GCSE Supporting - first week nearly over

Thank you very much, @clary , good tips! And the bread is funny! She's OK with reading but finds listening a bit of a challenge at times. Fingers crossed, and I will pass those tips on.

Both chem and geog got an "ok" in this house. RE (not his choice to take- cofe school make it compulsory) and foundation french tomorrow.

Wed is the nemesis of English Lit. Our aim is just to get him to wrote SOMETHING! He freezes in English exams but both tutor and teacher say he can do it. Getting a 4 is a distant dream at this stage.

Thurs is physics and computing, both A level choices. Then a breather with Friday off.

No study leave at his school- they say they get better results with the kids in. Suspect that does actually work for DS as he responds better to someone imposing structure.

Thought edexcel IGCSE Chemistry was meh. Better than the biology but didn't love it. Found geography really easy. Shame as she likes Chemistry and dislikes geography. Was considering chemistry a-level but may not be so

Dd said chemistry (AQA trilogy) was ok, which is a massive relief. She was in quite a state this morning, as she finds chemistry really hard, bit it sounds as though she did ok (obviously time will tell!)

only 2 more this week, and then she’s halfway through.

Thank you, @TripleDaisySummer - that looks really helpful.

DD not happy with Chemistry paper today (Edexcel combined higher) but said Geography (AQA) was ok.

Her brother has a sore throat. I have told him to stay away from her 😬.

Cant' help DS did that early in November much to our then concern.

However at this late stage good night's sleep is probably best bet - hard as that is as it is a build on skills and lots of practise subject and not easy to do last minute revision for but a decent night's sleep makes for sharper mind.

Though if there is a topic he really needs to go over -https://www.mathsdiy.com/
you can search particular topics for questions with answers worked through for WJEC past maths papers.

DS2 reports that AQA Chemistry was fine.
No exams tomorrow.
English Lit 2 on Wednesday. Poetry 😭😭

@Hersetta427 my dd has the same...dd still has yet to learn a couple of poems but currently working through Islam...luckily RE is the afternoon..so I think aim is to do English since the first paper didn't go great...Jane Eyre..so banking on this paper to pull her through

Dd has RS paper 2 tomorrow (Islam) followed by literature (an inspector calls plus war and conflict poetry) then physics triple paper on Thursday.

Hi everyone, hope it's okay to jump in. I've been lurking on the last thread for quite a while but this is my first post.
DD called me in a state after she'd left school. She had the two exams today, thinks Chemistry was "okay", but Geography she thinks she's done really badly. She did as much of the short answers as she could but she has hypermobile wrists and fingers and the typing (she uses a laptop and has extra time due to various disabilities) got too much and was really painful. She couldn't manage to type the long answers and was really upset. Not really anything we can do about it and not sure what to do to prepare her for the other days she has with two exams.

We have English lit this week as well. Poetry and J&H

Friday off though which is nice.

Thanks - that was my question.

I had just asked DD1 - current Y13 and she told me I should know this as her physics class was offered chance to drop to lower level for only triple physics - which she declined and ranted at - it was offered in response to kids concerns about fuck up around missing chucks of course, teacher storages and covid disruption.

In end didn't matter as covid stopped exams again but I'd completely forgotten till she said.

There hasn't been nature as a theme for the last 5 years I think they said.

Good luck to all who have exams this week.

DS had chemistry today - his in depth analysis was "Good". That's him finished until after half term. His English Lit was one exam last week and the rest was coursework so he's done with that. He's technically on study leave but has decided that he's going to study in school so is going in every day.

Any WJEC maths predictions for tomorrow (higher non-calc), please? My poor DS is so stressed about it - he has to pass maths but he's had two exams today, first full day in school since mid-February, and he's exhausted and feels absolutely dreadful. He passed up on a chance to do Intermediate instead of Higher a few months back and is now kicking himself.

As much as anything references to the text is what is needed - so you could say (if talking about arrogance from Mr B) that he references the Titanic - which the audience would know had sunk - the actual quote is not always crucial. That's not a very good example but I hope ygwim.

@BonjourCrisette does she need any last-minute french reading and listening tips? My best listening one is not to worry about the question you missed (bc she will miss some) - go on to the next. And always put something down as it may be multiple choice or (for example) - advantages of a holiday resort - if you have no idea you can always say something likely.

My fave french listening story is DD whose exam had someone whose bread was "trop epais" and no one (except the French girl in the class) knew what it meant. So they all put stale, dry, crusty, mouldy!

ooh that would be good here - that was the them for DD's mock exam along with Storm on the island.

DD has two lots of French and the religion bit of RS tomorrow. She can't wait to be done with all three so I hope they go OK. She is currently in bed with a litre of blue juice and her laptop trying to get Islam into her head.

Dd said chemistry higher aqa was fine with only 1 complicated equation. In answer to PP is your daughter doing trilogy or triple. Trilogy is the double award with all 3 lumped together and has higher and lower papers and is 2 GCSE'S Triple is 3 separate papers so 3 GCSE'S.
Geography went OK but she lost 4 marks explaining why volcanoes are dangerous when it should have been earthquakes! Think that's her dyslexia kicking in.

DS has his nemesis Wed. Conflict poetry plus Eng Lit. I feel like we managed to conquer the Macbeth and CC but we just haven't had time to spend alot of time on this.
I saw some predictions on you tube and they think the theme this year could be nature......
He can't seem to remember quotes from IC. We have this eve and tomorrow eve to try and get some quotes in his brain.

To answer that question about whether there are Foundation papers for single science - yes. So you can mix-and-match: Higher Physics, Foundation Biology for example. Or at least in theory, sometimes schools find this difficult to accommodate.

Yes, my DD said the same - first paper she looks and feels confident on - which after last week is a real plus!!!!

DD home now and thinks Chem (AQA single) went ok as it could, she's not a scientist. I think the majority of students to single, with maybe a class or 2 doing combined. I wish she was doing combined.

Does anyone have any tips for programming for Computer Science please? This is by far her weakest subject, combined with lots of teacher absences and she is already stressing about the exam on Thursday. She just says she has never 'got' programming and it's too late now. She's watching Craig and Dave, got flashcards etc but I am unsure as to what else to suggest

For higher triple you get a GSCE for each of the 3 sciences