Year 11 GCSE support thread 6 - exams and proms

DD has got her Arkwright engineering scholarship!!

My DH goes the other way - for some reason always thinks he'll want more than he really needs, and man-clothes are so much bigger than small-woman/girl clothes, takes up more than his fair share .

Yes .....or a jumper, or a coat.

auntpetunia - that made me smile about your DS' packing. Sorry to be sexist, but what is it about males and packing? XH has sent me a packing list for the DCs' two week holiday with him which reads as follows:

2-3 T-shirts
1 formal shirt
1 trousers
1 shorts
swimwear

This is to include what they are wearing on the plane!!!

DS has just departed for school where they're catching a coach to the airport, now I can relax. He flies this evening, so a long day for them!

Off to work for me now - have a good day everyone!

Your DS made me laugh auntpetunia

Oh Spud, that's unnerving. Could she have accidentally pushed a button? Or maybe it's just a freak call?

DD was very happy when she came in yesterday - her lovely friends had organised a surprise BBQ for her (which I knew about) up a hill in the park last night and then sleepover (when they finally got to bed!) and then shopping yesterday. She came back with a load of teeny tops for Reading

And apparently told DH she might do the (massive amount of) homework for the first choice school, just in case

Well done Spud ' s DD and AuntPetunia ' s DD

Phone went 1.30am marked as an international call but no one there when I picked up. Have contacted DD who has confirmed not her , phew. Just checking not about one of the parents.

Well done spuds DD!

AuntP - your DS and DD - well done her!

well done spuds DD!

Well there's nothing like learning from experience AuntP. It sounds like he's gone for the old adage 'one clean, one on and one in use wash' which is fine but somewhat austere! Add in a couple of extras and he's got it about right. Great learning experience.

Please give me strength, I've given ds v specific jobs to do to make sure he has everything for Japan still he hasn't done them! Ok his loss, but tonight when we talked about getting packed he said " I'm only taking 3 days worth of clothes what's the problem ?" After just gawping at him like he was talking Japanese I laughed and said "ha v funny!" No this is no joke for 3.5 weeks he thought 3 days worth of clothes was fine as then he'd wash them!!!! At a campsite when he's having fun with loads of activities to do and the temp is running at 34°. Oh god no common sense whatsoever.

Well done spuds dd that sounds great, my dd yr 8 got a christians values award today so me and ds went to the assembly, she hates any sort of attention and fuss and refused to come into the hall to start with, we got her in and she was one of the first called out so she didn't bolt out again, I tried to get a picture, but think whyl E coyote and road runner, she is a blur on the photo . And her award was for courage!!

Good luck travellers! Loving the idea of the exam pencil case being used for flight liquids. Genius reusing.

Popping with pride here. Dd had graduation type assembly today and won the English prize and the vocational prize for 'performance' (no sure what that means...but anyway!!)

Back from yet another visit to our friendly pharmacist (on first name terms now )for last minute items. I am now putting myself under house arrest to stop me buying yet more stuff

All packing is DONE and came in at 14kg which amazed me, thought it'd be much heavier, tbh.

Horse, you can get Lynx roll-on

Good luck to all departing DC!

Ah well, the silver lining of missing our holiday is that I miss the holiday packing too!

DH home and in reasonable shape, he and DD are watching a DVD lecture in a series on robotics which gives helpful tips on equipment and parts. She'd started listing the components she needed and was being a bit too parsimonious - free delivery on orders >£30 so we're encouraging her to stock up rather than order dribs and drabs and then get stuck with a delivery charge every time.

I have found that they start out looking tiny, but once they have been unpacked it is impossible to restore to the original size!

*HSMMaCM - yep, the kit list is pretty extensive! I've just watched a video on the organisation's website of packing for this trip - the girl had the tiniest sleeping bag I've ever seen honestly, it was about the size of a gent's hankie when folded!!! No way can a sleeping bag be that size!

Thanks, I've now put some bite stuff, antihistamines and rehydration sachets in his hand luggage in case his bag goes AWOL At least he'll have something to combat the mozzies then!
His anti-malarials and travel sickness tabs are already in hand luggage.
Crikey, I'll be glad when he's departed and I can do no more!

I don't think you can take aerosols in hand luggage.

As others have said, there are loads of clear plastic bags available to put liquids in. Like the idea of using the exam pencil case though!

Switch Horsemad
I was at T5 the other day too, (dropping DD1 off for 3 weeks in Spain).

To the left of the check in areas, there is a whole area specially set aside as a 'repacking area'. Not seen one of those before.

Hope trip goes well.

Horsemad - I was at LHR Terminal 5 the other day, and there was a stand at the back where you could help yourself to clear plastic bags if you didn't have them. There were a couple of members of staff giving advice and I saw various people re-packing bits and bobs into their checked-in luggage.

DS always travels with essential meds in his cabin bag (in a transparent bag). I have a fear of checked-in luggage going astray. It does sometimes. So I wouldn't put any crucial medicines in the hold.

Thanks SPT, I will get him a roll on I think. . I've out all the bite protection stuff in his main hold luggage, so hopefully all OK.

Don't know about aerosol she took a roll on Mitcham. We did most meds in the hold with a couple of ones she needed with her in hand luggage went in the clear plastic pencil case she used for the exams. She hasn't said how it went so assume no problems.