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Year 11 support thread - keep on keeping on!

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AtiaoftheJulii · 09/06/2017 06:36

Just getting this ready!

Following on from www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/2936097-Yr-11-support-thread-the-scaffolding-is-holding-up-well

Good luck to those with exams today 🍀

OP posts:
Laniakea · 24/08/2017 15:07

wine - that's brilliant! All that stress & worry & he's done so well :)

minesawine · 24/08/2017 14:45

DS got 3 x grade 7 and A for everything else. I am so proud of him but worried about his A level choices Maths Economics and Physics. Too intense. But he wants to do them. I have to let him try

Madhairday · 24/08/2017 13:08

Oh hadn't seen this thread was revived too, was on the results thread.

Great to see how the dcs have done after all that angst we went through together.

Very very pleased with dds results. She really pulled them out of the bag. Only one disappointment which is being remarked, but still passed it, c for RE where she always got A*. V odd. But everything else great.

Thanks again all for your support on this thread!

RaskolnikovsGarret · 24/08/2017 12:42

Really well done to your DD, Laniakea, she and you must be very pleased.

Laniakea · 24/08/2017 12:23

Not bad for a girl who bombed her 11+

(I'll stop posting now)

Laniakea · 24/08/2017 12:20

(in old money she's been saying 8 A*, 1 A, 1 B ... the numbers are still a mystery to most!)

Laniakea · 24/08/2017 12:19

we've just got back, good news here thankfully. DD got a 9, two 8s, five A*, one A & a B.

We're getting the A remarked as she got two A*s then a B which is very strange ... if it doesn't change it isn't a big deal but I'll be interested in seeing the paper as much as anything else.

The 8 for maths leaves me speechless but she worked so hard to bring herself up from a 5 at the end of year 10, I'm really proud of her for that.

LittleHo · 24/08/2017 12:15

Maths and English Lit - 9
English Lang - 8

Overall eight A*, two A's and a B.

Really happy.

RaskolnikovsGarret · 24/08/2017 11:12

Thanks Pointy, many congratulations to your DD too, very well done. And to Humphrey's DS as well. And sorry to those DCs who are disappointed in any way.

RaskolnikovsGarret · 24/08/2017 11:11

Thanks Pointy, many congratulations to your DD too, very well done. And to Humphrey's DS as well. And sorry to those DCs who are disappointed in any way.

Humphreyhippo · 24/08/2017 10:44

DS got a 9 for Lang, 7 for lit, 7 for maths, A* for history, As for both sciences, Bs for law and music. Delighted!

pointythings · 24/08/2017 10:39

Raskolnivov that's an amazing set of results, congratulations to your DD.

DD1 got 3 8s, 2Bs (both up for re-marking because 1 mark off A) and the rest all As. We're hugely proud, she was 4th in her entire year cohort.

RaskolnikovsGarret · 24/08/2017 09:56

DD got 8 a stars and 3 9s. Very pleased for her as she worked so so hard. She and her friends seemed thrilled today, as many of them got 9s in English. No unhappy tears fortunately.

Well done to all DCs for their efforts this year - it's been a slog.

MrsK · 24/08/2017 09:51

Good luck everyone 🤞

I hardly slept last night, so goodness knows how our kids must feel!

t875 · 24/08/2017 08:56

Good luck everyone!! Tad nervous but she couldn't have put more in if she tried. Now we wait xx

pointythings · 24/08/2017 08:36

Just under an hour for us, the school is walking distance. DD said she slept better than expected.

booellesmum · 24/08/2017 08:35

Good luck to everyone's DC's.

pasanda · 24/08/2017 08:20

Good luck everyone!

40 minutes to go for us!!!

Quadratilla · 23/08/2017 23:11

Good luck everyone. I hope all our DC get what they need tomorrow.

Laniakea · 23/08/2017 16:30

dd got 132 (or something like that) in her mocks - they graded that as a 6. She did AQA not edexcel though.

She's pretty pissed off that out of 11 subjects it all comes down to her maths grade :(

ifonly4 · 23/08/2017 15:49

Woody, same here. DD has a back up plan if she doesn't get the required maths grade. Hopefully she won't have to change options, but as she's concerned about maths, I'm glad she's given herself time to consider what she'd want to do instead, rather than have a rushed decision this week.

Woody67 · 23/08/2017 15:33

DS has been talking about alternative A level to do if he doesn't get the required grade. Self preservation maybe. He got lower than expected in his mock and I think he's a bit worried about it.

Woody67 · 23/08/2017 15:30

I wonder how that compares to the mocks.

JumpingJoey · 23/08/2017 15:10

ifonly4 I prefer the 57 for an 8 😁

ifonly4 · 23/08/2017 15:06

Sorry, that 157 for a grade 8.