Gcses 2019 support thread 5

No, nope, not on your Nelly, non, nein danke, no gracias.

I am quite happy in my bubble here - don't want to contemplate results day so I'll reiterate - no thank you very much

2 weeks for CIE board 😳 will receive German and 2 English results!

Rugby that’s terrible! Feel for your younger one, must be so worried! Hope they find them!!
Still on holiday here, another 2 weeks to go! Was going great until Dd asked if her boyf could come out for the last 2 weeks, he arrived 2 days ago but Dd has now decided she doesn’t want him as her bf. so it’s not quite the relaxed holiday we were hoping for!

Rugby I'm so sorry, how awful.

DS2 has also thoroughly enjoyed NCS. He didn't know until midway through the second week I knew his group leader! They are doing lots of outside community service in the heat this week!

@Rugbylife my blood is boiling for you too - hope they catch the little shits .
Dd’s Loving her NCS, they’ve managed to raise twice the target of cash so can extend their plans (water play wall at a community nursery and reinstate the sand pit and a bench and planters at a community garden). Think it’s been a learning curve for some boys on the course - they’ve had a lesson in sexism in the workplace and what cannot be said as so called humour!!! (Even their mentor was shocked at the written comment - thank God I raised a girl who is not afraid to call out on it (and it was bad!)).
And just under two weeks to holiday.......on the count down!

Can’t believe it’s one month and results will be here!
We had a fabulous holiday to Canada to celebrate my 50th was home a week and our house was burgled while we were all in bed😡 they took my car keys amongst other things and car off drive! Husband woke at 3am hearing them on the drive. It’s been an awful few days and my youngest ds12 has been so scared they’ll come back, it’s really knocked his confidence as he had been staying in house on his own whilst I’ve been popping out and about. Now I don’t want to leave him. Luckily eldest is home from Uni so around a lot of the time. Ds16 has been enjoying working 3 days a week and earning £100 per week, he’s saving for a laptop for 6th form.

Just back from a lovely hot holiday, returning to a less lovely, hot UK. I don't mind the heat, but sadly we don't have a pool, or the sea, or air conditioning, or someone else doing the cooking and cleaning!

One month to go until results - that actually went quite quickly in the end.

DD read quite a lot on the beach, and we have bought some more books to keep her busy for the rest of the summer. She has also volunteered at the local cattery, she has a taster on Monday to see if she can handle all the cat poo cleaning, hopefully it won't be so hot then. The smell - bleugh.

Hope everyone is having a lovely break.

Just struck me that DS finished his last GCSE exam a month ago today! They are starting to feel like a bad dream.
I believe it is around a month to go until the A Level results come out, and then a week after it is ours. So almost the midway point between exams and results.

Oh and
primary school - white polos and black trousers
secondary - white shirts and ties (winter) and white polos (summer) and black trousers.

After much nagging he has gone out and bought clothes suitable for sixth form
he has bought:
black trousers
white polos (Ok they do have a tiny bit of colour on the collar)

ds has sixth form induction today and tomorrow.
He normally cycles to the station and goes on the train.
All week we have had a prolonged compaign for him NOT to cycle today and tomorrow.
Last night I realised he was actually stressed by this (not just angling for a lift)
all boys school.
co-ed sixth form
Got to make a good first impression

we gave him a lift!

Prom done & holiday is over, back to check in on you lovely lot.
Triggers I’m so pleased you have some better news for dd 🤞her result is still a good one.
Pointy so sorry for your dd, I’m also a sufferer & agree with the info you’ve been given. She MUST rest when she needs to, I fought against it & would plough on until I couldn’t go on & would trigger awful flares that could last weeks or more. Regular gentle exercise helps, managing stress Pilates & yoga in my case. A lo carb diet seems to help me, didn’t you mention she was gf? I love carbs but have noticed they make me worse.
We have reading to do here but she needed some downtime & wants to leave it for a while. No NCS just a long summer horsing around now!

Oh what a glamorous dress! lovely.

I actually love this stage, half child half adult. It is lovely to see them emerging into them selves.

ds has applied for lots fo jobs, but hasn't found anything, and has instead been hitting the gym.
sixth form induction days tomorrow, so hope that goes well.

Absolutely gorgeous @onaroll, was going to say how I loved the back then saw the front - I love it all!
And yes, very disconcerting to see our little ones now as young adults 😳

Stunning onaroll love the long black dress. And very smart stepmum. I know what you mean about them suddenly looking so grown up. iIn my case, DS is now a good head taller than me, and I have to look up to him ?!?!, which is very disconcerting.

Just had a catch up since the last time I came on ( last Thursday of the Exams ).
My Ds gave my Dd the gaming computer - set it all up with a new built desk. She's over the moon, we haven't seen much of her since.
All the piles of revision have disappeared from around the house . Now it's just the wait for results day - its getting closer.
I hope everyone gets results that enable the chosen next steps.
Prom photos on here are amazing - you see them as your child and then suddenly they are stood in front of you with all their finery looking so grown up.
Dd has a small pre prom party here in the end her and her 5 friends. ( it was only here as the only girl Dd Had my god-daughter round to do her make up - doesn't normally wear any.)
Her group Didn't have any post parties.
I'm waiting for end of term - now considering changing jobs as now my children are both post 16 education , working at school means I cant have cheaper non term holidays 😂.

He looks good in that suit - very sharp dresser!

Whoohoo steppemum- looking very sharp❤️

well I finally have the prom pic loaded on my computer, so here he is

Big up for found keys - no such look here!
pointythings seriously envious

Iambuffy seriously I have not seen her this good since Easter.

Foslady yay for found keys!