumnFades · 22/05/2015 08:27

I've googled iGCSEs, I think they are more coursework and less exam stuff.
No pressure for Eng. Lit. here today, it's only an A level choice after all...Hmm

cleanmachine · 22/05/2015 08:25

The week after half term is crammed full of exams so half term is going to be busy. Good luck to everyone sitting exams today.

I'm still reeling over how many exams they have.

titchy · 22/05/2015 08:07

Poetry here too. Dd not a happy bunny - hates it - just wants to read and enjoy rather than endlessly analyse. Oh well 7 GCSEs completely finished today, 3 paper 1s done. So 3 paper 2s to go plus Maths and Eng Lang.

QOD · 22/05/2015 08:01

Yep English. .blumming poetry

Had to take.dd to the ooh Dr last night as her eczema had flared up and no Dr's in Kent yesterday afternoon as some training thing. Argh!
The ooh Dr spent longer with her than our gp ever has so the 10 hrs it took get an appointment was worth it!

roisin · 22/05/2015 07:56

Yes, Eng Lit here too. ds2 will then have done 9/22 exams :)
After half term we have two very heavy weeks of GCSEs (ds2) and A Levels (ds1)... Counting the days!

bigTillyMint · 22/05/2015 07:55

Autumn, I have no idea! But they must count the same as GCSEs?

Just dropped DD (7.30 meet to revise with pals!) then came back to see her anthology on the table, but she says she doesn't need itConfused

bebumba · 22/05/2015 07:50

Ds has gone off to school with a real spring in his step (I wish). English lit is his least favourite subject by a very long way. He walked out of the door as if he was heading to his own execution.

CoffeeBeanie · 22/05/2015 07:34

DD has English Lit, no poetry though. Good luck on the last day before half term. Yay!

ErrolTheDragon · 22/05/2015 07:27

DD is just about to leave, DH is driving her there. She says having to do Eng Lit hasn't made her hate all poetry. Her favourite remains:

To amuse emus
On warm summer nights
Kiwis do weewees
From spectacular heights.

Somehow I doubt that's going to be the 'unseen'. Shame.

AutumnFades · 22/05/2015 07:11

English Lit. here as well. No iGCSEs, just GCSE. What are iGCSEs?

LotusLight · 22/05/2015 06:46

Good luck to everyone today. My 2 have English lit (second paper) on a book and it's iGCSE. Not sure of the board - I cannot keep track. Last one before half term and only 45 minutes.

Twirlwirlywoo · 21/05/2015 23:37

My DD has Eng Lit tomorrow morning and then thats her until (IGCSE) History after half term!

I cannot wait to have her home.I have missed her so much.

JugglingFromHereToThere · 21/05/2015 23:35

dd has poetry tomorrow - Edexcel, seen and unseen - sounds almost biblical or is that just me?!
My friend's boy (who I've been tutoring) has similar but iGCSE

Hope they both get good questions for them - and the same for everyone here too X (that's my fingers crossed for good papers for tomorrow)

Then half-term!
Yay Smile

cleanmachine · 21/05/2015 23:14

Flippin eck. Saw some of the relationship poems earlier today, some pretty racy ones in there. No more revision going on here as they're 'all crap' apparently.

Horsemad · 21/05/2015 22:24

No exams for DS2 until after half term now Smile

LineRunner · 21/05/2015 21:50

I think DS is planning to go off piste.

ErrolTheDragon · 21/05/2015 21:46

AQA Eng lit for mine too - the sex 'relationships' theme in the anthology (includes 'Paris') and the unseen. She revised pretty much all day but we've just had two episodes of Enterprise which is far more to her taste. (Klingons rescued, not killed).

AuntP - some of the boards do the Eng lit the other way round from others. I think WJEC was the one which caused the thread about whether 'Lilacs' was appropriate as an unseen poem. So your DS is probably right that he has his appointment with the Inspector tomorrow whereas others have already done that.

Glad you're home with your DD, Wooley - a snooze will do her more good than re-reading poems, and she's right that at this stage there's nowt they can do about the unseen.

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HSMMaCM · 21/05/2015 21:43

When offered hot chocolate, DD said "only if it doesn't have that skin on it". Now normally I wouldn't accept that perfectly reasonable request back chat, but she has some leeway at the moment.

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