Year 11 GCSE support thread 5 - finishing off the exams

DS has left his phone at home, so no word yet about History. Just off to drop DS1 for A level Maths and collect DS2 to go for lunch. Hope it's gone OK. Sorry dingit & LineRunner that your DC are dejected. Just hug them, it's all you can do really.

Oh LineRunner and Dingit sorry to hear that. It is a long time for them to stay motivated. They are lucky to have you both supporting them. Just a few days to go and our dcs can relax xx

Yes complete exhaustion here too. Physical and mental exhaustion coupled with stress and worry about results. At least it's last week.....

dingit My DS hasn't done well in history paper - his mistake, he says. He had a mind blank. This hasn't happened before.

I think he's run out of adrenaline, motivation, energy. He has, if you count up things like 'physics 2 & 3' as two separate papers, sat 31 papers out of 32, since early May. On top of coursework, ISAs and mocks.

Another one bites the dust.

Thanks tranquility, that's exactly the same as my dd. I'm going to try and persuade her to sleep for an hour this afternoon!

Sorry about your DD, dingit. They are just so unbelievably exhausted now. My DD has gone to Chemistry revision this morning. The exam is tomorrow morning and then there's just physics to come on Friday.

Just had a phone call from dd in tears over the history paper. I suspect it wasn't as bad as she said, she's just stressed out and tired now. Did not really know what to say to her, just to stop worrying, go and concentrate on her chemistry, then come home and have lunch ands relax in the garden for a while.

I walk the dog behind DD's school so still going over daily. Assistant Head was out there today and we got talking. Her son is also doing GCSE's and she was saying how sorry she feels with them with the large number of exams and how the goalposts keep moving. Her other son's dong finals and she said this has been a lot worse than it was when he sat them and seems to have dragged on forever.

She had I thought the look of a woman who will be very glad when lunchtime has arrived and it's all over !

Keep going everyone, nearly there.

Good luck for those exams everyone.

My dd is still totally exhausted. She is usually full of energy but has pretty much collapsed in a heap since the exams finished.

Good luck to those still doing exams. one of the twins is going to the history AS induction today and his twin is not. I don't know what the teacher is going to make of that. (They are both going to do A level history).

Further Maths sounds grim. Fingers crossed for all DCs sitting that and to all parents dealing with said teens.

Just graphics tomorrow and then we're done. It is the subject that DD really wants to do at A level and pursue as a career - so no pressure there then

DS is up and predictably annoyed by his sister's ensuing freedom. I'm hoping a bacon sandwich will soften the blow.

History today. Had a bit of drama yesterday evening when DS realised he hadn't looked at 1/2 the stuff. Some mad revision, but then a text this morning saying that what he'd looked at isn't in the exam today.

I am hoping this means he has looked at what's in it.

Penultimate one today. It seems to have gone on for SO LONG!

DD has her last exam today. Hoorah!

DS still in bed but no doubt will be jolly pleased for his sister.

Good luck for today and whoop do doop for those finishing

Ds has history and then two more to go so we'll be a little late to the party.

Nothing here today. Good luck to everyone who has exams today. DS's worst day is tomorrow chemistry and graphics. Chemistry is his worst science so he's off to school for revision this morning.

To those who are free enjoy

Today History will become History, then just two more (sob)

History (USA) today. Then a short break till Further Bloody Maths again on Friday. Then fin.

Hope today goes well and that finishers enjoy their last day (the after exam bit).

Good luck to all those doing exams today.

Good luck to those finishing today - such a long haul, but they are (almost) there.

I smell FREEEEEDOM!!!

Oh yes, finally it's here; the last GCSE - History (surgery).

DS has been a star, he's worked hard so I hope he gets some good grades to reward him. We're off out for lunch after his exam then his time's his own!! Got my camera primed for his last school day photo (even though he's hopefully going to 6th form in same school!)

Good Luck to everyone still doing exams, it will soon be over

Last exam, last exam, last exam Can't believe we are finally here!

Don't know if I will see DD after as apparently they are all meeting up for high jinks and then off to a friends and I won't be in till later.

Fancy a beach trip myself, SugarPlum!

Good luck to the Historians today .

Ashbeee, I think DD is quite unsettled now she is finished and still been maintaining her exam routine to some extent. She's not feeling brilliant which doesn't help. Has hot plans to go to the Beach later in thd week which I hope will help her switch to summer mode.

Last exam for Dd today (surgery history). She's all conflicted: part of her all at sea, feeling 'I God I'm actually leaving school and will be a grown up', part of her excited about the freedom. Unsettled bit not helped by DH reminding her that her shiny new NI number means that she actually will have to pay NI when she works .....(ellipses, sorry).

Her dad also 'for the last time' told her to get to bed as she has school tmorrow. .

Anyone else's DC a bit unsettled by the end of it all? Think I am as I woke up at 4am (why isn't there a tired emoticon, it would be the most used one ever in Mn?)

Good luck to Everyone finishing off today.