Year 11 support thread - keep on keeping on!

Oops, that's to pointy,
Laniakea, I remember both DSs had to work through a maths bridging book before starting the A level. Your DD sounds very busy!

They sound fun, DD has Shakespeare, E Bronte and Oscar Wilde, plus 3 contrasting novels from a suggested list of 5 or 6.

dd has a maths booklet to do & set work for all three A level subjects. She's also been told to get the CGP get ahead books for phys/chem/biol (& read them!) and a maths for physics A level book.

After all the faffing backwards & forwards re maths AS level the school have said that they 'might' offer it after all but we won't know until the final timetables are done after results day. She'd much rather do an EPQ & is still totally meh about it.

She's organised an open day at Southampton (easy trip from home so she'll go on her own) and is waiting to book one at Bristol. We've just got back from holiday - where she mostly did nothing - she's keeping herself occupied writing a D&D campaign atm!

Interesting. We're mixed comprehensive too, sixth form has its own site on the other end of town so it more like a sixth form college - but part of the school. We're a very mixed catchment though, some leafy, some very rough and deprived.

DD's reading list is interesting, she's looking forward to getting stuck in. Ranges from Shakespeare, Hardy and T.S Eliot to Jim Crace.

Nope, mixed comprehensive. What MN likes to call "naice and leafy" though small West Country town rather than the South East.

error it's amazing how different schools are... DD1 has been set nothing at all. She was told to read the set books, but no reviews or essays demanded. That's all. Is your DD at a very academic private school?

Oh my word!
DDs school have put up the summer tasks for the new Y12s on the school website.
As she'll be taking all humanities, DD has just told me she's got 6 novels and 3 plays to read and write a short review on, plus an essay on Churchill to research and write, and 2 factual books to read and produce timelines on!
Looks like the long holiday just got a lot shorter!! Grr.

DD went to the induction at her present school and found it was a waste of time - she was out 1hr 20mins early. It's her second choice but it was compulsory to attend if you wanted to keep your place open.

After her GCSEs, DD has the pressure of her Violin Grade 8 - all worth while we found out today she got a Distinction.

So now her break can finally start and we're off on holiday next week.

Thanks, minesawine. Sounds like I should contact our school to see if I can clarify what happened.

The exam boards are surprisingly careless with their questions, aren't they?

Hi - I have just asked my DS and he said that during the pre exam chat they were told there was an error in one of the questions and told what to do to fix it. He couldn't remember any details, but yes it looks like it is true.

Hello, all. I'm a long-time lurker and have found this thread incredibly useful during the past few months. Now I'm after thoughts from anyone whose dc did Edexcel higher maths GCSE this summer.

I was recently out with two friends whose dc all did this exam; they go to three different schools locally. Swapping GCSE stories, one friend said that DURING paper 1, a member of staff (not an invigilator) came into the exam room, told the students that there was an error in one of the questions and gave them some guidance about an extra step to take. I don't know what the question was exactly, but I think they were told to continue a line (which was already given) to reach a required point.

The other friend and I consulted our two and neither of them had any announcement at all during the exam at their schools. In fact, my daughter said she had heard this had happened at school 1 and thought it "a bit unfair" because she hadn't worked out the need to continue drawing the line and so couldn't finish the question. Or something like that!

Something doesn't seem right here, so I wonder if any of you know if your dc received any guidance during the exam? I'd hate to think that some children were at a disadvantage; I'm sure it's only a matter of a mark or two, but I suspect every mark counts this year!

DD has 6th form induction tomorrow - she got a call today to say she can't do Philosophy as a 4th A-level because the one teacher who would be teaching it is on long term sick leave. She's taken it philosophically, as it were, and decided to do three and an EPQ instead.

Prom on Friday. DD has mostly been sleeping a lot and watching Netflix, she's lost that drained look that she's had since Easter.

We just had an epic weekend of music and London: Green Day in Hyde Park :-)

Prom isn't until this coming Friday.

Redone bedroom posters and watching GoT from the start :-)

DS has crashed tonight after 5 days of non stop partying including prom, during which he was only home for one morning. Time for some work in the garden with DH, room tidying, decent food and a few good nights sleep I think!

Dd seems to have finally crashed. We went on holiday straight after her prom for a week but on return she was unwell and spent yesterday sick with a temp. No induction here until September except for a subject briefing on book return day. Decided against NCS in the end but she has a drama production to look forward to.

Oh I'm sure he will, Bertrand. Sounds like he had a fab time.

No sixth form induction at all here (staying at same school). Ds already told me he's a bit bored. I think he'd be happy to start back in two weeks! NCS doesn't seem to be really big round here this year. Don't know anyone doing it and haven't seen a whiff of publicity.

I know- they put them into the forms they'll be In and had lessons in all their subjects- no idea what we'll do if he doesn't get the grades.......

That sounds excellent. DDs was gif a half day, and a log of people were missing because it clashes with NCS

Ds had a 3 day 6th form induction last week-he came back so excited. He auditioned for a play and the orchestra and just loved it.

It's going to be awful if he doesn't get the grades............

Sixth form induction here tomorrow, and a thread bump so we don't lose this in August!

DD had her 6th form induction day today and loved it. She did come home with a big reading list though so that will keep her busy! That's it now, she is officially finished until 24th August. Have a good summer!

Has everyone finished now?

Just went shopping for DDS prom dress. We found a stunning one, she's so happy. Last in her size and colour too :)

ST went shopping with a friend yesterday and is planning to sleep and sleep.some more this week.

DD2 has finished her and of year exams with maths a lot better than expected so peace reigns chez pointy.