GCSEs 2018 (15) The Reckoning

Must be hard for those of you with uncertainty as to where they are going. The rest of us can forget about it. DD2 has an unconditional uni offer after a gap year but was still very glad to get her accommodation offer a couple of weeks ago so now has some time knowing where she is going to be living and can look forward to it and visualise it rather than a last minute scramble

Morning all

Alexander I have just signed the petition and I am saddened to hear about Oliver. A close relative of mine suffers from schizophrenia. Olanzipine was not helpful to say the least, now a newer medication is administered. I am exasperated to hear it was given to a vulnerable young person in these circumstances.

mmzz I know what you mean about our generation being more independent - I wonder if it's because of various reasons children in general are supervised more when they are growing up....I used to roam around and go to park on my own as a child, but different times..

I am pleased my ds now gets the train on his own! No disasters yet but he worries about what happens if he misses his stop.

Anyway just back from our week in Spain to a somewhat messy house I didn't have time to clean and two grumpy cats ignoring us! We had a great week and did some sightseeing - but one day it was too hot so didn't manage to see much of Park Guell and kept cooler on top of the Tourist open top bus. I loved Sagrada Familia, beautiful place.

Now I am back the GCSE results seem to be scarily close! As far as I am concerned ds worked hard; some good grades will improve his confidence but no pressure for his 6th form place as the college has only asked for 4s in Maths English and Science.

Enjoy this sunny day everyone. I struggled with the heat in Spain!

Thanks for that link AH - I've signed. What a tragic situation for Paula.

And in regard to busses, I've lost count of the times I've helped DDs remember that you need to get the bus from the side of the road where the traffic goes in the same direction that you're heading (and to do the opposite side of the road on the way home from somewhere!). It takes practise, and not just for the one with ASD!

It's encouraging to hear stories of your DCs exam success and future pathways. Makes the growing anxiety I'm feeling on DD1's behalf feel a bit silly!

Juggling there will definitely be staff/exams officer at the school on the 15th & 16th August for A levels so you might be able to speak to someone then.

Well done on your DD's Uni results, whatever stage they are at the exams they are sitting are always the most important .......at the time anyway!

He also needs to email them to confirm A level options after results. I should make sure he knows this and makes a note of the email address before he goes away!

Thanks all, good to know the various arrangements, with email to DS or us collecting for him seeming like possibilities.

Think I will try emailing again to see if I can get a response before we get to the day itself!

He's hoping to do well enough to stay on in sixth form where he is. Fingers are more crossed for DS on this than they were for his sister who did really well particularly at GCSE. Did more what she needed at A level to go to the Uni she wanted, and has just done really well again with her first year exams. Yey!

Check their website as well.

DD's school allows a pre-authorised person to fetch them on the day with id or they can be posted in a self addressed stamped large envelope. I would call the school & keep trying until you get a reply.

Just looked at DD's letter (found it) and they can go into school at 9am to collect results but they also email out at 10am...it is possible for someone else to collect but prior approval and ID required. It looks like the school look to identify queries and add in correspondence in the results envelope on what action needs to be taken- which I thought was quite nice...

Anyone else with children who will be away on results day.
DS will be on a music tour with his band.
Wondering what arrangements you've made to collect results?
We were told to email the exams bod at school and have done this but no reply as yet.
Do you think they will email DS his results ( as he requested in his email)
Or if DD and I go in would they give them to us?
Surely they would have to do one or the other?
Or DS would have to collect them a couple of days later when he gets back?
Just wondering if anyone else has these type of dilemmas?

I think we have all done the same thing AH ( I still do)...DD and her friends got on the tube the wrong direction in London despite me sending them all directions of which tube to aim for...and they turned up 35 mins late to a rendezvous ...all part of the learning curb.

I have that Friday feeling and havent got much work done...

Alexander don't worry she won't do it again! If she's not used to buses it's not always obvious what to do but she knows now.
Last year, DS managed to fall asleep on a train on a journey he had done often and a concerned passenger woke him up at some point to ask if he was ok. He got home eventually!
What he was really rubbish at was keeping his phone charged so he could tell us what had happened. You can imagine how I felt when I heard he hadn't got to his destination and I couldn't get hold of him!

Oh dear, dd has had a disaster with the buses today. And she wants me to let her go to London alone?

I dropped her off at the gym and she was supposed to get a bus back. Except she ignires ther bus stop right outside the gym and crossed the road to get on in the wrong direction (basically ignoring the fact that to return back from somewhere youhave to turn round and GO IN THE opposite direction. She also missed a bus because it didn't stop and she didn;t realise you actually have to stick your arm out and stop it!

Done

I've signed it. Thanks for posting the link Alexander. It's such a tragic story.

Blimey, that's so tragic.

The ignorance is mind blowing. I've had a practice nurse say are you seure he's autistic he doesn't look it?

In Oliver's case I think that what happened is that he became agitated because he was bombarded and overwhelmed and so the anti psychotic drug was given. Had the so called professionals followed best practice in dealing with an autistic person and taken account of sensory and other issues it wouldn't have been needed. His parents told the health care professionals he had previously suffered an allergic reaction to this drug but they went and gave it to him anyway.

Thanks for the link, Alexander, I've signed. I've come across some ignorant (of autism) HCPs including one OOH GP who tried to convince me that DS2 couldn't have ASD because he was too calm. He had a temperature of 39 degrees, he was pretty bloody subdued.

Jufus - it may be because some subjects there was only an 8 mark gap between grade boundaries so it was just as likely to go down as up.

Ok - I know this is a total hi-jack of this thread but can I direct you lovely people over here please

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/petitions_noticeboard/3325524-Oliver-s-tragic-death?watched=1&msgid=79937353#79937353

Just a note on marks, when we collected DD's English Literature result mark last year the marks were on the sheet - 4 marks off a 6 and school refused to send back for remarking!