Celebrating GCSEs

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It’s results day tomorrow…eek. My son will be getting his and despite his claims that he’s ’not bothered’ about doing anything, I’ve booked a meal at a local restaurant. It’s a tricky one cos if he does worse than predicted then I guess he won’t want to do anything. Although maybe we should still go to reward his effort?! If he does really well, he might want to celebrate with friends though. So it’s definitely a watching brief! Have others got celebrations planned? And is anyone rewarding their kids financially for good results? It’s not a road i’ve down but I’ve heard before of parents giving 100 quid for every pass etc.

in my home it was always a family celebration - or if we swapped perhaps so friends thursday family Friday.
I did get a bonus shopping trip for 6th form clothes as usually most things came from my allowance

I think most celebrate with their families. No matter how well or poorly make sure they know you are proud and if they do very badly it’s not the end of the world!
I gave my son a watch at the end if his GCSEs (which he bombed but had already decided on a vocational route). Oddly I don’t remember getting anything for my DD who aced them!

We have a restaurant booked and will be going to celebrate no matter what. Tricky if DD hasn't got the results she's hoping for but still want to celebrate whatever she's achieved. Yes we will be doing financial reward but it will be nowhere near £100 for a pass!

We are planning a celebration lunch on Sunday to get round the family vs. friends question tomorrow. Fingers crossed for DS getting what he expects tomorrow, we have promised £20 for each 9 he gets and have done the sixth form clothes shopping trip. He worked so hard we will be celebrating regardless of results.

We will celebrate with a takeaway or restaurant of his choice tomorrow evening no matter what he gets.
He is off to Leedsfest on Friday so he will celebrate with his friends there I am sure.
No £ per pass but if he achieves a certain level of 7's and above I will reimburse his leedsfest ticket
Good Luck to everyone!!!!

A meal out sounds lovely regardless but maybe at the weekend so your dc can get over the shock of the results!

We celebrated at home and mum made my favourite meal, but that was 30 years ago. I was in shock even though I got good grades - the stress of waiting for the results had taken a bit of a toll on me and I needed space to get my head round it.

I have already agreed with dd in year 9 what her financial incentives are for gcse. She is nothing like me and will find a monetary reward very motivating - I have made the tariff very worthwhile at the top end. She is capable of scooping lots of 8s and 9s so it’s not cruel, but it will be effort and so I’m happy if it costs me a lot of money - she can save the cash for uni or splurge on a holiday with her friends. I’m saving in case she manages to get lots of 9s! I don’t see the point setting a reward in y11 - I’m using money as a way to drive my child to really put some effort and she needs that carrot in the distance in plenty of time to get herself on track. She was gleeful that her grade predictions were good at end of y9 and the reward definitely focused her mind so far.

No cash prizes here. I’m dreading it - I don’t think dc is going to get the grades they’re expecting and they struggle to regulate their emotions often😬… here’s hoping I’m pleasantly surprised and things have gone her way!!!!

DS has plans to go to Nando’s at lunch time tomorrow with a group of mates, regardless of the outcome, otherwise we’d have likely gone out for dinner; DH is on leave next week so we’re planning a celebratory day out then.

DH and I have discussed monetary rewards for grades, but not with DS - we felt should the outcome tomorrow not be as hoped for, that also not getting the money would be an extra knock when already down. So we will surprise him when we know what’s what. He did get a watch from us at the end of exams for his resilience over the whole of y11, and through the exam period particularly, as he’s had some anxiety issues in the past.