Continuing Year 13: January 2016

Glad that your DCs all thought their exams went well today.
I am away with work for a couple of days so hope DD has been revising all day. I am also hoping that she gets up in time tomorrow - she is not a morning person. I have told her to set several alarms! She is driving to school so I don't need to worry about buses. Good luck all with C4 tomorrow.

And we are finished! Huge relief all round.

DD finished today with Biology (went well) and Sociology ( so,so) so that is both my DC finished A levels. It was lovely weather here in Newcastle today. email into school re Spanish exam so we will wait to see what they have to say! Good luck to everyone's DC who have exams tomorrow!

DD is at her boyfriend's but, as he has an exam tomorrow, she told me she would be home by 9 and we could watch the results together. No sign of her as yet .......

Good Luck to your DS tomorrow, SecretMcSquirrels. Probably best he doesn't stay up! How did your friend get the job at the polling station/counting?

Last one tomorrow. DS came with me to vote and they asked if it was his first time. I have a friend who does both the polling station and the count. It's a long day. Both DS's have thought long and hard about their vote. DS2 would have liked to stay up and watch the result but has a 9am exam.

Whereabouts are you, Dunlurking, with the beautiful weather?!!

Officials at polling station were lovely with DD. Asked her if it was her first time voting, and were really kind to her in explaining what to do and how it all worked.

Does anyone know how you get a job working in a polling station, or counting votes? And how long in advance you have to apply? My in laws used to do it many moons ago, and I always thought I would like to follow suit.

Good Luck to those with exams tomorrow, and also of course next week. DD's boyfriend's last exam isn't until Wednesday, which just seems so late.

Ds about to come out to vote with us once he's finished the C4 paper he's working on. His first time as well. Sorry about the rain. We've had beautiful weather up here all summer. Very sorry for those of you who haven't had a summer yet!

Well done to those who have finished. Hope today's exams went OK Good luck to all the C4s tomorrow and anyone else with exams tomorrow. After that Ds is done. Good luck those with more next week.

It seems to be going on forever. DS1 still has 3 more exams. Tomorrow is C4 and his school has an inset day so no school buses are running. I can't quite trust the public bus to get him there on time so I'll be giving him a lift and getting in late to work.

Congratulations to those who have finished and see you back here in August.

Leeds2 hope biology went well and enjoy your tea at the Shard.

We're not sure what to do to celebrate end of exams - after GCSEs finished we took DS out for dinner and he was so exhausted he nearly fell asleep at the table!

DS is also voting for the first time. We're going to walk down and vote when DH gets home.

Amazing storm last night and quite a few floods round here.

Good luck to the STEP3 DCs and anyone else with an exam today!

My DD has biology this morning. Her final exam!

We are going to the Shard for afternoon tea by way of celebration, then home to vote. She was old enough to vote in the mayoral elections, but unable to do so, so it will be her first time voting too.

Yes, dd has only just turned 18 too, so first opportunity to vote - exciting!

Good luck to STEP3 peeps, and jaxxy's dd with her two, and anyone else?

DD is looking forward to STEP 3 tomorrow which is surprising as the previous 2 step papers have been very difficult.

Hi all DD doesn't want me to do anything until after her last exam ( she has two tomorrow) so I have a couple of emails in draft ready to be sent off to head of year and head of Spanish! Will keep you informed. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions!

Sounds like a decent day - good to hear!

Dd was aqa chemistry. Seems happy enough

A decent break will do her the world of good, hellsbells.

Well after a tough 3 days, DD is sat playing the piano and then is off to the gym with her sister .......she is obviously feeling ok about maths C4 on Friday (I hope!)

DS said OCR Chem today ok but some questions he couldn't do & reckons he lost about 10 marks. Didn't do well enough last year for an A* but if Physics doesn't go to plan on Tues may need an A in Chem (unless STEP 3 tomorrow a lot easier than he expects).

Having salmon for dinner to give him a brain boost.

jaxxyj on the AQA website under 'A-level MFL Administration Point 16' it says that:

'if the candidate’s CD player breaks down, the candidate may be provided with a standby machine provided by the centre (see paragraphs 3 and 8). The candidate must remain under supervision throughout and must be allowed the full amount of time specified for the test.

Candidate and Centre Support, Irregularities Section (AQA, Manchester) must be informed of the incident in writing as soon as possible after the test'.

So they should have given her extra time without her asking & they should have sent in a report.

Fingers crossed for the outcomes of the various Chemistry papers for all the dcs doing it today. Glad the computer science was OK Morvah Jaxxyj I really hope your dd gets her Spanish issue sorted soon. What a horrible thing to have happened.

AQA chem 5 - a nice paper.That is the verdict here! Mind you chem 4 was a shocker!

Glad to hear that, Morvah. Great to have one subject done and dusted!

I checked with my daughter, MyVisions, and she said she did the Salters A paper. I thought I hadn't heard mention of any coursework .......