Continuing Year 13: January 2016

Parents evening in a couple of weeks.
No refreshments just elbows at dawn.
I agree NMS there can be very little to say. I've never missed a parents evening in 16 years of school age DC but was tempted to skip this one. I will go though as it is my last ever parents eve.

DS has bagged the first slot with his wonderful, enthusiastic maths teacher who always runs hours behind as she seems incapable of getting rid of parents who overstay their allotted 5 minutes .
At least they don't employ the system which some schools adopt, where a buzzer sounds and everyone moves around like a beetle drive.

We get tea, coffee, sandwiches, cake and biscuits. No wine though!

Tea and Coffee provided at ours. And there's always a fundraising cake stall from an extra curricular group if you need some comfort!

If we'd known about the wine back in year 6 maybe we'd have chosen private.

Perhaps we should have brought our own wine in, we could have set up a 'my dc's doing A2 Chemistry' support group in the corner.

Actually since the C in his mock DS is working harder - has to be good.

Another shattered DD here! Our final parents' evening isn't until early March so I'm hoping that in the meantime no news is good news. Mocks not until after Easter.

DD seems to be really busy and working hard though I sense that her organisation (never a strong point) has slipped of late. It's so difficult to tell now as I'm not about to start checking her planner in Y13!

On the one hand a 3 A's offer from Oxford is a godsend. On the other I worry that she'll get complacent. Either way I'd be worrying I suppose. No change there then...

Great news Bucking!

Tea, coffee, wine at parents' evening?? We've never had any of that.

Our last one was last week. Mock results were fine except for Chem - hoing for A got C, honestly don't know what's going on there. Teachers say he needs to work harder & improve his exam technique which is true but when his other teachers say he's doing really well & when the Chem A2 results last year weren't very good it makes me wonder if there's a bit more to it. They actually gave him a certificate at the end of last term for working so hard. He can still get into uni even if he completely messes up Chem anyway (teachers don't seem to realise that). I thought they would know what his offers are & what he's aiming for but they didn't.

Just all a bit strange & would have liked last ever one to have ended on a high note & felt a bit deflated.

Just popping in to say that if your DC needs to interview for their course and haven't heard yet, don't be afraid to follow up with the department! DS has only received one offer so far as all his other choices require an interview and portfolio. Three interviews are set up, but he hadn't heard from his top choice. I phoned this morning as getting there requires a flight for us so some notice would be appreciated to find that they had put him on the "wrong" list so if we hadn't chased it is highly likely we would have missed the whole thing! As it is, they have been interviewing since before Christmas (despite the acknowledgement of his application saying they would only review all applications after 15 Jan) and have only three dates left, only one of which he can make. Aargh! All's well that ends well however.

Our parents evening is just after half term.

Last data report with mock results due any day, but DS already knows they were fine. As others are saying, its just the keeping going now!

There are also too many 18th parties going on and far too much fun to be had in this last year

Bucking - good luck to your DD.
Needmoresleep - I knew there must be some advantage to an independent - we only get offered tea or coffee!
DD has had her mocks (although obviously not in all modules as they haven't finished them yet). They went fine. She just needs to carry on working hard now and not give up before the exams. It is going to be a long haul - I remember is too well with DD1 last year who did lose some of her momentum before the end.

Bucking - that's wonderful. Well done to her.

Very happy daughter here - she has a recall to RADA which is hugely encouraging all round. Only 3 more auditions to go before she gets her RADA offer (we're thinking positively). Not sure my heart can take the strain!

Good luck Lizs!

We also have last parents' evening tomorrow. Hope to establish what results they feel is realistic to narrow down the uni visits.

We have our last parents' evening this week. One think I am concerned about is that in all 3 subjects, DD is only just starting the last module (excluding Empas). Looking at my calendar, if you subtract all the holidays and days set aside for practical exams, then I think she only has about 7/8 weeks until study leave! This is a bit worrying.

Ah sorry Uhtred. I thought as UCAS deadline was May they didn't couldn't allocate accommodation until all had accepted. Conservatoire obv a different thing.

My friends DD went to a London uni last year and I remember her having to confirm and pay the deposit on accommodation very early. I don't think any universities outside of London ask for this. Good luck to your DD!

Yep. Conservatoire.

Is that a London one Uhtred?

DD1's deadline was 31 January and the room guarantee expires on 15 February. Not all colleges are the same, you know.