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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 🍀

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ifonly4 · 09/06/2017 11:31

cantkeep and Dancergirl, positive vibes are being sent to your DCs for music this afternoon.

Laniakea · 09/06/2017 11:30

AQA biology B2 & B3 both good :)

b2 - lots of photosynthesis & speciation
b3 - circulation & exercise

cantkeepawayforever · 09/06/2017 11:15

21st here - MFL writing paper.

MABS · 09/06/2017 11:15

2 Biologies here this am, could go either way he said!.. yeah even i can work that out :) major election distraction here too

BringOnTheScience · 09/06/2017 11:14

DC1 doesn't finish until 20th June! FSMQ Additional Maths.

Dancergirl · 09/06/2017 11:13

ifonly my dd has Music this afternoon too. Good luck to everyone.

simbobs · 09/06/2017 11:12

Mine has done AQA Biol 2 and 3, and this is also his weakest science. As previously mentioned no revision done at home. Not heard from him as his phone is playing up. If it was easy that will mean high grade boundaries, presumably. Oh well....

BertrandRussell · 09/06/2017 10:50

It was AQA but additional science biology not separate sciences biology...........

Fleurdelise · 09/06/2017 10:46

Thank you for the new thread.

Bertrand thank you for the update on biology, was that AQA? I hope DS doesn't go against the wind again and says it was hard. Hmm

DS has AQA b2 and b3 this morning, I haven't heard from him between the exams. 6 more exams next week and we're done, roll on Friday!

cantkeepawayforever · 09/06/2017 10:36

Music this afternoon, an A-level choice. Has virtually full marks in performing / composing, which ought to be OK but in fact contributes to pressure to to well.

ifonly4 · 09/06/2017 10:33

DD has OCR 21st Century Biology and Edxecel Music today. DD wants a music career so lots of pressure here. At the end of this week that makes 6/11 completed. I'll be glad when this week is finished as she's only got 4 exams next week and 3 the week after.

cantkeepawayforever · 09/06/2017 10:31

Same view here...

BertrandRussell · 09/06/2017 10:23

AQA Biology unit 2H "super easy" apparently. So scary to hear that........

rainbowjoy · 09/06/2017 09:57

Biology 2 & 3 here seems to know his stuff but Biology is his weaker science that completes 4/10 GCSEs. Still a long way to go in this house with DT not until the 26th. Heavy week next week with 7 exams over 3 days. Ds is doing ok fed up with revising but not stressed or too tired. Luckily we are going away 3rd July so can all look forward to that.

Quadratilla · 09/06/2017 09:56

DD went to bed early last night and was awake at 6.30am catching up on the election. AQA Biology B2 & B3 this morning followed by Music, German reading and writing this afternoon. She's got a late finish and will be in isolation all afternoon (with about 8 others). Has taken coffee, chocolate and smoothies to get her through!!! She's absolutely exhausted, but when I pick her up this evening she'll have finished 3 more GCSE's.

castleontheground · 09/06/2017 09:50

Not looking forward to Dd's exam schedule next week. Very intense (at least one exam every day) and most of her friends are reving up to party on Friday whereas she's still got Sciences to do the week after. This is going on forever......

BertrandRussell · 09/06/2017 09:48

Whoever it was on the other thread whose dd withdrew from Further Maths ( sorry, can't remember your name) have you been able to persuade her to unwithdraw??

Laniakea · 09/06/2017 09:44

yup after today she'll have only finished 6 of her 11 subjects with 7 more exams next week. Most of her friends finish on Friday with her - only the further maths ppl have an exam the following Monday.

Madhairday · 09/06/2017 09:42

Signing in. Dd is very bleary eyed this morning after getting caught up in the election last night. She's strong on biology so hoping she copes well with it - she needs to as she is planning on doing it for A level.

Good luck to all the dcs today.

dillonmck · 09/06/2017 09:42

re maths foundation/higher boundaries: thank you noble, tiggy & cantkeep. Feel a bit more reassured, although it still makes my head hurt trying to figure out the likely implications. In any case thankfully (I think) dd's panic over maths has moved swiftly on to panic over chemistry today. All science (6 exams Shock) and maths days are tense for us...with calm partially restored for anything vaguely humanity-like.

GiraffeorOcelot · 09/06/2017 09:41

One week left after today!

I just hope DS is not too exhausted to revise a bit this weekend.

Are everybody else's teens shattered?

Snowchaser · 09/06/2017 09:32

DS is doing igcse's and he's got 28 exams in total. I don't know if they're more of less stressful that GCSE's but there are an awful lot of them! It must depend on the board and the subjects I guess.

RaskolnikovsGarret · 09/06/2017 09:17

IGCSEs seem a lot less stressful. DD has 28 exams, but her friends doing iGCSEs only have 18 - much more civilised.

RaskolnikovsGarret · 09/06/2017 09:16

Biology and Music today. 6 GCSEs down, 5 to go. It takes forever.

Snowchaser · 09/06/2017 09:06

24th exam just started, IGCSE biology. Ancient Greek this afternoon and the just 3 more next week to finish. I have runout of adrenaline to be stressed anymore. Good luck everyone.