Starting Year 11-GCSE2021 (title edited by MNHQ)

Hi everyone, can i join?
My dd is dyslexic, in yr 10, doing eng/maths/science/ RE, with french history and music. She found choosing options quite a process, as she’d have liked to keep up more practical subjects. Unfortunately the school is very keen on ebacc, so she only had one free option.

I’m relieved she is not going to be doing further maths, as we both feel her timetable is full enough already and some concern about her exam timetable come May 2021, as she finds exams incredibly stressful. Fortunately her extra time has now been confirmed.

Has anyone had world challenge or similar (where you fundraise to go abroad on a project/ hike )come into school ? It looks so amazing but so much to raise whilst doing GCSEs

Great to go off and do something amazing when the GCSEs are over though!

It really is, clinics are Monday and Tuesday and I only have Tuesday off work so Mondays it is for now, she would like a Wednesday morning as that's double P.E.

Treatment could be another 3 years for her she's already in the second year of treatment and 4 years since she was referred, its a long slog. Looks like DD2 will be following the same route so that'll be fun.

That's a real pain for you. DD1's all had to be Monday afternoons, which at least meant she only missed 1 lesson at a time.
With DD2 we can book whenever, (which for us means PE / ICT). We should be on the last leg for her as she's been having treatment since start y8.

Teen I've been trying to jiggle all year
Just tried to get her next appointment in the Xmas hols and no luck. Very frustrating.

Uncomfortable You may find the 'every 6 weeks' can be a bit flexible. With a bit of jigging around to 7/8 weeks you hopefully can get at least some appointments in half terms/holidays.
(DD1 had her teeth done at hospital and it was a right pain, compared with DD2's local treatment.)

indy Glad parents evening went well, ours isn't until March.

That's great indy we don't have parents evening till the end of March although DD said that apparently we are being emailed predicted grades next week?

She just seems to be having test after test at the moment, but she seems to be doing well especially in History, Physics and Business. We ordered through her school the science and maths revision books and I picked up the English ones in the summer, she said that she finds mind maps and revision cards the most helpful way of revising.

Have also just heard that her Head is leaving in the summer which is really disappointing as she is just fantastic and I have a younger DD still to go to the school.

Have just got back from the orthodontist with her which is proving a bit difficult as because of what she has wrong with her teeth she is under a London hospital and you can't choose appointments so we have to take what we are given, she missed double maths today and going forward I'm a bit worried as we have to go every six weeks.

Hope everyone else is getting on ok?

I only do 3 questions at most per subject, most likely will be e.g.:

• are they working hard / participating
• any particular areas to work on
• are you expecting foundation or higher tier (if relevant)
• for Geography I might want to ask 'how can I work out what of all the content is the key stuff' ('cos it isn't obvious to me)
• for English - will you be taking them to see performance of their Shakespeare play
• are there any booster sessions that DC might have 'forgotten' to mention
• is the school going to provide subsidised revision guides

Sometimes I want to raise issues:

• disruptive behaviour by others
• sometimes pace a bit fast
• struggling with practicals

I always ask DD ahead of parents evening if she has any issues in the class.

Thank you.
Will check it out now and email it to him!

Dinky 'Mr Bruff'. (apparently is very good).

Hello,
I have found out that year 10 doing gcse Eng Lang early. At parent's eve I did express disapproval as lowest predicted grade for ds at 6 plus.
I think for ds a 7 is in his reach but he is lazy with spelling and grammar and what is more doesn't seem to give a toss about it!
He is, at this moment, in his PJs, horizontal allegedly looking up 'stuff' re Eng Lang.
In his mixed ability class I feel concentration going on the 3/4/5 kids and he will have to self motivate or I will have to push a bit for him to do his best.
Ooh- he has shot up. He says there maybe something online he can revise/ work from. I watch with interest!
Any advice appreciated...
Mocks coming up for paper one AQA- what fun!

Hi please can I join this thread....ds started year 10 this year, September ...eek time seems to fly by!

DD froze in a Chemistry test today.
She said there were too many words and too many numbers.

I'm giving up typing, sorry people... Ignore my mentalness 🙈

Argh, my phone had gone doolally and posted before I finished.
Started

DS having a bit of a meltdown about Maths at the minute, says it's all going wrong! Started the year with same teacher as Year 9 (MR M

Just been catching up on this thread! We don’t get a parents’ evening till next March, but have just had his first term report (which is just teacher predicted grade, target grade and working grade). DS is doing well, currently at or above predicted or target grade - to be fair though he didn’t try at his sats so his current school at every happy as he’s working 2/3 levels above those!
He’s in the top class of maths and started the Further Maths in September - their class moves through the curriculum at a higher pace. He thinks out of a year group of 150 around 60 will be allowed to take Further Maths or will at least be taught the curriculum.

Thanks Teen.
He is preparing me for parent's evening tomorrow.
Eg, Don't be mad with me if Miss says I should have been doing Hegarty maths. I didn't know til last week I was allowed to do it at home...
Etc, etc...
We are going to have to take a clean slate approach I think!

Dinky Remember a lot of us on this thread are probably of the over-invested / pushy genre either through nature or due to our DC's needs. Quite possibly all your DS needs is a bit of a wake-up and then you keeping an eye on tests.

Mmm- looking at this thread [just a little bit of it] I really do need to pull my finger out with ds...
I have been too slack by half...

I don't think so...
No, think just the one.
Another report mid-January I think. Seems rather close...
Then a third in the summer term.

We don't have parents evening until March.
Do you get more than 1 a year?

Hello!
Thanks!!
Feeling a bit worried teachers going to be fed up with me on parent's evening.
Pushy parent label embarrassing, especially when bit undeserved.
Do need to keep abreast of things though...

@DinkyDaisy - do you want to join this thread?