Starting Year 11 GCSE 2021 Thread 2

DD did her final assessment yesterday which i took into school and exchanged for her leavers hoodie. We are just delighted she managed to prep (in a very limited way) and sit some assessments at all. Now we can focus on getting her out and about in the world again. See you all on 12th August!

DS has finished now too. Very nice not to have to revise and worry about if we have the date correct for the many exams he had to sit! Now it's done I am less anxious.
Just hoping results are enough to get onto the next stage.
DS keeping busy with money making projects. He is so ambitious and such a hard worker but just didn't fit into the school shaped peg doing subjects he had no interest in!
Will start to look for part time work too but I don't think they can work properly until 1st July as that's the official end of school?
Been grateful for this thread to keep me going and hoping everyone can start to relax more now.

Lowther we're not too hopeful for prom now, hers is at a hotel so even less likely if 21/6 doesn't go ahead as planned

I think DD is looking forward to next week. Has plans to meet up with friends during the week for shopping and lunch. She has been doing a springpod course which she finishes on the 18. Went shopping for a prom dress, but listening to the news not sure if it will go ahead as planned. It is being held at school, so they have said there is some flexibility. She is hoping to move for sixth form but where is dependent on results, so still some stress.
We are going in on results day, then dash to various school(s)to register.
Just glad to see her relaxed this past week. We have been out most days for lunch, cinema or shopping and it has been great that we have not had to worry about any revision or school work. Just been Good to enjoy the sunshine and relax.

I think DS is feeling rather strange as well. Half term has been really busy (I deliberately planned lots of stuff) but I think it’s going to feel really strange tomorrow. Good idea about picking up siblings…I also work in a school so DS2 normally walks up to my school (it’s a split site) as he is Y5 and we go home from there but he’d love his brother to get him one day!

DD is bored already apparently Even though she's barely been at home.

She's going to make a plan for her bridging work soon, there's a lot of it and has also applied for a few jobs, she heard back from Next that she got through the first round so now to see if she gets any further.

We're going shopping and for some lunch tomorrow as that's my day off and she has plans for most of the rest of the week.

She also offered to pick her sister up a few days a week as the last term of school is manic for me so it means I can stay late. Her sister is Y6 so we're now building up to her leaving too!

She did say she has been feeling quite anxious and not sleeping well so hoping that settles for her.

How is everyone feeling about the first day of not going to school? I know they were off last week but it was half term (I’ve got a younger DS as well).

DS1 is doing some spreadsheet work for the company DH works for. He is starting some of his bridging work for A levels, going to the gym and playing football with his mates. He has applied for 20 jobs and heard nothing. He found an ideal one in McDonald’s but they won’t accept applications until after July 1st due to school leaving age?

So DS will have a prom, in the school hall, but still a prom.
Results day will only be emails at 8am on the 12th......this isn’t unusual for me as I’m Scottish and we only received our results by post anyway.
He’s been finished over a week now and has started online learning provided by the school and bridging work for 6th form.
He had an exam for every subject that was worth 50% of his grade, the rest made up by mocks and school work and estimated grades.
The school year just seems to have fizzled out, he’s been trying to get a summer job, but there is very little out there.

What do you mean by no results day @indy69?

It is so weird getting to the end of GCSEs and only being on thread 2, with all our DCs having had such different experiences.

We actually still have a week to go, as school let DD defer one assessment. Can't start prepping until she has recovered from yesterday's though.

No clarity on prom, presumably awaiting Boris' decision.
Getting fitted for dress over half term anyway.

Last day for my DD today. They had shirt signing yesterday and today post their last assessment have an assembly and then inflatables, bbq and photo booth. They are not doing a prom though so this will be it for her as there is no 6th form and she will be going to college in September. Feeling pretty emotional, me not her -she is just excited about partying tonight..

@ihearttc hoping all goes well tomorrow.
Tomorrow is DD last day. Final assessment today, then a 'friend' decided to call her by racial slur so DD is understandably upset. What a way to spend your penultimate day. School have handled it well but DD in tears. Have been out for a meal as planned but both emotionally drained. Back home, a nice cup of tea and sleep. Just hope she goes in tomorrow and enjoys her last day. She has had wonderful comments and emails from her teachers and I know she has had great support from some of her friends. Just can't understand why some have to be so nasty. They are all stressed I know but the comments were just horrid.
Looking forward to better day.
Hope you all have have calm and enjoy the last days of year 11.

@ihearttc I totally sympathise. It is DD’s last day tmw, she is in for half a day. All the badges I would never let her put on her blazer for fear of ruining it have been carefully removed from her rucksack and attached to the blazer and it now weighs a ton.

She leaves at midday so the morning is really just about an assembly on the field and signing shirts.

Feeling very emotional.

DS’s last day is tomorrow. I’ve been upset all week (I don’t deal with change very well) but today has really got to me. He said that their old form tutor who they had from Y7-9 Skyped them all from Australia in form time today and spoke to them all individually about how proud he was of them. In my mind DS is still that little Y7 who came home and told me how cool his form tutor was. God knows what I’m going to be like tomorrow.

DD finished yesterday - she just has a leavers ceremony on Friday and then she is done. You can sense the relief - she is so much happier and relaxed already. I hope this Indian variant buggers off so they can properly enjoy the summer!

We've just had a text from school that the whole of year 11 is closing due to the high number of covid cases so nolast day farewells or the planned trip to Nandos for my Ds just an abrupt end to a dreadful year. It's going to be a long summer for them all. Hopefully summer jobs will be available to give them some much needed life experience after isolating at home for such a long time.

Last week of year 11! Which is just as well. DD is running low. Physics tomorrow, not her favourite subject. History on Thursday which is a subject that she wants to study for A level but the assessments have dragged on for so long she has totally lost her 'mojo'-not bothered what grade she gets now! Needs to book leavers hoodies by midweek and hopefully has prom end of June at school. Needs to go in for results day.
Looking forward to end of assessments, hope to go out to cinema and restaurant on Thursday -it's been too long.
Hope you and all DC are well and looking forward to some form of break!

Our school doesn't have a space that can hold all yr11, so a prom onsite wouldn't work.

@Hellohah

I’d be more than happy with that, at least they are getting something. All they want is a chance to dress up and hang out with their mates.

Hello, I think your school is doing the most sensible thing in terms of Prom and can't understand why others aren't following, where ours is booked it simply won't go ahead if 21/6 doesn't happen it's so risky.