Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Secondary education

Connect with other parents whose children are starting secondary school on this forum.

Original poster

GCSE supporting - to half term, and beyond!

995 replies

SheilaFentiman · 27/05/2023 16:22

Making a new thread to support half term revision and the set of GCSEs afterwards!

OP posts:
Thread gallery
17
TeenDivided · 07/06/2023 12:07

All you Edexcel maths people - I assume you are talking about the Higher tier paper?

DorotheaDiamond · 07/06/2023 12:05

Dd said was really hard paper…she’s been doing all the practice ones easily :-(

DontForgetToBreathe · 07/06/2023 12:03

DorotheaDiamond · 07/06/2023 11:59

Dd not happy with edexcel either :-( it was all going so well until today!

F! What happens with Edexcel? Ds doing Edexcel and was up from 5am this morning maybe earlier…
oh well … I will not know until he gets home around 4

DorotheaDiamond · 07/06/2023 11:59

Dd not happy with edexcel either :-( it was all going so well until today!

SummerCyclist98 · 07/06/2023 11:39

DD did maths this morning and it went ok, she’s now catching on TV before revising for PE tomorrow and Biology Friday pm. She’s really benefited from being able to sign out after exams this week as needs that decompress time straight after an exam not more lessons like before HT.

Whatisitn0w · 07/06/2023 11:32

@Jo14357 😁 I'll take that to be a good sign too! Thank you!

Jo14357 · 07/06/2023 11:27

Whatisitn0w · 07/06/2023 11:25

Are anybody else's DC doing OCR maths?

DS is hoping to do well in it and that makes me feel more nervous for him.

He won't be home until 4pm and then I don't like to quiz him too much.
IIt's nice to hear how other DC have perceived it.

Yes OCR. Not heard anything yet from DD but she's not messaging from the toilets saying it was horrible so maybe a good sign it was ok?

Whatisitn0w · 07/06/2023 11:25

Are anybody else's DC doing OCR maths?

DS is hoping to do well in it and that makes me feel more nervous for him.

He won't be home until 4pm and then I don't like to quiz him too much.
IIt's nice to hear how other DC have perceived it.

HippyChickMama · 07/06/2023 11:07

HappiDaze · 07/06/2023 10:38

@HippyChickMama I know it depends on the school, I think we all know that by now.

I'm just letting people know what my DD is doing at her school because that's what we're sharing on here because it's of interest.

Sorry @HappiDaze, I misunderstood your post, especially because I had a minor panic the first time ds asked me to test him via Bitesize and I saw the Tudor content and he hadn't mentioned it 😂

EverythingHurtsAndImHungry · 07/06/2023 10:58

First ever "It went well" text message after any exam today! And I'm so relieved. For some reason, I was more nervous about this exam than any of his others. I hope everyone else felt that it went well for them.

fuckmyuteruslining · 07/06/2023 10:56

Dd texted distressed about maths. First paper was good but this one wasn't. Oh well!

CallmeIT · 07/06/2023 10:50

Edexcel maths (higher) “pretty okay” here. Managed to answer everything except the last question. Something to do with the formatting…

HappiDaze · 07/06/2023 10:38

@HippyChickMama I know it depends on the school, I think we all know that by now.

I'm just letting people know what my DD is doing at her school because that's what we're sharing on here because it's of interest.

minisnowballs · 07/06/2023 10:29

Agree they are great topics - but Cold War is just vast for half a paper. DD wants to do ALevel history, so this is a biggie for her. History is the only place where all of our family collide when it comes to interest - both her dad and I did A-Level and both daughters are fairly obsessed. Really really hoping she feels she's done it justice.

DontForgetToBreathe · 07/06/2023 10:25

DS has Cold War and Elizabeth I today.
Brilliant topics. Loved the migration topic also - but if I never have to talk about Huguenots and Walloons ever again I’ll be so happy.

Piony · 07/06/2023 10:19

TeenDivided · 07/06/2023 09:58

The weird thing with maths is you have to know everything for every paper. They can't/ don't split by topic like other subjects.

Indeed.

I wonder whether the maths exams used to be closer together until everything got deliberated spaced out for COVID. It's a lot to have to revise the same content in 3 different weeks. Though DD is taking the attitude that she did it a fortnight ago, so it doesn't need doing again.

TeenDivided · 07/06/2023 09:58

The weird thing with maths is you have to know everything for every paper. They can't/ don't split by topic like other subjects.

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 07/06/2023 09:33

History paper 2 for DS is Edexcel Henry VIII and his ministers and Superpower Relations and the Cold War. Weird juxtaposition of topics on this paper. Then paper 3 (Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939) is on Thu 15 June.

HippyChickMama · 07/06/2023 09:30

HappiDaze · 07/06/2023 09:27

History is cold war and Henry VIII

It depends on the school, they could choose between Anglo-Saxon and Norman or Tudor and Elizabethan. Ds wishes his school had chosen the latter

HappiDaze · 07/06/2023 09:27

History is cold war and Henry VIII

HippyChickMama · 07/06/2023 09:24

Maths and Edexcel History here today. History is one of ds's favourite subjects he's doing it for A level and he's hoping to do History and Politics Joint Honours for his undergrad. He prefers modern history though and there was anxiety this morning over the Anglo-Saxons. He feels he doesn't know enough and struggles with all the Harold/Harald timelines. He did some bitesize tests yesterday and got 100% in the Cold War ones but 50% in the Anglo-Saxons, I keep telling him that it's a small part of the total grade but he wants a 9. I'll be glad when it's over, at least the A level History curriculum is more modern history

SquitMcJit · 07/06/2023 09:15

We’ve got migration here today (England, AQA History paper 2 ) but other boards/countries might be different.

DontForgetToBreathe · 07/06/2023 09:11

SquitMcJit · 06/06/2023 22:01

Is anyone else’s DC doing Migration on the AQA history paper? It is so hard - so much content over so many centuries. Interesting topic but seems an insane amount to be covering at this level.

They’ve already done migration right?

TeddybearBaby · 07/06/2023 09:08

Very tense in here last night and this morning. DS keeps saying all is fine but he’s much more moody than usual and I think it’s the nerves. Maths this morning which I think makes everyone nervous 😩 and history this afternoon which he loves and wants to do for A level so think he’s feeling the pressure.

Good luck to all 🍀

Piony · 07/06/2023 08:56

@closethedrawer that makes sense, DD has 3 for maths.

@MsElizabethBennett you can ask for special consideration. It would only be a small adjustment, around 2%, and you might require medical evidence. They are really mean - even recent death of a parent only gets 5%. But any % can be a grade.

Swipe left for the next trending thread