GCSE 2019 support thread 6

Well, my son failed everything. Not unexpected. Now wondering whether a school more special than his special school might have been the way forward, without pushing him into GCSEs.

Congratulations Appleby39, so glad your DS was so happy.

Our son couldn't sleep at all last night, came into our bedroom early this morning and we had a lovely cuddle and a nap, something i've missed having with him since he's got older so I enjoyed the moment haha. Had Alexa playing thunderstorms sounds and I told him to focus on that with his eyes shut. He did manage an hour of sleep and then jumped into the shower. Unfortunatly I couldn't go with him to collect his results as we have the painter and decorator here so Dad has gone. On the plus side he's not long called me with his results so I got to hear first, yay, or at least what I can make out of them. He's so excited and chuffed so that alone is a relief. Told him how proud we were of him and that I wanted a snap snot of him holding his results. He was actually up for that as usually I get moaned at for wanting pictures. I think he got a B for both Maths and RE, BC sciences, as did double. C for both English and Lit. C for Drama. Not sure about the rest of it as he was bubbling over with excitement and with friends so I just went along with it. We are in Wales so still use the old GCSE system.

Good Luck to all

And pikapikachu DD!

And of course as I was posting some more came in - well done Crikeyblimey DC (glad you are all chuffed) andMaudBaileysGreen Turban DS (really glad you are pleased and relieved - amazing about the 9s in the subjects he doesn't want to do. Any chance he will reconsider? What were they anyway?)

She's done really well.

2 Grade 8, 7 Grade 7, 1 Distinction and 1 Pass for a Level 3 qualification. Super proud !

Congratulations Ligressa (shame about the Classics, can you look at remarks? but well done for the rest, and glad it is a relief); Sososour (what was that about her not having done as well as my DS? I think she beat him!) lightlypoached (glad he has what he needs), TheStirrer, Saucery, Michaelahpurple and Arewedone
Fantastic results all

Oh I know 5's are good .
I was not being "funny" just hopelly optimistic !
5's will get him into 6th form ....but i really doubt buisness studies will be any where near there !

Wow some amazing results! Well done to all. Ds has just set off.

Ds's grade profile is spiky as we suspected but he has done more than enough for college (and got two 9s in subjects he doesn't want to do at A-level, go figure )

Got a 4/3 in double science though, with the 3 being one mark off a 4, so have been advised to go for a remark.

So, on the whole, relieved and happy all round.

Well done all! Thank GOD it's over.

We are really chuffed.
1 x 9
7 x 8s
1 x 7
1 x 6
And a B in further maths.

Sounds like everyone so far has done really well so congrats to all.
Hopefully everyone will get what they need to do what they want next.

10 grade 9s and 1 grade 8

Sorry "nail-biting"

DS's results body clock stirred him neatly at 9:10 - A*, eight 9s, two 8s. The latter were his two least favourite subjects - french and eng lit, and given that loathes lit and tackled both Shakespeare and novel as virtual unseens on passage questions, the 8 is a travesty, so beyond pleased for him.

Good luck to everyone else who is still. All-biting. I hope they all get what they need for their plans and expectations.

And well done to those who know already, some really fab results!

We are off soon, DS is still in the shower DH wants to come but I'm hoping to persuade him to stay at home because I've got some Elemis goodies being delivered today so as not to overwhelm DS

Also one of DS mates had a note in his results, apologising that they had lost one of his maths papers so they'd had to give him a grade without it. Never heard of that before ! But he got the grade he needed so no harm done.

Awww he bloody aced them the little smarty pants. We were permitted to enter the building and did some mingling n celebrating

DS got what he needed. 3x7 s in the sciences (should that be 7 squared😂?)

And 5/6 for the rest.

Given that he's a clever boy it's lower than he should have got but hopefully a lesson for A levels and he should now get his head down.

Relieved.

Good to see all the other results coming in and good luck to those still waiting.

Good luck to all those waiting to get their results.
Results have been overshadowed slightly as we shipped off our daughter to the USA to study the IB for sixth form this weekend so struggling with empty nest syndrome and worried about how she’s getting on.

See stayed up late to get her results via email. She FaceTimed us in tears at 7am this morning - I panicked thinking that she was disappointed. Apparently it was tears of relief thank goodness! She worked so hard and got straight 9s so is really pleased.

Luckily 6th form didn’t depend on grades but really feel for those kids who are under pressure to get grades for college - good luck to them all.

She’s done really well.
9s in Maths, Chemistry, physics, Biology History, Photography, Art
8s in English Literature and French
A* in Music
7 in English Language
Gosh.. the relief that the hard work paid off and that she’s happy
Good luck to everyone’s DC!

All done here. One big disappointment- a 6 in classics- wants to do A level and felt the exam went really well. Apart from that, 7s 8s and a 9 so all good. I feel drained! Good luck everyone x

Sat in the car park waiting for 9.30

Thanks everyone for your company these last few months x

We're off in 10 minutes. DD just desperately wants the 6 in maths that will let her do Biology A level - it's the subject she's found toughest.

Checking in. Well done to grass's DD, she should be rightly proud of herself.

DS still asleep. I feel nauseous and trying my best to ignore texts from family coming in. Our results are in after 10am.