Y11 2023-24 thread 4

Havent heard from my DS - he has Chemistry and History today and then nothing til Physics on Fri pm.

Still trying to destress following Maths debacle last week .

Thank goodness I'm only going through this once - hugs to you all with more children to go through it

She was predicted a nine but came home saying she’s definitely not getting that now.

Good luck for History students!

@JaninaDuszejko my friend is a chemical engineer and she found helping her son do chemistry GCSE revision really frustrating as he didn't get it at all and yet she thought it was so easy 😂

Hope it is a sweet ending though!!

I am going to be a jibbery wreck around results time though! One child’s birthday is the day after results! Will have to work on my tactics/poker face.

Oh no, DS is doing Edexcel, was it very bad?

Sorry your DC has had such a tough time of it @Cudafrog. Such bad luck.

My ill DC finally well enough to be back in. I wasn't sure how prepared they were after last couple of weeks doing more or less nothing but insisting they would be fine. I got a message to say Chemistry went better than they expected so can't ask for much more. Now trying not to dwell on the "what ifs" for all the papers missed.

Same here - OK but not as good as paper one. No more chemistry ever which is quite a relief. History this afternoon then another double day with Geog and Physics on Friday. Then - finally - it's all over. Just hoping DS manages not to catch DD's cold...

dd hasn't replied about chem.
It is supposed to be her best subject, but because of that, she has done very little chemistry revision.

Her bedroom - I have been in regualrly and helped her tidy. Her mental health starts to spiral when it is a mess, so I have needed to help keep on top of it.
She has plans to sort EVERYTHING out over the summer, change it all round, move clothes - throw things away. We'll see what actually happens!

AQA higher combined went decent apparently. That's been the worst feedback so far

I think thats a bit unfair, I would get a 9 on GCSE Biology today with no preparation but I did it for A level and a 4 year degree. These things are a consolidation process. I didnt get 100% on Biology at 16. Some of the questions are just fact memorising but some of the mathmatical stuff sounded challenging.

AQA triple higher chemistry was apparently quite a good paper. I will reserve opinions until it's been marked!!!

Also, in contrast to all the parents struggling with chemistry, I'm a scientist and at work this morning all the GCSE discussion about the chemistry has been 'it's so basic, how can they not understand it' 😂.

DD actually sent a message after AQA Higher Single Chemistry. Apparently it was OK, some weird one markers but she got the 6 marker most people struggled with so she thinks she's done OK. History this afternoon is her favourite and she wants a 9 so lets hope it goes as planned.

I feel like I should be wearing an 'I survived chemistry GCSE' today, it was DSs most dreaded one, after a 4 in mocks, but apparently it went ok, Edexcel IGCSE Chem paper 2. He has done a reasonable amount of revsion ao fingers crossed. Room also an absolute bombsite. Only one left!

Good Luck to kids going History, DDs friend is going both History and Geography, I am amazed at the amount of people who do that, so much to learn. Impressive 😍

AQA higher was good apparently and hoping for a 9. This is coming from someone who argued a lot that chem is not a good Alevel subject for her, and wanted to do some content heavy one- would have been a disaster when it comes to exams as she realised now that she is very slow in writing and impossible for her to finish exams in time other than Science and Maths. Anyway we still have time to decide.
Cough and Cold is going around here as well. DS at home today after being sick yesterday night with coughing. DD is avoiding us like we have plague. I am hoping it would stay clear for another two days for her. Already blames “Maths paper 2 I couldn’t concentrate because I had bad headache, don’t come into my room “ 🤓

@Gazelda and everyone else mentioned bedroom 😭 glad I am not alone. I made her sort few papers during midterm, so she can see through the rest of papers, an IKEA bag full of books/papers past exams are ready to be taken away! And we have a party on Sat, meaning definitely need to do some sort of cleaning ( hide if not enough time to sort ) to be done anyway!! Not looking forward to the arguments..

Chem, FM and History is a heck of a day!

DD is spending today in isolation as she’s got Chem, Further Maths and History… not sure how prepared she was for Chem as she was suddenly cramming at 10pm last night (having been to the gym & had her (only) friend round until 8.30…)

on the social thing, I agree covid made a big difference to this age group. It’s like they don’t even realise you can do things like arrange to see friends! I think some kids seem to be unscathed though, from those I know it seems to be the ones who had very strong friendships already, or those who are much more extroverted. My DD didn’t have any of those protective factors as we had only just moved area before Y7 and the whole thing has knocked her for six socially.

No word from DD on chemistry yet. She's probably revising for history!

Student Room thinks DS's chem paper was ok, too. Here's hoping! He wants to do it at A-level, god knows why. (he likes the natural sciences, he thinks he needs Chemistry to apply for a very esoteric and niche degree at a specific institution. We need to do a LOT of research to see if this is actually worth it.)

He's still under the weather but I'm dosing him with paracetamol and hoping it won't get any worse until after Friday!

DD has history and chemistry today, then geography and physics on Friday.

Nearly there 😄

Sorry to hear that @Tiredalwaystired.

AQA Chemistry triple higher - DS said went well but not as easy as paper 1.

AQA Higher Combined Chem 2 was “good”. No more details yet.