How do you think school closures will impact on current year 10s GCSEs??

My DS1 is in Year 10 and is worried about what impact this will have on him.

He is doing GCSE PE and has picked Football (which has already been assessed), athletics and Cricket both of which now can't be assuming they all stay shut.

They can't repeat a year for missing one term.
Logistically it would be a nightmare.

They would be better off accepting lower standards in the final exams, or turning e.g. English Lit into only your best 3 questions count instead of 4 or something.

I'm praying they decide that they all need to repeat the year. I just can't see how learning at home on Google classroom is anywhere as effective as having a teacher there with them.

My DD is feeling anxious about the lack of order and routine. She has cleaned and organised her bedroom and commandeered the dinner table for her school work. She has started at 9 and finished at 3 for the last 3 days since her school shut. Her school is setting work that needs to be completed every day. It's making her feel calmer that at least some things are staying the same - it's her way of dealing with it I suppose.

Awful in our case, although the Isle of Man is refusing to close schools. But my year 10 has assessed work due now and is sitting some GCSEs in November. Apparently iGCSEs are going ahead, but no one is telling the kids anything and they are all so worried.

I haven't started with DD yet as she is currently ill (something else + ?CV?). Her attendance this year has only been 90% (usually close to 100) so when she's feeling better she'll have catching up to do plus all the new work being posted.
She doesn't normally like working from home, but I'm planning a strict routine and rewards.

My son is on day 1 and taking the piss! He has educational needs and so won’t even try. It’s going to be a slog getting him to do anything!

I have a Y10 too. In the case of academic lessons the school has put everything online so it's just a matter of us making sure DS does it rather than 24/7 gaming.

Language lessons are a bit tricky so i'm hoping my Y13 will be able to teach her brother as she was just about to take the same language at A Level. Plus there's apps like Duolingo.

PE - will have a knock on effect next year which i hope will be taken into account. Sports such as athletics & tennis are moderated in Y10 instead of Y11 due to it being Summer sports (normally after exam season). Plus facilities are shut due to CV. I think the practical side is 30-40% of the final mark.

Music, Drama & Art will be hit too i think. My DS's school doesn't offer Food Tech but i'm planning on teaching him to cook in this extended break!

I have a year 10.

I think schools will sort themselves out to try to get through content next term by using

• power-points
• maybe videos of teachers talking through them
• uploading stuff to be marked, or self marking to mark schemes and uploading scores & weak points

Then there will need to be more emphasis in y11 on question answering / essay technique as that is harder to teach remotely I think.

The practical subjects (my DD is doing Food and Drama) will suffer. Maybe they will have to accept lower standards and keep proportions getting whatever grades the same.

The kids who miss out will be the ones who

• don't have good access to technology at home (maybe PP money could give them all laptops?)
• don't have good working environment at home
• don't have good self motivation or parents keeping them focussed
• don't have parents who can help them if they get stuck