Year 10 2024/2025 - come and join!

Classic Mumsnet responses (will you be wailing "but I took you to Borneo" when he fails Geography😂😂)

Look up Thomas Frank on YouTube. Various videos on revision techniques

@RealHousewivesOfTaunton i read that, it made me laugh, you’re a good sport in your responses! A good friend has two kids with very different interests and has had some lovely short breaks with one or the other dc (one massively into history & classical civ, one loves her city breaks and the theatre) - I’m a bit envious as my two are a bit too similar to do separate trips. I say go for it! No idea what the trip options for DS might be yet, but he got to do two trips to France last year (one language, one history) so I think he’s done quite well regardless.

DS has English to do. He finally did it today, but it was suspiciously good and it turns out that got Chat GPT to do it for him. FFS. A Chat has been had. He'll be doing his homework at the dining table under my direct supervision from now on.

DD has just remembered that she had a reading task to do and has declared that she isn't doing it so that's a good start to Y10. No timetable yet. Checking every day.

Hi, DD1 is starting year 10 next week too and is quite looking forward to it. We've had a great holiday but I think she is missing seeing her friends every day and she is keen to find out which teachers she has and which friends are in her classes. She knows which maths teacher she has and is pleased but that's it.

She is doing Spanish, geography, triple science, drama and health and social care BTEC as her options. There is a geography trip to Sicily which looks eye wateringly expensive so I'd better prepare myself incase she gets a place!

She's pretty good at revising etc but is a worrier and tends to think she could/should have done better. Plus she does lots of dance and local theatre shows so she often doesn't have a lot of free time. I'm just hoping year 10 doesn't get too stressful!

Here it is! A good proportion of the posters think I'm singlehandedly responsible for the destruction of the rainforest or guilty of gross neglect, others think I'm taking the P.

WIBU to take one DC and not the other?

The school's taking them to Skeggy. I'm not averse to a Butlins weekend but I prefer better weather TBH. @Stowickthevast I'm sure a trip to Borneo is also essential for your DD's biology and history exams and of course her art coursework 😉

Ah damnit - mine isn't doing geog. I'm sure there's some biology benefits though.

Does AIBU want you to go to Skegness for hols instead?!

@Stowickthevast I'm getting such a pasting on AIBU for the Borneo trip that I'm determined to go just to spite them! It's for a module called "Forests Under Threat" in Edexcel Geography B.

DS doesn't have his timetable yet. There's one maths teacher he doesn't get on with so I'm hoping he doesn't get her.

Hi everyone!
DS1 starting yr10 next week although he started his GCSE courses last year (in yr9). His options are history, geography, drama and sociology. He found last year a bit of a struggle- really wasn’t ready for the increased focus and workload (he has ASD). I’m bracing myself for this year as he finds schoolwork quite difficult and hates any form of revision…..
Think I’ll be glad of a supportive thread!
No trips that I know of yet but hopefully there will be something. We aren’t back until next Weds and he’ll get his timetable then - hopefully with the same teachers 🤞.

Best revision is active, answering questions much more effective than highlighting or copying out notes. DD used to make flash cards with a Q in one side and answer on the other and have me quiz her.

My DD is starting year 10 and she really struggles with how to revise. I struggle to explain it! Apparently the way I did it isn't how she could do it 🤦🏻‍♀️ any tips on revision?

We've got no timetable and no class or teacher info yet so much nervousness. But the bag is packed and the desk is tidy and she's good to go.

Only trip here is a WW1 battlefields whistle-stop in the summer but she's already looking forward to it. We've booked to go and see An Inspector Calls as a family as school aren't running a trip in her Y10, only to find that she might have the only English teacher who doesn't teach it! I expect we'll enjoy it anyway...

Wow all these trips! Dd has just finished Y11 and she went to Normandy battlefields trip but that was the only one, I understand why but I think it’s a shame they don’t do language exchanges anymore. DS is going to Berlin in January which they are running as a joint History and German trip, his school is very small (different to the one my older dd attended) which I think does limit them on trips a bit.

I must find out if the school is going to Inspector calls, I took dd a couple years ago, watching theatre with an audience of 90% teens is definitely a different experience, I really enjoyed it, they don’t hold back with reactions to the performance in the way an older audience would.

Trying to persuade ds to get art homework done, he was super pleased he’d done some today, but he hasn’t actually done the task asked, that was tricky so he did something else! He doesn’t quite see why he can’t just do as he pleases! Going to be a long 2 years I think!

For any London-based folk, An Inspector Calls is on at the moment at Ally Pally. We're going in September.

@BernardsarenotalwaysSaints we've got a German exchange arriving soon and then return trip in March I think. I believe there's also a year 10 ski trip in February half term. We went to Germany & Austria on holiday last Easter and think it helped DD1's German.

@RealHousewivesOfTaunton what subject is Borneo for? It's on my wishlist so wondering if I can persuade DH it's GCSE relevant!

DS happy with his timetable - they have a 2 week one, so 10 hours of music and drama with his favourite teacher has him happy 😆

Some other teachers he doesn't know so much, but none that have the deadly bad reputation with his peers (probably perfectly nice, fine teachers!)

We haven't been told about trips yet, but usually there is a Geography trip abroad, History/Latin to Rome. Not sure if there will be a French trip as usually there is an exchange before Y10 but didn't happen.

Have been browsing Amazon for flashcards but couldn't decide which to get!

I'm a teacher too. Back a week tomorrow for inset 🙄

I'm Finance not teaching. Back on Monday for Inset. DD is back Tuesday for 1 hour 🙄 then properly from Wednesday.

Marble- wishing DD well and hope she is being supported by school.

DDs school don't offer as many trips in Y10 as the previous years, there is Norway, Barcelona and Berlin so far. They are obviously subject dependant. DD would love to do Barcelona as we took her in the February half term and she just loves it there, however, the itinerary is exactly what we did so we are leaning towards Berlin.

I'm not sure on trips, except for Holderness and Stratford for geography fieldwork. Hopefully they'll see Macbeth at some point. DS has also managed to get himself invited on the Somme battlefields trip this year, despite not taking history

I hope you're dd recovers well @Marbleston I can see why you're worried, is happy to communicate with you or school if she is finding it tough?

It all just seems a lot. It works out as 10 GCSEs for dd, 3 science, 2 English, maths, stats, German, history & RE plus two level 2 equivalents (further maths & perf arts). I'm glad she's taken PA to be honest, it just lightens the load a bit & she really enjoys it.

My y3, y5 & y7 go back next Tuesday, then y7 is off Wednesday when y9 & y10 are in then Thursday is a 'normal' in day & Friday is a trip day for y8-11. I'm due back on Monday (head of kitchen in my younger dc Primary) following a hysterectomy in May but physio has said not yet as I've really not recovered as well as expected & i'm having unexpected complications.

What trips do everyones schools offer? We've, hopefully, got Berlin next spring (it was due to go on the payment app in May but hasn't appeared as yet) for History/ German & the West End for PA. Dd is saving all her babysitting money for spends

Hope your DD is recovering well @Marbleston