Year 11 GCSE support thread 5 - finishing off the exams

Oh dear, poor girl. Was this for an exam tomorrow ?

Is she ok now?

Actually I think one if the potential sixth forms says work wear, which does not inclusive clubbing or beach wear

dd is gutted - up until now, her 6th form has been wear what you want (there prob were some rules, but her "uniform" of jeans and a hoodie would have been fine) but from September they are now saying "Business dress" too just as offices are all becoming FAR less formal than they ever used to be, across all sorts of industries..

She will have to be forced into a shop with me - her worst nightmare

That's maths done Edexcel "better than the last one, which wouldn't be hard!" So fingers crossed thats good. As DS is now officially on study leave he's been home "revising " all afternoon, though messed up by posting a new highest ranking on fb game at 2.30 so not all revision !! Science chemistry tomorrow so he can have a lie in the school for 11 for revision.

tillY - its just an acronym for the priority order of maths operations, which back in the day I think we just learned without an acronym.
(Brackets, Order, Divide, Multiply, Add, Subtract)

Glad DD's school doesn't do the 'business dress' thing. I think short skirts and shorts (even over leggings) and bare midriffs are banned, that's about it. She's still in a quandary though as the only thing she likes are black skinnies but doesn't want to look as though she never changes her trousies!

I'm afraid Comrade Gove's evil plan has failed with her on maths, though the iGCSE chemistry is apparently designed to be the final nail in that once thriving industry.

at Linerunner's theory!

Yes, just what is smart business dress for teenage girls?

And I have no idea what bodmas is, but I do have A level maths

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9784811/Kim-Jong-un-sends-sweets-to-children-for-his-birthday.html

That would explain the sweets question then..... North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un sends one kilo (2.2 pounds) of sweets to every child to mark his birthday each year.

Sweets mystery puzzling whole country has been solved!

Made me laugh linerunner

Yes, Littleham, this is my theory. Gove, the North Korean infiltrator, set out on a mission to destroy British industry and infrastructure by making sure that no British child ever again wanted or was able to study Maths past GCSE.

Special moles within EdExcel steer the exam papers away from the spec given to the teachers, and special agents blackmail the grade-bounderers into despicable setting decisions.

In ten years no adult in this country will know any maths beyond Wrong Bodmas, and all engineering will be imported from North Korea and the Isle of Man.

ono40 - love the idea of going through subject/topic with dd, but little minx doesn't work like that. She seems to think she knows everything in the revision guide, though says that there is not much detail on what is to be covered in the coming paper. I guess we'll just have to suck it and see. She is usually so organised and made lots of revision cards etc, though claims not to have used them. I asked her at dinner what advice she would give her brother for when he does his exams and she said "just guess". Swiftly denounced by me - I did point out her success in picking a Grand National winner on this basis. (It didn't make it).

Loads of people found both Edexcel Maths papers vile so he is not alone Lynette.

So Gove has been planted by the North Koreans to ensure that no teenager wants to take Maths at A level. Have I got that right?

DS is already out if uniform. They were ceremonially stripped of blazers and ties in the Leavers Assembly (they are then given to DC who don't have/have lost/can't afford one) although DS1 had strict instructions to hold on to his blazer for DS2.

They were given their Leavers hoodies as a swap.

DS said he found today's Edexcel harder than the last Maths paper.

LineRunner love your thought that Gove might be a North Korean mole!!

Simbo would your DD be able to talk through her chemistry with you? My DS occasionally likes to tell me some facts about things as I lie on his bed with the revision guide and then I ask him some questions. He even tried it out on the poor dog last week!

What a good idea. I did say to mine that Friday might be the last time she ever wears a uniform again. Our school 6th Form is smart casual - no jeans, so she will probably be wanting more stuff now and will have to get up earlier to out herself together. Oh joy! The worst thing is that I have realised that in 2 yrs I will have her doing A levels and ds doing gcses. Not looking forward to that one bit.

Lotuslight - lovely idea. I hadn't thought of it, but will get a pic of my DS on his last day in uniform to compare to the first day

Ah yes. Their last day is next week and I have told them they have to let me take a photo as we have taken one every year in September on the door step for the 27 years since their older sister first went to her nursery school aged 3 and in September they won't be in school blazers any more.

My sons have not had to be in school since exams started before half term which is fine as they work better at home. the school says boys can go in and there are loads of revision sessions but they've chosen to go to none but one. One has just been invited as one of the apparently top 10 boys in the year to an event thing 5 nights away with another few schools after exams and probably does not want to go. You can lead horses to water but.....

History is going to be good as it's all that's left and they've had 5 days with only that to think about.