BTECs starting 2015 - General support thread

Thanks, things were much better last night and she has nearly finished one of the projects now.

It is great that the college are helping. Hope DD gets through the work

She will know that support is there at home she was just throwing a strop.

Sugar the college sounds fab.

So would I T&T and I think given her reaction she would have been too but thought she'd have a shot being a teenager ! The pastoral guy is booking her in too. I'm very pleased with how college have handled it and I'm hopeful with help she'll end the week with a fair bit done.

I've told her DH is here to fully support her emotionally after her jibe about having to go and talk to friends for emotional support. Hopefully we'll end the day on a calmer note than started.

Thanks HSM. College have offered extension and one to one with the lecturers tomorrow afternoon and Friday. She's gone rather quiet having been told that.

Sugar hopefully she's done some thinking overnight and is ready to get back to it today. Sorry to hear your news.

Really glad things look better with your DS Gaslight. I'm very sorry to hear of your bereavement

Woken up with stinking headache but trying hard as DH's birthday. I've just seen DD and said as college doesn't finish until mid July I think she will be able to get an extension up until then potentially. She has an plane ticket booked for mid June and looked rather alarmed and was saying she doesn't need that long. Am waiting to see whether thought of missing her flight focuses her mind somewhat as have feeling although genuinely upset I was played a bit yesterday.

On DD's BTEC course, as long as you submit something by the deadline you can get a referral and a chance to improve it after the deadline

On DS's course they only get referral they if fail or are near (not sure how near is near) the next grade up so he still has to put some effort into it.

Sugar Even if she gets special consideration would it give enough extra marks to make it worthwhile (worthwhile sounds crass but I am struggling to think of one so I hope you know what I mean). Reading about extra marks for GCSEs you don't gets loads. She could be expecting more marks than is allowed.

Recording sounds a good idea.

HSM Hopefully a couple of weeks rest while the exams on on will help

Oh my Sugar. I am not sure about mark allowances but I would have thought a time extension will be allowed. We have had a bereavement in the family and DS has been given extensions for the next set of assignments.

As far as keeping you mouth shut that would have been wrong - she would have said you don't care if you had kept quiet. Mums are for saying it how it is and friends are for pandering to what she wants to hear.

Thinking of you

Teen Hope the SATs are going well. I don't envy Y6 parents now - it sounds like so much pressure now

I have now been able to sit with DS and look at his grades. If he gets passes on all the outstanding modules together with grades already achieved his final grades will be DDM which is enough for his insurance offer.

For his first choice he needs DDD with 12 modules at distinction. He will be able to obtain this if he gets a mixture of merits and distinctions. He has quite a few assignments handed in awaiting marking but still quite a few that have yet to be set and a few yet to be handed in.

Will have to have another look when the handed ones are marked to see how it is going.

So not as bad as I thought.

Thanks T&T. She has been insistent throughout that she wants to know so can prepare. She's angling for Special Consideration I think. I have emailed her tutor and forwarded the biopsy result so they have something official. One of the lecturers suggested they could tape her saying the rest rather than writing so exploring this. She's just said if this had happened during GCSE she would get extra marks.

Deep breath, this too will pass and we are close to the end,

How are the SATs going ?

Oh goodness, yes agree to ignore them for now. Hope the SATs go ok.

I've emailed college to ask if any mark allowances in the circumstances. We're getting if I fail it's not my fault' going on and 'I'm not repeating the year' I'm not handling her well and have told her failure not an option and I'm too business like she said so gone off to talk to friends.

I should have kept my mouth shut but wanted to prepare her.

Oh sodding hell. DD is saying she needs extensions as she's so stressed she can't write. We were so close to the end as well. It was all fine then my Brother rang yesterday to say he thinks it will be a couple of weeks until my Mother goes and I stupidly told her as she hates it if I don't.

Her ankle is slowly improving, but as dance is her life, she's finding it really hard to deal with.

She has exams for the next couple of weeks, so that should take her mind off it

Poor thing How is she doing now HSM ?

Is everyone else bearing up ok?

Tears not years

Had years this evening. DD can't take her ballet exam, can't do her btec dance assessment and to add insult to injury, they had a fabulous dance workshop today that she could t take part in. I can't wait for her ankle to heal.

I find it really hard to know how it is going with these BTECs. Good luck, hope it is indeed better than you think

I am jealous - I am stuck in a hot office

As a campus I think his insurance option is great and is about half the distance from home than his firm so it would maybe possible for him to keep his part time job here but his first choice is better.

It might not be as bad as I am thinking. I am hoping to finish work early enough to speak to him before dad gets home. Saying that I have gone past my going home time!

I think it has been very very hard for her, especially as she knew she was pregnant but not supposed to know. Think her DD might be turning a corner now, fingers crossed.

DD is fine now and I had a nice drive through the sun shining on the New Forest. I can just see her turning up with a leaflet on the menopause!

Do feel for you GasLight. Out of the blue is very hard to deal with. How happy would you be with the insurance option?

DDD - that should be D D D

Lunch didn't happen as he is in lesson during my lunch break but will try again! On top of other things going on I feel absolutely shattered and this shouldn't be happening. At least with my DD we knew it was shit throughout - this has just come totally out of the blue

eatyourveg I need him to log in to show me. He will be happy to do this. On top of the overall grades he needs a minimum of 12 distinctions so I need to check how close he is to this. He was on target for DDD* so anything less is not good enough as far as I am concerned if he is not working at 100%. I have always said to my DC that I don't care if they fail something if they have put the effort in but he isn't.

There is also the added problem that it is unlikely to be able apply for the academic scholarship/grant with anything less than top grades as it is only the top 10 student from each uni department.

Plan B is his insurance choice

Sugar It could be a hell of a lot worse. Your poor friend must be beside herself. Pregnancy on top of everything else. I have a DD and I do worry about that. I am being very calm but I know his dad wouldn't be!

I love your DD's comments. They just know everything don't they. I look forward to reading your post when she comes home with some stuff from the health food store for women going through the menopause!

Hope your DD is feeling better

HSMMaCM Good news. So pleased

That's very good news Not surprised she was panicking poor thing.

Found DD curled up on floor outside my room this morning with a stomach migraine. We nuked it with meds and she's better so gearing up for long drive to College and back as she has a studio booked today and needs to get in.