GCSEs 2018 (3)

Paper 1 Tuesday 5th June AM
Paper 2 Friday 8th June AM

I’ve left my copy at work but I’ll check.

Alexander - I got confused with the 8th June where English & History clash but there is only one Eng Lang exam showing on her timetable now which is the 5th ....Do you have two showing ?

Teen - I’ve had dd’s Exams printed out for a couple of months now (I downloaded them from the exam board website) & Edexel English has always been Tuesday, not Monday 4th.

DD has her exam entry and I presume has signed it off as i haven't been asked to. She has two clashes so has ended up with 4 exams on one day. Thankfully nothing the next day so she'll have a chance to recover.

Thesecond fab results there!

No to seeing Exams entry forms , it would be a nightmare to do that many in such a short period.

No academies here! All schools in town are still under council control

Exam Entry - Just come through today after school for signature and return on 19th.
Very happy bunny because Edexcel seem to have moved the English Lang Exam from Monday 4th June to another date so there is no longer Eng Lang and History on the same day which will definitely benefit DD given her hypermobility ....

Don't The Picture House chain is not only showing Christopher Ecclestone, but also Rory Kinnear's Macbeth from the National Theatre. Tickets booked for both locally to make up for DD'S trip to see CE at Stratford being cancelled.

Do people see their exam entry forms?

Sorry Teen

Thesecond fab results hopefully he can do the same in the summer!

Sounds like ds’s. Academy Convertir Single Academy Trust

TheSecondOfHerName - Very impressive well done to your DSs....must be nice to know that he can continue at 6th form too

@tanjanavarro Our Academy was called I think a 'Convertor Academy' basically a high achieving school that was allowed to independently convert - no other schools involved and no sponsor. But the other bits look correct now.

I too started the questionsire but Ds attends a single academy model school.

We got DS2's mock results today (based on the school's estimated grade boundaries).
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If he gets the same results in the summer, he'll be able to continue where he is and study the A-levels he wants to do.

Bluebelle - I meant Parents Evening - sorry.... I think PE GCSE would be my DD's worst nightmare because of her Hypermobility ...

Should I be worried that I have not seen DD's exam entrance forms (nor has DD). I thought deadline was 21/2 which doesnt leave allot of time given its HT next week ?

@tanjanavarro
I started your questionnaire but questions 8-15 & 19 have a priority ordering rather than a pick 1 so I gave up. You may wish to resubmit.
Plus this is a GCSE thread and your questionnaire only goes up to y9. You should start your own thread, preferably in 'Education' to also catch primary parents.
Furthermore I suggest you ask about Academy type, as in independent or part of a chain as that may well make a difference to the answers.

Teen don't get me started on PE, over half term DS is going to have to do the coursework and we are going to have to produce the video evidence for one of his sports, road cycling not a clue what we are supposed to be doing given no guidance from school and only just received a letter from PE saying they want it all in first week back after half term. The mock results were atrocious most got 1's and 2's, I've effectively written off this GCSE!

Alexander - We have the OCR Revision guide (s) and some test papers which you are welcome to after June 19th. I will get DD to pencil in answers although I think she has done one of the papers that came in brown envelope.
I'm not quite sure what is happening with CS...DD did really well in Mock exam (85%) and I know Teacher was very pleased ...DD felt content of mock was incredibly weak - which leaves me feeling confused. DD was requested to cover one topic as homework (3hrs work over 3 weeks)- she has expressed concern that there is still allot to be covered. I asked how syllabus was going at PE - Teacher seemed chilled stating that all major topics covered - just small one's left (but dd cannot answer allot of questions on practice exam). DD stated teachers hands were shaking at PE when I asked the question ...so "plan" to get DD to do practice paper (there are 2 exams) during HT and see where the lack of knowledge is.

Sorry Alexander its AQA!

I think DS is enjoying computer science - he has a two-topics-a-week revision timetable from his teacher that seems to be OK, although he's got extra computer mocks coming up after half term so that might put him off a bit!
He's had an English language mock this morning - paper 2 this time, and I hope it's gone OK because he's been enjoying English and I don't want that to change between now and the real thing! They do an English literature paper after half term. There's quite a bit of homework for next week and it seems to be mainly revision-based but I'm absolutely sure he'll factor in some long lie-ins as well!

Bluebell - don’t suppose it’s OCR Computer Science? If so Ds will have it!

I didn't realise that was such as essay! I don't post that often prob just as well!

Hi everybody

I hope half term is productive (it's next week here) with the dc having some time for relaxing. My very lucky ds is going on a Geography trip to Iceland tomorrow; there will be no revision until Thursday when he's back.

Good luck with Prom dress shopping Androbob and Teenmum I don't think my ds will go to the prom unless he changes his mind!

mmzz I understand where you are coming from when you say that you're more worried about your ds's academic success than your own. I left school with very few qualifications but did study later on and went to university. It would have been easier to work harder at school and carry on with education.

My ds's school has a lovely idea, they have asked us all (also other adults in their lives) to write a motivational good luck message and they will be given to the year 11s a the last assembly before GCSEs, so end of term. They've just sent an email chasing us all up about it. A lovely idea I think. Apparently the teachers dress up as superheroes as well!

Ds has just done his Science mocks and he thinks he has done badly. We'll wait until the results are given out before worrying as he said that about some mocks he took before Christmas and actually did OK....he thought he would only get a 3 for Religious Studies, but he got a 5 which is respectable enough, and he's going to revision classes for RS.

I helped ds with some History homework and it's sparked an interest with me in reading about the Cold War, very interesting....I didn't know anything at all about the Vietnam War.

For English Lit he is listening to Richard E Grant reading Jekyll and Hyde - would high recommend it as he brings it to life together with Victorian gentleman voices. Is anybody taking their dc to see Christopher Ecclestone's Macbeth shown live in cinemas? I believe it's in April shown all over. I did watch the Michael Fassbender dvd of Macbeth, I wasn't very impressed...