Year 11 support thread - keep on keeping on!

Redsrule - different types of nouns and verbs? Haven't seen that mentioned anywhere on mark schemes, sample papers etc?

I completely forgot I'd started that thread! It was a good idea though- I hope it revives......

Five exams this week, then further maths on 19th and product design on 26th - hate having such a late exam, although it will give DS time to learn the syllabus - teacher has been absent for most of year.

We're still going to the 22nd here. Boring! Unfortunately the fact that the prom is the next day and still no dress (!) seems to be the focus here at the moment. Give me strength.

I shall check back in here on results day for sure. Really concerned about maths tbh and Dd has no back up plan if she fails, so it will be a nail-biting wait.

Good luck all - hang in there!

Sorry about the sarcasm in my last post - does that get me an extra mark or is that satire?

Aqa English tomorrow too. Does help that Mr Bruff and Mr Salles guides swap with what to say for question 3&4

For last minute revision for tomorrow's AQA exam: make sure they are confident about the different conventions of form for non fiction writing; ensure they can identify different types of nouns (abstract etc) and verbs (modal etc); that they understand that Q2 is about summarising differences only so don't drift into language analysis; focus on the key words in Q4 and answer just that. It will be fine! I hope!?!?

Final week here, 7 exams - all the heavy ones. This year has not been fun.

Dd's had a pretty shit weekend tbh - she's managed some work today but not yesterday. In the end I banned a friend from coming over & took her phone (think up all night on group calls). As she keeps reminding me they are her exams not mine, but, as I remind her, she still has no plan B. She will be gutted if she doesn't get A*s for physics & chemistry ... if only that motivated her to pull her finger out this weekend. She's having a little rest now poor dear

Still two weeks to go for us (23rd for GCSEs, 26th for A levels). It's a long haul. 5 this week, 3 next.

Final week here too. Then DD off to a pool party and sleepover to celebrate the end of exams.

Just been on Bertrand's thread and completed the details for DD. Looking forward to seeing how the predictions match up to the results.

Thanks Noble. DS is looking through the lists now. Really helpful.

Final week. Yay. 5 exams. It has been hell. Nobody prepared me for how tough this was going to be for my DS (and more importantly ME!!!). I will not be doing this for his A'Levels. Please tell me it gets easier.

We've got 6 exams next week, then 2 the last week - on Monday and Friday, bloody typical...

6 exams next week, then history of surgery the following Tues, then done! DS is being very noble and not celebrating until his GF finishes the following Friday. Not so his parents! 🍾

Sadly dd is only just starting her A Levels so the torture continues beyond the end of this week.

*hysterical not historical (autocorrect) but that works too.

Everybody ready for round 4 and the last round (in most cases)?

We are definitely laid back, DS has revised a bit this weekend but has also gone out with friends. 6 exams left, English Lang, Maths, C2 and C3 finishing with P2 and P3.

Roll on Friday night when I may burst into historical laughter and produce a fire in the back garden out of all DS's books. Just joking, planning to go out and celebrate both the GCSEs and dd's music exams being completed.

Just spent 4 hours with my Y11 revising for tomorrow's Eng Lang P2. They are so tired but at least it is coming to an end. Good luck to everyone's DC.

It's wierd- I realize I actually have no idea how ds is going to do. I was pretty spot on with dd- but she was quite dependent on me working with her. Ds is much more autonomous- he does work but he doesn't feel any need to share it with me. Even in year 13 (even now at University!) she'll rush to tell me what mark she got for things. He never tells me unless he is particularly proud or feels particularly hard done by or I remember to ask..........

Also here: corbettmaths.com/2017/06/09/edexcel-paper-3-unseen-topics/

And here: www.tutor2u.net/maths/reference/suggested-topics-for-edexcel-gcse-maths-paper-3-higher-june-2017 (higher)

Probably worth looking at all these sites to make sure you're covered.

There's a revision list for Edexcel Higher and Foundation maths paper 3, and a booklet of questions for each here:

mrchadburn.co.uk/revision-list-for-edexcel-gcse-mathematics-paper-3/

Ds's school have run hour long revision sessions immediately before each of the science exams -revision, 10 minute break, exam. He says they have been incredibly helpful. Probably not brilliant if you need stuff in your long term memory.........

An interesting commentary on school funding- in previous years, the school has provided pre exam breakfast, but they couldn't afford it this year.

Definitely! I think our house is a little laid back, too, Bertrand.

But: trust the teaching he's had, trust him and avert a breakdown is my mantra.