Where do I find the 11+ thread?

Yy I know what you mean. Dr is hard to read too. Often underestimates herself and is happier therefore with poorer scores than she is capable of

Got 4 more years til next one then two after that til the whole gcse thing...

I'll have no hair..

Should say GCSE wait will be for older sibling first, not a 6yr dread.

I'm sure we and they did as much as they could and they are only 10. Already dreading the GCSE wait, it will be even longer. I wish that she wasn't such a poor judge of her abilities then I might know which way to pitch my comments. I don't want to give her false hope yet I also don't want her to think that I don't think she could do it.

The wait is killing me....

For someome who never seemed that fussed about where she goes she now says "I wonder if I will get to go to the school" every time we drive past it...

Where was this desire and determination 6 months ago

Hate the wait. Dd seems to have more or less forgotten it, except for the odd comment that it is nice not to do any practice papers. I think she thinks she might have passed. Would love to have the same confidence, she is very borderline but on an upwards trajectory.

Ditto. I didn't like to ask as I'm conscious that my venting/ranting might have stressed others especially DH who asked if we could talk about anything else other than schools and 11+ last night. If it has, I'm sorry.
Hopefully pressure's off for now Foxy.

Hope all went well @foxyinherRoxy

Good luck Foxy. I hope the weekend isn't too stressful. The one good thing about sitting exams is, wherever they end up, they will all have had pre-secondary and pre-GCSE experience of having to prepare for an exam, so maybe they won't be so fazed in future.

Actually 2 good things: We are already finding that the maths in particular and the practice over the summer has been good preparation for year 6.

Oops...

Hard to know what to isn't it. My 2 are totally different I cant see dd2 being gs material bit as you say feel you have to give the same as chances

I live in an area where all the schools are good, but I stupidly thought it would
Be good for DC1 to have a stab at the GS. So then 2, 3 and 4 had to have the same chance. Now I might have three at one school and number 4 at a different one.

I'm an idiot.

Very...

Why can't all schools be good so we don't have to do this...

Thanks.

(It's shit, isn't it?!)

Good luck foxy dc

monday for us. It's little comfort that it'll be over, as then it's a long wait for result. 😬

DS said it was fine, and while that's positive I ain't relying on it too much as I know what he's like with silly mistakes etc.

Thanks Flesh. I just feel exhausted now. My other DS is very unlikely to go through the same thing as he is a summer born who was very premature and who has developmental delay, so I don't think 11+ will be right for him.

Oh dear..

Almost cruel isn't it. I mean it's left them thinking they have a good chance of passing....

Least of it went badly they'd know now instead if hanging on for a month....

I was invigilating today, they were all very happy with it and all think they've passed 😬

Hope they are all right. Either way it's over now and they can all relax tonight. Good luck to all your DCs.

Well we said it went ok. Which is kinda annoying in a way cos I was almost hoping we would get put out if our misery today but instead we are waiting the 4 weeks til results day. She seemed to think it wasn't so bad which means as pp said that the pass Mark will just be higher noe...

But hey at least it's over and we can relax a bit more now

Phew thought I'd missed something.

I'm really hoping it went well....

But I also don't want to know.

Ignorance is bliss and all that...

Once today is over I'm honking all the books and unsubscribing to the website and I never ever want to see anything else in the house....

Til 4 yrs time when it's dd2s turn

If she did it in school then it will all be managed within the school day with possibly minor changes to break and lunchtimes. It will be out of area children who are doing morning/ afternoon exams because the exams will be shorter than a school day.

I had no idea there was more than one sitting?

You mean this could be hanging over her head all day? I assumed it was just in the morning and pick up as normal school havent said anything about picking up early....

Oh

She was ok thanks, ie she was calm and got to go for chips with her friends after as a reward for doing it. I decided better to reward for effort than a reward linked to the score iyswim.

Few years ago my eldest came out saying it wasn't too hard but he didnt score highly so there is nothing they can report that can give you any idea of how they got on really...

Have you collected your DC yet morning testers?

How frustrating

How Did she find it

Good luck to those sitting today. DD did hers at the weekend and now we wait weeks for the results. Even though the bastard thing is marked by a computer and should take seconds .

And your DS Louey.