Year 11 GCSE support thread 5 - finishing off the exams

I told DS to find out if he needed to give a corsage .. he came back saying No.

on further interrogation, I find out he asked his 'date' if he needed to give her flowers.

On Proms dd was pleased with the other 3 girls she's been put with on her table - telling me all about it the other day. I think here they're down-playing any boy/girl aspect so def no corsages - though I think a few pretty flowers sounds charming
Going to pick up from History in a mo. Hope the timing worked out and she liked the theme - will have been on one of three topics so she has definite preferences (Wants Women over Children and teenagers or Immigration - Teenagers would be the worst she reckons as apparently not much to say about them!)

So much for ds' s lie in. Neighbours dog has been yapping outside for the last 4 hours.

Good idea Oddboots, hadn't thought of that - best do it myself as he won't bother!

Corsages??? No, not here either. They all go with their friends, More like a school dance imo.
Am I the only one who went and booked hols over resuts day?
Oh yes I have, so now she won't even know how she did for a couple of days. I hope there is no internet where we're going.

wed, I've been having results day dreams for months! Feel knackered when I wake up after one!

No corsage here, DS not taking a particular girl just going with a mixed table of friends.

ono40 as it seems to vary could you go on to instagram and youtube and search for you school's last year's prom to see if any appear?

Wed, was it a good dream, or bad one?

Another one with a knackered dd, and still another week to go

History for DD today. She looked really tired this morning. 5 exams last week and one a day this week starting to take its toll I think. thankfully she finishes after History next Tuesday. She was in a pretty vile mood last night , when generally she has handled the stress pretty well.
I had my first exam result day dream the other night ! Anyone else ?

Nothing until Friday and then the last exam!We've finished this year - only another 3 dc's to go.

Littleham I did feel for you yesterday.With 4 children plumbing always seems to have issues.I was one of 4 ( and have 4 myself) and my mother was always unblocking toilets and coping with flooding ones.

Another one who's daughter hasn't had to attend school outside of exams.The school have had extra revision sessions but they've been optional.Dd feels she works better at home by herself without distractions and I trust her ( she's far more organised than I ever was).

BobOmb The Maths will probably be better than she thinks as pretty much everyone I have spoken to hated the maths exams. Student room is the same. Wait to see what happens on results day - grade boundaries may be a lot lower.

Nobody gives corsages around here!

Just History today. She seemed happy enough this morning now that she can see the light at the end of what has been a very long tunnel.

Which physics board was that, BobOmb?

Dd is a bit deflated at the moment, the maths exams really knocked her confidence. Yesterday's physics was a bit different as well, dd said there wasn't much physics in it and it needed a lot of writing. She finished just as they had to hand them in, quite a few of her friends didn't finish, so a few tears there.

1 week left for dd, really looking forward to the end now!

Can I ask a prom question (will take my mind off history and the fact that DS2 seems to have broken a big chunk off his tooth this morning...sigh...)?

What is the general opinion on corsages? I thought the boys were supposed to give the girls a corsage for their handbag/dress but when I mentioned this to DS he looked like I'd suggested he repeat year 11 . I don't want him to be the only one giving/not giving a corsage but if he is, I'd need to get it organised soon.

I was reading that if students are allowed study leave before the end of June then the school has to mark it down as authorised absence which can then trigger an ofsted inspection. I suspect schools that are trying to avoid being made into academies want to keep ofsted away as much as possible (rightly or wrongly thinking that ofsted judgements aren't always fair and may be political).

I think demographic makes a difference too, we are inner city with high poverty, early study leave may mean groups of bored and hungry teens hanging about giving the impression of trouble makers even if they are behaving. Telling some children they can leave and keeping some back would be divisive and tricky to manage.

In a more rural area with a spread out student population and with fewer dependant on free meals things are probably very different.

Good luck to all dc doing exams today. We just have physics to go on Fri pm. I have told dd to veg today and do revision tomorrow.
all dc at our school have left now apart from going in for exams and a 6th form taster day if they are intending to apply. Makes it tough for younger ds who is not the most motivated to attend school. He thinks he should only go if the weather is to poor for anything else!

Summer hols.

DD has history this morning. Seemed happy enough.

DS is countering away about Latin. The grade boundary for an A* is usually 90% or above which is 'evil' apparently.

They can leave school on the last Fri in June as long as they're 16 by the end of that year's summer hold apparently.
According to a .gov website but I can't link, sorry.

Are they legally allowed to not attend after the exams? As 90% of schools have a leavers date before/during the GCSEs I am guessing that it must be legal?
And what if they haven't had an official leaving date - are they breaking the law by not attending?

OddBoots, DD's school haven't announced a leavers date and another parent told me that they can't leave until they have taken that ECDL exam which DD does NOT want to take
Blue seems very popular for mens suits this year - lots of them about. I bet he looks lovely in it

History here today is Germany. Fingers crossed for everybody!

Just a biology revision session this afternoon here. he's tried to get out of it a few times but he doesn't revise at home much so it would be better to go. Not due in until 1 and I have instructions not to wake him until 12!

Sounds lovely Oddboots, I love seeing them dressed up in a suit. So smart.