Gcses 2019 support thread 5

Ds2 felt that physics was good - I will take that! Quite chilled about German on Monday.

Had a sobworthy thought earlier ... ds1 has his last A level paper on Wednesday morning and will thus be finished with his school forever; that same evening we go to said school with ds3 for his welcome evening, finding out his form and house etc. My babies!!!

Congrats Master Buffy💐
Maud- sorry to hear about the job but great experience having the interview... and the beers will help 🙃
Soursprout- we have no prom but her BF has arranged a surprise party so under the pretence of a girly afternoon shes had her hair cut and we went to a makeup counter in a dept store which for the price of a concealer they did her makeup, nothing OTT but far better than she or I could do. I’ve just dropped her off looking fab. Not sure where you live but it’s a great option.

Ds went back in to drop his books off. Saw some of his teachers, got a hug off his learning support tutor which he said was 'odd, but nice'

He was quite pensive when he got home; we walked round to the shops together to buy him some beer for this evening's party and he said he'd made a list on his phone of all the highlights and things he wants to remember from school, and he admitted that he was going to miss it.

Sadly he didn't get the job he was hoping for but I'm not surprised as it was well paid and I would imagine there would have been older, more experienced applicants as well. Back to the applications!

Further Maths was "not amazing, but not terrible" Thats a step up from "Meh" and "OK".

DS is a glass half empty kinda guy,

2 more for us.

DD is out with her mates partying.

DD's school has a long, wide ramp to the main exit and the Y11s coming out of Physics walked down it to leave after what is for most of them the final exam, it was break time so there were teachers each side of the ramp clapping a cheering them (I think in celebration rather than pleased to see the back of them but you never know!) so DD was quite emotional when she got home.

buffy thats wonderful news .
Well done him. Hope you all have a lovely weekend .

DS said physics better than the first paper. Very happy to be finished. Exercise books in the recycling bin. Off to visit my mum in Devon for a couple of days, then he gets to be lazy for a bit and then he's got a week's lifeguard course. Then induction day at college and holiday. And then NCS. After that it won't be long until the results are out!

Oh ..yes please to headless prom pictures.
Soursprouts I think that is really sweet she wants you to do her hair ...we will need photos though.!!

So AQA Physics went well apparently.

Glad it's ended on a high note!

Good luck to all those with more exams next week.

Finally thanks to everyone for such a lovely, supportive thread.

It's been so helpful to see everyone's feedback on the various exams and share this crazy rollercoaster of emotions during the exam season.

See you all again in August (and perhaps again in 2 years time for A Levels!!!).

Best of luck to everyone and hopefully we'll see all the children get the grades they need.

22 August is a ridiculously long way away....

DS was happy about AQA triple, said it was fine.

prom next week

taster day at 6th form college

then NCS!

@TeenTimesTwo thanks for the info on Btec level 2s. That might be what she ends up doing...! I hopeful about Math, less so about ENglish, and I think positive that she will get history. The rest - who knows. Certainly she has studied Love Island more than any of her other subjects!

Our school had prom before the exams started - it was good to get it out of the way!

Shall we all make a pact to come back here on AUgust 22 to find out how they did in their exams??

No prom for us ..in fact nothing till results.
He is going back to the school 6th form and should have been going in for 2 days in July....but they put the dates up after their holiday was booked .

I dont think he is too bothered.
It was meant to be taster lessons of A level subjects.
Till we get the results ...well we just wont know what he will be doing

Oh yes, can we keep this going for prom?
Can we post headless pictures? (or even with heads )

ds busy looking for a job already!
I have to remind him we need to go shopping, so he can't start on Monday morning!

Just to complete the protractor saga .....
This year it was listed as required equipment on the front of the paper.......and it wasn't needed!!
(or DS didn't use it anyway)

I know I came late to this thread but it has been super helpful.
My mum became ill and then died during the exam period and I might not have got in touch with the schools if it hadn't been discussed here.
We have both A levels and GCSEs going on so it has affected both DCs

And the feedback from all over the country after each exam has been reassuring.
So thank you all!

Thank you! Good to know I won’t be a line voice!!!!
I’d love to hear everyone’s prom updates and results (hopefully lots of smiles).
We’re away for AS Sociology and maths FSMQ results coming out so hoping that a letter with a friend and logging with the school will mean she can find out how she did (she wants me up at 3am on holiday!!!)
Good luck everyone and hope everyone’s celebrating goes well

Oddly some IGCSEs come out with the rest and some come on the 14th ish. I think DS's english from CIE igcse are the early ones but I am not quite sure. - it seems such a long time away....