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Has anybody got positive stories of gcse results after woeful mocks?

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Noth1ngtoseehere · 05/12/2019 18:11

It’s going to be a loooooong 6 months otherwise.😩

Ds v anxious. Screwed up his revision and ended up covering very little, had a meltdown midweek. Supposed to get 8s/9s but got a range from 3 to 7.

We could both do with some positivity.😬

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Noth1ngtoseehere · 05/12/2019 18:43

So he could pull up several grades by covering everything he needs too? He was wading through massive text books trying to condense. Ran way out of time, didn’t do any past papers or cover a lot of what he needed to.

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CalamityJune · 05/12/2019 18:41

The whole point of mocks is really to flag where your revision wasn't good enough. So he should know now whether it was technique or knowledge gaps or both and can now focus.

Lots of past papers. Lots of practice. Face up to the things he finds hardest and prioritise, rather than stick to old familiars. Self quizzing, little and often.

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Noth1ngtoseehere · 05/12/2019 18:37

No idea what to do re the screwing up although he’s just starting counselling. Bloody hope it works, no guarantees.

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Noth1ngtoseehere · 05/12/2019 18:35

Why is there a vote thing on this?So don’t want any voting.😬That’s encouraging. Thank you.He knows none of us expect or want 8s/9s, just what he needs although it is frustrating.

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doritosdip · 05/12/2019 18:27

He can improve between November and the summer because school will have covered exam technique as well as the theory by then.

However he needs a plan for the anxiety and the screwing up. The real thing is over 6/7 weeks (with half term in between) where as I'm guessing mocks were over a week and might not have been every paper for every subject?

I think that the 8/9 predictions are hard to cope with. He needs reassuring about how inaccurate predictions can be and he's not letting anyone down if he gets lower in any subject.

It's good that he's not at his peak yet because he can't sustain that until the summer.

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