Year 11 GCSE support thread 6 - exams and proms

MrsBennett - your story sent shudders down my spine - glad he made it to the exam! Enough to turn your hair snowy white.

Oddboots & SugarPlum - sorry to hear about your Grandma and Mum.

DD dressed up in her prom things. So grown up now (apart from the fact she is really petite).

Good luck for those last exams. What a marathon. You are right Horsemad, it wasn't as long winded last year and two years ago with my older two. It has been stretched out to the point of being ridiculous.

I've been following this and the low achievers thread, it's been a stressful time but has been helped by these threads, thanks all.

Congrats to those that have finished!!

to those going through emotional times

DS has got to wait till Monday to finish (DT). Then he only has to go to school 1 more time to get his results. No prom, no party - seems like his is the only school not having anything?!

Oh Mrs B thank goodness you live a 10 min run from school! Bless him even thinking about his shower.

odd boots and sugarplum, We're out the other side of all that now, it's so hard.

for Oddboots and SugarPlum

MrsBennet I bet you both could have done without that adrenaline rush.

Word that would have been some sacrifice.

DD said that there were only 6 of them at the optional revision session before the graphics paper despite the whole cohort showing as signed in at school and then one student didn't turn up for the exam but was waiting for them at the end

I remember finishing my O levels and buggering off on a trip round Ireland in a minibus with a dozen other 16 year olds and a so-called sensible adult. It was a tour of many, many pubs youth hostels that culminated in a pilgrimage to Knock which was probably the reason my parents allowed me to go. If only they knew about the rest of the shenanigans - which is why my DDs haven't done anything similar.

Blimey MrsBennet glad he made it in time!
In fact an emotional new thread, love and hugs to all x

We finished agggges ago - last Friday - feels like a different life - and had a lovely evening of family celebrations with an art show at school followed by a great curry at local restaurant.
dd has prom night a week tomorrow (Friday)
Also DofE awards ceremony (for her bronze) next Wednesday
Did some charity shop shopping in town yesterday and then met me in park cafe afterwards. All very nice and she thinks she might do some volunteering in one of the shops before doing NCS in August.
Also we're going away on a group hosteling trip with friends to the Lakes at end of July which I'm looking forward to - hopefully taking DNeice with us
And dd and I have a day trip to Manchester coming up for the Uni of Salford Open Day at beginning of July
Might also fit in a visit to the DGP's near London and maybe go to the Summer Exhibition which I'm sure dd would enjoy - possibly a couple of London museums too whilst they're not quite as busy as during regular school hols

DS still in bed, suspect he will be for some time!

Really sorry for all those DC who are still ploughing on.

Oddboots my DD has also had that sprung on her and went in yesterday and said she's going in today (but wasn't up when I left) which probably accounts in part for her vile manner with me atm. Sorry for your loss too

MrsB how stressful. Apparently there have been more than a few latest at DDs school...

Hi everyone.

Last exam today at 1.30pm -Latin.

It was an odd day yesterday. DD wasn't sure what to do with herself. She did some weeding , napped, watched you tube Vloggers. DS mooned around as if he would give his left testicle to be able to do some weeding, but sadly, a dead poet had ensnared him to slavery!

is what I suspect would happen

MrsB, that over-sleeping drama is why suspect would happen here every day if I wasn't currently 'between jobs'. So every cloud, and all that...

Good luck to all today.

Further Maths tomorrow. I am hoping to encourage some awakeness and preparation later!

He had grown AGAIN . As long as he keeps his legs straight when he sits, doesn't raise his hands higher than his elbows and doesn't eat he will be fine. He does look rather lovely though, he was TOLD by his gf that he must coordinate with her dress. I couldn't get him a Willy Wonka outfit so he's settled for a purple tie and pocket square????

MrsBennet - funny in hindsight but enough to give you a heart attack!

Argh MrsBennet!! The fact he finished with the rest is positive. On the plus side he won't do that again.

Latin (Virgil) today and FM tomorrow then that is it.

Oh mrsb that has been one of my nightmares, glad he was able to do the exam ok. Leavers service here today, but parents not invited so I'm sending him off with a short and some sharpies and instructions to get pics..

