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Year 11 GCSE support thread 5 - finishing off the exams

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HSMMaCM · 05/06/2015 15:43

Only another week to go for DD, but I know some of you have two weeks.

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Horsemad · 18/06/2015 00:02

Hmm, it must be a post exam ritual. My DS didn't suggest he went, thankfully. I think he likes his home comforts too much! Grin

LynetteScavo · 17/06/2015 23:58

No, this would be Warwickshire camping.

I've asked where they would go to the toilet in the woods...apparently they would "shit in a ditch". Cue much hysterical laughter from 4 immature 16yos. AngryHmm

Between last exam and prom is the only time they can do it apparently, as one of the boys parents has booked the summer with engaging activities to avoid him spending endless days playing World of WarCraft.

Horsemad · 17/06/2015 23:54

Moving to the new thread!

Horsemad · 17/06/2015 23:52

After prom venue is currently being re-arranged, after original venue was cancelled (parents said NO I think!) No takers at present. Wink

Horsemad · 17/06/2015 23:50

Lynette are you in Lincs?

DS's mates are on about a camping trip in some woods...

LynetteScavo · 17/06/2015 23:40

The suspense of what the results will be is already nearly killing me and he DS hasn't even had his last exam yet.

(Ok I'm being slightly over dramatic)

It's like when I was pregnant with him and I really, really wanted to see my baby as I was sooo excited and curious, but couldn't because he wasn't ready. DS1 was two weeks over due, but at least I know exactly when the results day is.

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HSMMaCM · 17/06/2015 21:53

I know you'll all be awake at 3am, so here's the new thread

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/2405162-Year-11-GCSE-support-thread-6-exams-and-proms

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HSMMaCM · 17/06/2015 21:50

DD is going to an after prom at s friends house until 3am and has helpfully arranged a sleepover at someone else's house, so I don't have to get up in the middle of the night.

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LynetteScavo · 17/06/2015 21:33

Lovely photos Gin! Smile

Littleham · 17/06/2015 20:48

My dd is going away soon to a Youth Hostel with friends. Slightly scary. Have done the full list of 'mother safety talks'. She looks at me like this - Hmm

ErrolTheDragon · 17/06/2015 20:46

AFAIK DD's school doesn't do a yearbook. Perhaps they do one in yr 13 along with the prom then.

Dingit, sorry your DS is being a git. Maybe he's fed up with himself for being an idiot about the cleaning. They really do have to be good if they've got a brace - avoiding sugary/carbonated drinks too.

Sparklingbrook · 17/06/2015 20:37

OMG dingit I have a 13 year old DS who has just had an 'anchor' fitted before he gets a brace in August. Foul mood as well.

He has been given the teeth cleaning lecture and shown pictures of not very good cleaning by the orthodontist. Scary.

Good call on the camping trip Lynette.

Sparklingbrook · 17/06/2015 20:34

Year Book here was £20. DS was not in school when the photos were taken and they wrote the bits about themselves. So there's his school pic with a generic 'good luck to all' type message. Hmm

The things some of his mates have written in the back mean we haven't been allowed to see it and probably never will. Great. Hmm it looks very professional.

dingit · 17/06/2015 20:34

Lynette our prom is the same £35, yearbook £15. It's about a mile down the road, I told dd she can get the bus Smile

LynetteScavo · 17/06/2015 20:32

DS wants to go on a post exam pre prom camping trip. In random woods. When DH and I are both at work.

The answer is NO but I'm waiting for his friends parents to say no first so I don't look like the bad guy. Wink

dingit · 17/06/2015 20:31

He's 13, nearly 14. We've had a big row at the orthodontist today, as he hasn't been cleaning his teeth properly, and his brace is going to have to come off. He's still stomping around now as he has to put special bands on for bed. Deep joy.

LynetteScavo · 17/06/2015 20:29

DS wasn't happy with physics (OCR) today. He said he couldn't do three of the questions. He talked at length about the questions but I have to admit what he was saying meant nothing to me. Blush He said the last physics paper was much easier.

He's in a really good mood today though. Only product design to go now!

Prom ticket was £35- it's in a hotel nowhere near where we live. Us mums wanted a limo for the 4 boys. The boys couldn't have cared less, so we stropped, shoved our credit cards back in our purses and told them DH would give them a lift.

The year book is somewhat of a saga....I paid: the money was refunded. DS said he didn't want one....they are now £15....but do I care? Hmm

Sparklingbrook · 17/06/2015 20:24

How old is DS dingit?

Sparklingbrook · 17/06/2015 20:24

Any 'after Prom' goings on? Ds not going to 'after prom' so he says. That would have been even more ££ and involved needing a lift home from the middle of nowhere at 4am.

bigTillyMint · 17/06/2015 20:16

Mmm, she was pretty good through the exams although there was the odd outburst. It's to do with self-centred toddler-like behaviour. Hopefully it'll calm down again as the stress lifts.

Their Prom is also £25 - contribution towards the cost. No mention of photos/drinks so far.

dingit · 17/06/2015 20:13

Dd and I are best mates ( at the moment anyway). We've been running together Smile
Me and ds on the other hand grrrrr. He has major gititis.

Sparklingbrook · 17/06/2015 20:12

Hopefully it's temporary Tilly. He has been really good throughout the exams- I thought there would more arguments then.

bigTillyMint · 17/06/2015 20:05

Nothing exciting. It's the attitude here tooAngry

Sparklingbrook · 17/06/2015 19:55

Ah lovely Tilly, was it about anything exciting?

I asked DS to do some of DS2's paper round as DS2 had come home from school not feeling well. You would have thought I had asked for the moon on a stick. The attitude. Angry