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Techno56 · 2024-06-05T09:12:11+00:00

New thread for GCSE survival 🙂

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 16:13

ComingInByAnsible · 12/06/2024 16:06

Oh please no! That would be super unfair in the kids given it would be the exam board that messed up?!

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Honestly feels like it would be unfair either way as could mean students that had done that particular past paper score significantly higher than expected and therefore skew the grade boundaries for those that haven’t done it, equally a student may do really well without having seen it before and then not do so well if there was a retake but there would be no way of knowing who had/hadn’t and moderating for it, I suppose it really depends how similar they are.

gingercat02 · 12/06/2024 16:07

Goodness the iGCSE maths is a worry for anyone involved. Hope it works out OK 🤞

ComingInByAnsible · 12/06/2024 16:06

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:39

For those that sat iGCSE excel maths we have been told that both exam papers were very similar to a previous year and that it may have to be redone on the contingency day unfortunately

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Oh please no! That would be super unfair in the kids given it would be the exam board that messed up?!

gingercat02 · 12/06/2024 16:05

TeenDivided · 12/06/2024 15:06

Taking early is controversial.
Eng lit and lang do support each other, and the other year of maturity can be helpful too.

Unless they are shoe-ins for 8s or 9s taking maths early means they may well get a lower grade than waiting.

You school seems very small??

A million years I did O level maths and Eng language at the end of 4th year (Y10).
We did NI board exams (in Northern Ireland obviously), but we did AEB I think because the English exam boards have easier papers, apparently
I have no idea if that's true. The grammar school system in NI is well known for thinking it's better than everyone else 🤣
We then did further maths in a year and did it with the others in 5th year (Y11)

Christ0nABike · 12/06/2024 16:02

RunningAndSinging · 12/06/2024 15:58

It is mostly a private school exam, yes. There were only two papers and no non calculator paper.

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Praise the lord, I don’t think either of us could cope with a delayed finish. Big blow up at our house today when a) he wouldn’t get out of bed then b) went straight on his Xbox. So near the end and he’s already gone into holiday mode, arggghhh.

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:59

Christ0nABike · 12/06/2024 15:55

Ok, so not what would be taken in a typical state school? Like, would I know if my kid had sat that?!

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As far as I know they can be sat in state and independent schools to be honest I’m not sure how schools choose which exam board/type my DC does some igcse and some not, I only know from the exam timetable

RunningAndSinging · 12/06/2024 15:58

It is mostly a private school exam, yes. There were only two papers and no non calculator paper.

Christ0nABike · 12/06/2024 15:55

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:54

International GCSE

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Ok, so not what would be taken in a typical state school? Like, would I know if my kid had sat that?!

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:54

Christ0nABike · 12/06/2024 15:53

Sorry if I’m being thick but what is iGCSE?

International GCSE

Christ0nABike · 12/06/2024 15:53

Sorry if I’m being thick but what is iGCSE?

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:51

RunningAndSinging · 12/06/2024 15:49

Answering my own question - it’s 26th June (or tomorrow). Let’s hope it’s just a rumour.

Definitely not a rumour as we’ve had formal communication from school that it’s being looked in to by the board but no information about the outcome confirmed just that it could possibly mean a repeat of one or both on contingency day

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:49

RunningAndSinging · 12/06/2024 15:43

😖
nooooo!!!!
can you remind me when contingency day is. Who said this?

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26th June. We’ve had a message directly from our school.

should add it’s only the higher paper as far as I know

RunningAndSinging · 12/06/2024 15:49

Answering my own question - it’s 26th June (or tomorrow). Let’s hope it’s just a rumour.

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:49

MrsHamlet · 12/06/2024 15:45

Really? According to??

This seems very odd

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We’ve had an email from school warning us, saying that the issue has been raised to Pearson and they are awaiting a response and will give us more information in due course. I’m not sure of any more than that I’d advise you contact your school to find out. My DC has looked at the last paper (2022) and confirms that they are very similar although obviously hasn’t got the 2024 paper to compare directly

MrsHamlet · 12/06/2024 15:45

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:39

For those that sat iGCSE excel maths we have been told that both exam papers were very similar to a previous year and that it may have to be redone on the contingency day unfortunately

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Really? According to??

This seems very odd

RunningAndSinging · 12/06/2024 15:44

Although then DD could not miss her four marks from the back page I guess. Every cloud and all that.

RunningAndSinging · 12/06/2024 15:43

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:39

For those that sat iGCSE excel maths we have been told that both exam papers were very similar to a previous year and that it may have to be redone on the contingency day unfortunately

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😖
nooooo!!!!
can you remind me when contingency day is. Who said this?

ThatGreenNewt · 12/06/2024 15:39

For those that sat iGCSE excel maths we have been told that both exam papers were very similar to a previous year and that it may have to be redone on the contingency day unfortunately

TeenDivided · 12/06/2024 15:06

Taking early is controversial.
Eng lit and lang do support each other, and the other year of maturity can be helpful too.

Unless they are shoe-ins for 8s or 9s taking maths early means they may well get a lower grade than waiting.

You school seems very small??

Tebheag · 12/06/2024 15:01

TeenDivided · 12/06/2024 13:52

Some schools put a set in for maths early and then do FM.
Some schools do on of Lang/Lit in y10 and the other in y11 rather than doing the two in parallel.

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Thank you really wish our school split the English could have really helped DS. Never heard of it like that before. Not sure there school is that great did not shout enough about getting DS help with writing so was just ignored. Will see what happens about Maths as they only have 2 sets at school and the top half is still mixed ability DD normall gets minimum of 95% in any tests but is in class with kids who get 4s. She gets bored some times.

StarShipControl · 12/06/2024 14:05

I remember the posts about English grades being wide of the student's predicted grades last year. There seemed to be quite a number of students affected. My friend's son was predicated a 5 and got a 7, so the strange grading went both ways.

I know someone who got a 3 in mocks, was predicted a 4 and then got a 7 in English literature. He just didn't want to resit so got his head down.

TeenDivided · 12/06/2024 13:52

Tebheag · 12/06/2024 13:39

Just being nosey but the people who said theie kids sat Maths English(didn't even kniw you could) early how does that happen ? DD has been 9 student in both subjects since year 7. School don't seem to encourage her !

Some schools put a set in for maths early and then do FM.
Some schools do on of Lang/Lit in y10 and the other in y11 rather than doing the two in parallel.

boredwithfoodprob · 12/06/2024 13:42

FrankWelker · 12/06/2024 13:17

Apologies if already posted. Any tips for revising for the WJEC Geography paper A this week? My son says It’s just skills. Not many past papers to look at

Ooo yes I'd like to know too! My son says barely any revision needed 🙄 🤔

Tebheag · 12/06/2024 13:39

Just being nosey but the people who said theie kids sat Maths English(didn't even kniw you could) early how does that happen ? DD has been 9 student in both subjects since year 7. School don't seem to encourage her !

FrankWelker · 12/06/2024 13:17

Apologies if already posted. Any tips for revising for the WJEC Geography paper A this week? My son says It’s just skills. Not many past papers to look at