Really wish he'd finish but last exam tomorrow is physics and then we can start thinking about Japan. I have less than a month to sort him for that trip of a lifetime and I don't break up until 21st July.

Good luck anyone with exams today

Morning all , just one exam left tomorrow, Further Maths and then that's it, Hurrah!

Had this yesterday, I'm almost seeing the funny side ( but not quite). I was away from home on Tuesday night, DS3 had Physics at 9am Wednesday, I was 60 miles away.

At 9.15am, my phone rings, it's DS3.

Me: DS, what's wrong?what's happened? Why aren't you in the exam? ( panic, panic, hyperventilate etc)

DS: Shit, Shit, Shit, MUM. OH GOD. MUM, I've overslept, I hit snooze. MUM. MUM. ( panic, panic, hyperventilate etc. )

Me: it's ok, don't panic, don't panic ( as I bounce off the walls) just throw your clothes on and run to school, I'll phone them now.

DS: ( many swear words) But Mum what about my shower.

Me: ( many swear words) get your backside out of the house and bloody run NOW.

Phone goes dead.
I phone school, they are lovely, as long as he gets there in 10 mins all will be well.

10.30 am ( I've walked a groove in the floor from frantic pacing at this point)
DS phones.
DS: hiya Mum, it's fine, they were fine, I finished with everyone else. You panic very easily Mum ( hysterical laughter) I'm going to try the suit on again, think I've grown again. Don't forget we are going shopping for shoes. Love ya, bye.

He wants to be a Particle Physicist so the exam was rather important!

Post GCSE phase as well, just. Currently the week is a combination of shopping and eating but today she is spending all day with a boy. At his house. Hmmm. The stress of the exams was nothing compared to this!
I know the boy and have done for several years, but still!

Oh Oddboots, I am so sorry Bit of an emotional day here too really, my Mother is all being well flying to Thailand tonight to stay in a Care Home there by my Brother.

Thanks for the new thread.

I don't know if I feel post exams or not, we technically are but ds needs to go in and do his EDCL (a decision made by the school in the past few weeks). He hasn't done ICT for 2 years but he knows his way around a computer pretty well so hopefully he will do okay.

The school sent home a report on Monday, it included the grades they thought he was working at just before the exams and a couple of the grades are lower than he was expecting them to be and lower than we have been led to believe up until now. I think the school are hedging their bets in case the government tinkering means grades get dropped. It is probably better to come to terms with that now rather than in August but it still feels odd.

My Grandma has held on through ds's exams, it has been becoming clear since her stroke in May that she wasn't going to recover so a few days ago we decided with the doctors to move to end of life care. It is one of those times I am glad ds has ASD, he knows the facts but hasn't picked up on a lot of the emotion going on.

We did prom shoes yesterday. Hopefully have some but need tosee on with dress and we were both too knackered after. DD would have agreed to any pair by the end !

Good luck for Latin and statistics today.

Beginning of June is when hayfever kicked in properly here. We're running an experiment with the different antihistamines at the moment.

Hello! Reporting from the post GCSE zone. We have entered a rude sloth like phase which I am hoping is temporary...

Just checking in. I seem to be staying up far too late at the moment. Don't have to get up early tomorrow, just fri for FM and then mon/tue 'pretending to be a sixth former and having to meet new people'. DD views the latter with more trepidation!

I'm sure DS1's GCSEs weren't this protracted (2yrs ago).

It's been a loooong exam season.

Hi everyone, been gone for the best part of a week whilst DS on study leave and discovered we're on a new thread! DS went back to school tonight ready to take his last 2 papers tomorrow, Latin and Statistics. Having him home was great but discovered he has been in hell with his hay fever since returning after half term. His eyes had swollen up, his nose was blocked and he was having real difficulty sleeping. Of course he told me nothing when he was away even although I asked him about his hay fever and his medication. He was given plenty of treatment but I feel, oh I don't know, redundant! Feeling sorry for him and for me. I always go on a downer when he returns to school though so nothing new there.

He's heading off on DofE at the weekend too so no respite from the hay fever I suspect.

Everyone hanging in there for the last couple of days? Can't be many of us left at this late stage. Good luck to all who have papers tomorrow.