GCSE supporting - to half term, and beyond!

DS doesn't have last exam till 21st - two days after DD1 last A-level exam - he started first as well.

He doesn't want to do any again - I keep saying next week will be worst of it and one final push is needed but he tried and fed up now.

Can’t believe half term is almost over! All that revision they were going to get done that never unite happened as intended!
10 more school days and it’ll all be over!

I got DS to do a bit more - and found more that needs going over - so have a place to start with geography tomorrow.

He's showing a lot of reluctance with English and RS still though - English is probably fine though so important and RS he did okay with last years paper.

There's enough left with History, Geography and Welsh alone to keep him busy - though he say he wants to do some RS his actions say otherwise.

@Hellocatshome

DS has been painting the garden walls and jet washing the yard as is planning on hosting a "bybabab" party on the 16th. Apparently it means burn your books and bring a bottle. He has also commandeered a neighbours chimnea for the event.

I wish he would put as much effort into revising for the exams as he does planning how to celebrate them finishing.

This is no surprise to all of os with children who took the ocr computer science paper.

schoolsweek.co.uk/ocr-to-review-difficulty-of-gcse-computer-science-paper/

I thought DS would have been more into it considering how he felt when he came out of each exam.

DD has been struggling with hers since 12, so knowing it could take a while to find one that doesn't upset the body, I took her to our practice nurse at the GP and asked for the pill in August last year.

It's really worth doing if their periods are a pest.

Because DD is gay they have a very low dose one as it's not being used for contraception and luckily, the first one they tried has worked wonders. They can take it without a break for three months with one week off.

It's literally been a godsend to DD, I dread to think how they'd have handled exams otherwise.

My son has done a bit of Biology and Spanish today but I think he's struggling to get into the revising routine he was in the first 2 weeks!!

That's a good point @CornishCoast

It's a difficult enough time doing exams without periods, hay fever and other things that can knock them sideways.

No revision here. DD’s period came a week early. It explains her out of character difficult behaviour the last couple of days. Cramps and tears. Have made her a bed on the sofa and she is watching a favourite film. Grateful it didn’t happen on an exam day!

It's been hard work today - finally got him to do some geography work book which has highlighted he needs to go over the case studies again.

I got a Cold War poster from Amazon with a timeline on it, only a few pounds, and stuck on wall. That whole Cold War YouTube vid is a good refresher.

So much Cold War stress here! She's left the textbook at home and is relying on friends to send her photos of the pages. It does seem like an awful lot of content. Nonetheless she is knuckling down (a bit), though when I suggest she does a bit more she informs me that she's doing more than her friends. I should imagine she's actually about in the middle as some are very conscientious.

Ignore me - have two tabs open with different threads !

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@Rowgtfc72 my dd is also a last minute crammer! And also wants a nose piercing!

Happy half term everyone!

Unlike lots of posters on here, I have no idea what dd has been doing for the last few days. She had a nice day out with friends on Sunday, since then she’s been holed up in her room. Seems a bit down/depressed but maybe she just needs to decompress.

Very impressed with schools offering half term revision sessions. Nothing like that here.

Thanks for the Mr Salles link - I'll pass it on. DS has been watching/reading Mr Bruff as well.

His teacher has told the entire class to NOT DO a story and go for description when given the choice on exam.

Funnily enough DS was telling me that was his strategy for the English exam because he thinks a story is so subjective when it comes to marking.

I wonder if it's something he's been told and remember though story telling has never been a strong suit of his.

He claims he been doing SENCA today - I have serious doubts - but I think he did a bit this morning so will try not to nag.

DS loves Quizlet and it's been the basis for most of his revision. He spent the past few months making Quizlet cards for himself from his notes and textbooks, and now tests himself on his phone wherever he is. Haven't seen any signs of revision today, he was round at a mate's house playing D&D...

His teacher has told the entire class to NOT DO a story and go for description when given the choice on exam.

DD's English teacher has said exactly the same and emphasised that you do not need one scrap of story in there to do well. In fact, better not to put any in and concentrate on descriptive writing down to the last eyelash or pebble. They have had a grand total of about two lessons on how to take the exam in their English lessons and spent all the rest of the time on literature.

No revision here this week so far. To be quite honest I think she learns more the night before an exam. She's actually smiling and joking this week which is something she's not done for a while.
Happy for her to have a break.
She's emailed the college to see if she can have the place back on the course she cancelled if she only gets 2s and do the level 1.
She only needs 3s for the apprenticeship.
4s for the level 2 course.
Give her her due she is giving it some thought.

@christmastreefarm dd has asked for her nose pierced for prom.

I know my DS (history nerd even before picking for GCSE) really enjoys videos by someone called Over Simplified. They're more cartoon and funny as well so may be good for reluctant history learning.