Page 8 | GCSE supporting - to half term, and beyond!

SheilaFentiman · 2023-05-27T15:22:58+00:00

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

Clymene · 09/06/2023 15:07

It's 70 minutes for combined science papers

Bobsbees · 09/06/2023 15:06

I thought it started at 1.30pm?

Fifiellz · 09/06/2023 14:59

She messaged me at 14.47, literally the minute she got her phone back!

mrsnjw · 09/06/2023 14:57

And here. I thought it was and hour and forty five minutes?

iwantavuvezela · 09/06/2023 14:57

Oh no - AQA here as well!

Fifiellz · 09/06/2023 14:56

AQA

iwantavuvezela · 09/06/2023 14:55

@Fifiellz sorry to hear that - what board was your child writing ! This is the weaker of DD's sciences so hoping it goes okay

Fifiellz · 09/06/2023 14:51

Ugh. Biology did not go well. First time for tears.

Apparently it was incredibly random and nothing came up that was on the checklist (whatever that is) she was revising against.

That's going to ruin the weekend revising vibe 😩

Circleoffifths · 09/06/2023 14:47

spiderlight · 09/06/2023 14:31

Digital Tech went well. Apparently there wsa a bank of about 300 questions, of which ten were generated at random for each candidate when they logged in, so everyone in the class had a different 'paper'. He finished ten minutes early and sounds happy. Much better day than yesterday's misery!

That sounds fancy!

spiderlight · 09/06/2023 14:31

Digital Tech went well. Apparently there wsa a bank of about 300 questions, of which ten were generated at random for each candidate when they logged in, so everyone in the class had a different 'paper'. He finished ten minutes early and sounds happy. Much better day than yesterday's misery!

Circleoffifths · 09/06/2023 14:05

AQA grade 9 boundary last year was 66% and 67% in 2019.

BaconAndAvocado · 09/06/2023 13:56

Circleoffifths · 09/06/2023 13:49

The Edexcel grade boundary for a 9 in Biology in 2019 was 157 marks out of 200 or 78.5%.

To get 9-9 in Combined Science in Edexcel in the same year you needed a mark of 264 out of 360 or 73%.

In 2002 to get a 9 on Edexcel Biology you needed a mark of 165 out of 200 or 82.5%. Grades of 9-9 that year needed 73.8%.

Do you know what board he is sitting?

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I think it’s AQA.

Circleoffifths · 09/06/2023 13:49

BaconAndAvocado · 09/06/2023 13:30

DS2 has Biology 2.
Not his strongest subject although he said to get a 9 you need to get 62%+.
Does anyone know of this is true?
When I said that seems very low for a 9, DS2 said it’s because there is so much information to learn for Biology.
Is he talking nonsense?

The Edexcel grade boundary for a 9 in Biology in 2019 was 157 marks out of 200 or 78.5%.

To get 9-9 in Combined Science in Edexcel in the same year you needed a mark of 264 out of 360 or 73%.

In 2002 to get a 9 on Edexcel Biology you needed a mark of 165 out of 200 or 82.5%. Grades of 9-9 that year needed 73.8%.

Do you know what board he is sitting?

Piony · 09/06/2023 13:47

BaconAndAvocado · 09/06/2023 13:30

DS2 has Biology 2.
Not his strongest subject although he said to get a 9 you need to get 62%+.
Does anyone know of this is true?
When I said that seems very low for a 9, DS2 said it’s because there is so much information to learn for Biology.
Is he talking nonsense?

A quick Google found this on gcsescience.com, but no year or refs given

AQA science percentages

I guess it'll always be a case of take it with a pinch of salt.

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&source=web&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.my-gcsescience.com%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F09%2FGrade-Boundaries-AQA-Combined-Science.pdf&usg=AOvVaw194ltJPc2YZ4F0jwTShaoU&ved=2ahUKEwjrzqePm7b_AhXJglwKHVu9DAw4ChAWegQIERAB

mumonthehill · 09/06/2023 13:39

Ds said geography was ok but 1 hard question! No mention of elephants!!!

julesover40 · 09/06/2023 13:37

Dd said Geography was good. In Biology now.

christmastreefarm · 09/06/2023 13:37

BaconAndAvocado · 09/06/2023 13:30

DS2 has Biology 2.
Not his strongest subject although he said to get a 9 you need to get 62%+.
Does anyone know of this is true?
When I said that seems very low for a 9, DS2 said it’s because there is so much information to learn for Biology.
Is he talking nonsense?

It is pretty low - not sure in exact number but around that I think.

My DD spent ages telling me how bad she was at science because she hovers around the 50% mark - turns out it's not actually that bad when we looked at grade boundaries.

DontForgetToBreathe · 09/06/2023 13:34

BaconAndAvocado · 09/06/2023 13:30

DS2 has Biology 2.
Not his strongest subject although he said to get a 9 you need to get 62%+.
Does anyone know of this is true?
When I said that seems very low for a 9, DS2 said it’s because there is so much information to learn for Biology.
Is he talking nonsense?

Yes he is right. Not sure exact grade boundaries for that exam board. But it is pretty low.

BaconAndAvocado · 09/06/2023 13:30

DS2 has Biology 2.
Not his strongest subject although he said to get a 9 you need to get 62%+.
Does anyone know of this is true?
When I said that seems very low for a 9, DS2 said it’s because there is so much information to learn for Biology.
Is he talking nonsense?

roadsidetree · 09/06/2023 13:17

Same here @Blubell46 ...

Complete radio silence from DS on Geography. Combined Science in the next 15 minutes.

Hellocatshome · 09/06/2023 13:06

megletthesecond · 09/06/2023 13:04

hello I've heard the same from DS in the past. Now when he says it's easy I want to weep as it's probably a cock up.

Yes exactly 🙈

megletthesecond · 09/06/2023 13:04

hello I've heard the same from DS in the past. Now when he says it's easy I want to weep as it's probably a cock up.

Blubell46 · 09/06/2023 13:00

@Hellocatshome have not heard from dd so will have to wait this evening...she has biology in 30mins!..

Hellocatshome · 09/06/2023 12:59

DS said AQA Geography was easy, but then in the past he has thought things are easy because he has completely failed to grasp what the question is actually asking so we will have to wait and see.

spiderlight · 09/06/2023 12:49

DS has gone off into the unknown. Is anyone else doing Digital Tech?