GCSE’s summer 2020 thread 5 - And then there were none..

I fear you may have lost her to the other realm forever @zandapanda...

Only based on my nephews' behaviour

For those with Yr 11 gamers - do they ever reach peak-gaming and get bored of it? Now the bridging work has arrived Dd discovered gaming .

I’m def ordering our Turkey early....

That would be preferable @wheresthebeach

Also chance of hibernating with all the Christmas food and fairy lights etc sounds preferable

...and right on cue the college sends summer/bridging work - for Sociology includes write a 1000 word essay on impact of coronavirus on education - maybe the EtonX skills course on writing will help here.

Lots of suggestions to watch/read /write all subject and board specific if anyone wants the link PM me as I will out myself a bit by linking not that I have not done so already
There are some Btec/Subsidiarys too

orangecinnamon Hopefully they will be at school as normal in September. I think more likely that there will be a late winter/early Jan shut down if treatments/vaccines aren’t available. Fingers crossed.

@OrangeCinnamon DS is doing the EtonX future skills course this week. It's not very taxing but may have some useful info in there.

They seem to be 'future skills' type courses e.g 'making and impact' but worth a go !

Also read in the depths of the email School still has access to Seneca Subs and there are eight 'Summer Accelerator' courses for A levels for those of you that have access to a sub;

Physics AQA, Geography AQA, Biology AQA, Chem OCR, Psychology AQA, English Language AQA, History AQA - Tudors, History Edexcel - Russia 1917 -1991.

I might just forward the email and not say anything/push DD. I'm quite enjoying DD taking responsibility for her own learning. She is on her third Open Learn course ( Human Rights, Child Psych now started Music) reading novels for pleasure again and still working on her gradings. She is in a relatively good place at present.

I am worried about her possibly missing out on the social aspect of starting college if it all goes online in Autumn. She didn't really make a secure friendship group in secondary which was disappointing - the local college is really a chance for her to develop those social skills a bit more - for once she will be the one who is not commuting in /knows the town/can easily meet up. I wouldn't change the school she went to for the world it was absolutely the best for her development for miles around but the social aspect never really kicked off for her

Thanks Orange !
EwwSprouts, cheers! From the link it looks like the courses are predominately ‘self development’ rather than subject specific?
Piggy I’ve had a look at the Massolit lectures. They look really good but again have to be accessed via school subscription
For any DCs taking Classical subjects for A level, or just for general interest, The Hellenic Society have a free pdf of their Argo magazine
www.hellenicsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ARGO-Issue-11.pdf

Ill have a look first thing

Sorry Proggy Matt in my work email lol !

Another thing that is really good, and you might be able to get a trial subscription to is Massolit : does Eng Lit, classics, philosophy, psychology, politics and history lectures.

ProggyMat Have to apply as a school for your students www.etoncollege.com/Covid-19EmergencyFund.

@OrangeCinnamon Share the joy?

We got a code for some eton online courses today at least they are justifying their charitable status

Oops not getting my words in the right order...!! Cooking late lunch and typing at same time...

Dd woke up 4 hours today after her GCSE language speaking exam should have started.

DS should be doing Spanish speaking exam tomorrow...obvs he was distraught when I reminded him...NOT

His form teacher phoned last week on the landline. DS1 answered it, she thought he was DH and asked if DS2 was ok and could she talk to him? Turns out she had put a quiz on ShowMyHomework which he didn't bother doing as it wasn't GCSE related, so she called to make sure he's ok, which is a lovely thing to do. He's done literally nothing since March 20th, only left the house about five times but plays a lot of footie in the garden and FIFA indoors. Also he had a phone chat with his FE college tutor (vocational course), who are looking forward to having him in the autumn.

We tried Gino, Gordon and Fred as DS is a fan of Gordon but even he thought it was silly! We also watch Gogglebox every week as it gives us plenty to talk about and ideas of things to watch or not watch.

We watched Race Across the World, Gino, Gordon and Fred (dont ask!), that Channel 5 navy ship thing, and now we're back on my usual fare such as Taskmasters.

DS has started his bridging work today though - French this morning. Plus he is still doing the Dualingo. I take this as a massive win.

I've been watching Simon Reeve's Mediterranean with mine.

Primates (BBC1) has been very good too.

To the poster looking for documentaries my son enjoys the Louis Theroux series and I actually think the Stacey Dooley ones are pretty good and engaging for teens too.

Eek Dd said her first GCSE was tomorrow!
She’s smiling!

Mine has not been contact at all. Only to say no gcses and take care. That's it!