Year 11 GCSE support thread 5 - finishing off the exams

This thread has kept me sane for weeks.... DD just gone in for last exam and it's last time she'll be in that school as she is going somewhere else for two years now... I feel a teensy bit emosh about it, moving on, fresh starts etc, DD is oblivious apparently and doesn't feel the same way, which is good i suppose.

Collapses in heap

tbtc Well done to your ds. Good luck to him.

Forgive the crap formatting. Oh for an edit button...

^DD is still laid back and happy, especially about a Philosophy question that came up today in the science and religion bit about do we still need religion.
She's a profound scientist atheist^

DS had that question too and loved answering it for the same reason.

tbtc that's good news.

I'm grateful for dds 10 min walk. If she gets her grades, two buses for her next year!

Physics here too - penultimate exam

Had to text DS to remind him to get to the bus stop in plenty of time and then again to make sure he is on it. Fortunately he is, so I don't have to go on a mad dash out of work to pick him up and take him to school (as I did last week!!)

Me too. It would be a lot more interesting than what's usually in there!

I would dearly love to see the North Korean / Gove theory in the Daily Mail.

dingit, my DS's school have 'revision breakfasts'! Or as DS dourly puts it, 'A cold croissant and an hour of stuff we already know.'

I'm grateful to the teachers, though. They really have made massive efforts to get these kids in on time, fed, and vaguely alert.

Lotus I knew nothing about the exam boards till this thread. But that wouldn't stop the Daily Mail. They seem to have a 'thing' about MNetters.

Anyway I really hope I haven't offended anyone. My post was meant to be just a light satire of the Mail. Although obviously I do personally drink like a fish.

Physics exam at 1.30.

He's still in bed. Awake but monosyllabic.

Just a revision session Linerunner! ( think her academy are just trying to sound posh, - they are not )

I don't drink and don't even know their exam boards or which is an IGcse and which a GCSE in most cases.

dingit, what is a biology intervention??

Ha! to all of you, and good luck

Dd has just come home from school ( biology intervention) in a foul mood. She has to go in tomorrow for 20mins on a topic she thinks she's confident on. I've told her just to email her teacher. She's made lunch (!), and has taken it to her room to start revising straight away. Going to school has just added to the pressure and stress IMO!

Just physics left this afternoon for dd - she's just been telling me all about waves and we've been trying to find out which sort light and sound waves are - I think I was some help because I remembered they were different to each other - think she's got it sorted now
Have been tidying kitchen in hope of making house more presentable for family celebrations this evening - DGP's are coming up for an art show at school followed by a meal out. Wish me luck with all of that too! dd is looking forward to it so that makes it all worthwhile. Hopefully it will be a nice summer evening for all.
Good luck to all other physicists. I have the Hawking film I've been looking forward to seeing - perhaps that would make a suitable extra end of exam celebration. Also World Gin Day tomorrow - I have a nice bottle of Hampstead gin, some tonic, lemonade, and lemons and limes all from LIDL
That's a smiley lime honest but you can be jealous if you like!

It's Friday tbtc, needs to be done, cheers

line I resent that comment . I haven't had a glass of wine for ages!

I'm surprised the Daily Mail hasn't got a hold of this thread actually and characterised us all as a bunch of over-indulgent, middle class, wine-swilling, over-involved, obsessive fusspots.

There, I've done their headline writing for them

I hope they print my theory about Michael Gove being a North Korean infiltrator.

Ah, the kraken awakes... DS in shower.

DS' last exam today (Physics) and was definitely feeling AWOL yesterday; not sure any revision was done at all. The plan is for him to go to the Lido to celebrate with his friends afterwards, but given that the weather forecast is for torrential rain and thunderstorms from about 3pm I'm not sure how that will work out.

Congratulations to all the DCs who have made it through this stressful time despite adversities.

Oddboots I have another DC with many of the same issues as your DS. Lovely to hear that dance has been so beneficial for him! I have always struggled to get mine to join in with anything physical, but in the last year they have started Parcours lessons (also known as Free-Running) and it's been the best thing. Basically a gym with padded walls, highly-sprung floors and huge pits full of foam for the DCs to throw themselves around/ do somersaults etc without hurting themselves! I strongly recommend it if it's offered in your area. As you say, anything which builds their core strength has to be a good thing.

Am off to a friend's birthday lunch now. Is it too early for ??

Errol at the dog taking part in revision.
tbtc Massive congratulations to you and your Son. That's wonderful news!

Last one for us today. Not a lot of revision's been done for the last few exams ~ I think DD's all 'revisioned out' now. She's decided that she wants a meal of Aldi pizza and mahoosive slices of takeaway (from a local restaurant) to celebrate tonight.

I now have a sleep-deprived image of my DS trying to explain velocity through the medium of interpretive dance.