GCSE summer 2020 thread 6 - Carry on Corona Cohort, Further adventures aboard the Corona Charabanc.

This video came up for me after the OFQUAL one, and I thought it was even more interesting....

This is a nice friendly start to the GCSE thread after some fairly robust discussion over on the A level/going to university thread! Whilst it is stressful for our GCSE students, it really is more worrying for the people (not) doing A levels. I remain convinced that it is better to be in Y11 than Y10, Y12, Y13 at the moment.

Love the "Plague Year" hoodie idea

@FoolsAssassin thanks for the new thread and the video. That hoodie sounds great @KingscoteStaff. No hoodies here unfortunately.

Thanks @FoolsAssassin for some reason I think in my head 50 pages = 1000 messages ...should just use my eyes really.

@AnneOfCleavage some of them can be so oversensitive yet completely lacking in empathy at the same time. A bit of distance and expanding friendship group does sound like a good idea.

FoolsAssassin. Thank you for the new thread.

Leavers hoodies and meet ups are just not on DS's radar. He's back at one sport but not seeing friends casually. I don't think he's said no to anyone I think they're all in a rut of playing online. Quite a few of the parents are NHS so they might be encouraging more caution?

That's rubbish @AnneOfCleavage but that's girls for you. I try not to get involved because I know DD has not always been kind in the past herself.

DD has been keeping busy with some bridging sessions from current school and has helpfully discovered that she really doesn't like Economics. Useful as she's signed up to do it at SL IB. I need to email her new Sixth Form to inform them of the change of plan.

Her new Sixth Form has arranged an induction talk via Teams next week. Not as much fun as the BBQ they'd planned but at least it's something.

That's hilarious Kingscote. DD is designing her own leavers hoodie as she wants to have one to wear to her dance school like all the other students. We've found someone to do it - £50 - which is a hoodie in chosen colour and any lettering. Thought it pricey but it is a one off rather than 200+ that would have been made.

Thanks for that video clip Fools - I'll show DD for reassurance.

Wow thank you for the new thread FoolsAssasin.

These next few weeks are going to be nail bitingly nerve wracking til results day as then we'll know our DC next steps a bit clearer.

DD has already found her friends who are staying on for 6th form are already cliqueing and sharing on SM their meet ups. Her supposed BFF arranged a gathering yesterday and didn't invite her. When she asked (was so proud she phoned her and asked why this morning after crying herself to sleep after seeing a pic last night) and it was because I'd invited a couple who we're really good friends with out on BHMonday last month and their DD who my DD is really good friends with (same school) and didn't invite this BFF - never mind you can't share cars with non family and we'd met up with her family the Sat before. Girls eh.
I've suggested she branch out a bit so she arranged a walk with a primary school friend today and is seeing her cousin tomorrow for a picnic.

Ooh sorry for long ramble. Didn't mean to post all that but was awake a long time last night with DD so it's still in my mind a bit.

Lovely new thread. Thank you.

One school round here has done Leavers' Hoodies with 'Plague Year' on the back and a big red cross!