to STORM into school tomorrow and punch a teacher right in the fucking mouth?

[HeyMumma]

NOT REALLY, I am a lady and would never dream of doing such a thing! Just wanted more replies to this thread.

DD (Yr9) took her options earlier this year. We were told that if there were any concerns with the choices made we would be invited to discuss it by the end of May. We did not hear anything. Had a parents evening a few weeks ago where we met next year's tutor and again nothing was said. On this evening we were also given a letter confirming the options and DD had got what she wanted which included Triple Science.

Got a call tonight from the school (last day of term tomorrow), saying that they are concerned that DD may not be able to keep up with Triple science and they strongly advise she does not take it . She is on target for Science but is behind in Maths which we are aware is a problem and will be taking steps to deal with over the summer holidays (summer cancelled for DD, she will be STUDYING).

AIBU to be furious they have decided this with only one school day before she starts Yr10 when she will be start studying what she has chosen? DD is adamant she wants to do Triple Science and we are behind her, hence the summer home schooling. Can we insist she does it? When I asked if she has a choice, I did not get a straight answer.

Awful thread title yes, but the school does sound shite, you have every right to be furious. No chance to moving to a school where they appear to have something called process?

Beertricks sooo sorry for iPhones spelling of the word pretty, do wonder why people feel the need to hang around threads they say they haven't even read!

Do feel free to get a life!

That sounds a ridiculously disorganised school. I would be angry and insisting my child did their preferred subject when it is their fault that they haven't registered her. I find it bizarre they are only letting you know this late in the day. I would have expected this to have been sort out and confirmation of subjects chosen sent to parents at least a month ago. My kids were both assessed in the Jan/Feb of 2nd year so the options could be sorted for 3rd year around Easter.

The world isn't going to end. While you want the best for your child I simply will not sympathise with someone who is cancelling summer and making them work. I think it is you who wants this. It is not all about school, let the poor kids have a childhood as well. Thanks be to my wonderfully hands off parents who allowed me a life. I have an MSc so didn't die as a result.

DS began Yr 10 on triple science, but was able to switch to double science at the end of the Autumn term as he felt he wasn't keeping up. He wouldn't have been able to do it the other way round. SO I was kind of when, at parents' evening in March, both science teachers raved about his ability and asked why he wasn't doing the triple option!!
But it didn't affect his other options. Science was kind of "stand alone," but I realise different schools operate in different ways.

Do not rule out double science as necessarily inferior,my ds1did double because he wanted an extra humanity .He was pretty sure that he wouldn't be wanting to do science A levels and wanted to give himself an extra humanity choice.He did double science and got an A and an A * (incidentally at his school they are still taught as three discrete subjects with different specialist teachers)but was also able to do History ,Geography and RS .Given that he is doing 4 arts AS levels this was a better choice.
He hates maths but did not struggle with the maths in physics ,if she could get a better grade in another subject and is unlikely to do science at A level I would at least consider the other options

I would insist too - it could be that the school is desperately trying to finalise timetables/class sizes for next year (as many do even through summer holidays) and have decided that the numbers dont fit and have therefore withdrawn this option for your daughter - I would cause an almighty fuss, if she is on target for science I dont see how they can dispute her ability to take subject, unless it stated that a certain level of attainment in maths is required in order to opt for triple science option in the orginal options booklet. Especially so when your DD is working over the summer, there is plenty time to catch up.

I don't see why doing some work during the holidays is cancelling summer. My dyslexic son will be doing spelling practice during the holidays otherwise come the end of August with only textspeak he has deteriorated considerably.
He's used to doing spelling, typing, writing practice in the holidays and doesn't mind as he's old enough to now realise it's to benefit him in the future, in the same way that my musical step daughter does music practice all through the holidays.

God, YANBU. Bloody ridiculous. I suppose it's too late to try and change schools so she can do what she wants without all this bollocks?

Re. "cancelling" summer - you are very wise to try and get her to do further maths work, although possibly 2h a day every day for 4w is excessive and she may rebel.

I needed remedial work on my maths in the summer between Lower 6th and Upper 6th (whatever the heck that is now) because my applied maths was dismal - and I probably did 4h a week with tuition. It was enough to bring me up to speed. Too much is likely to give her brain-ache (very technical term there!) and it will stop going in.

Still can't understand why people think that 2 hours a day for 4 weeks is a lot for a 15/16 year old.
OP's daughter wants to do triple science , if that is the case, she has to work harder. She still has another 10 hours of the day to do what she wants fgs.
My dd's are in primary school and do 1 hour a day during the summer. Flame me if you want, but i make no excuses for my choices

Do your DDs do 1h a day of the same subject every day, forehead? or do you vary it?
2h a day of the same subject is wearing.

Yes they do Thumbs.....(for the three weeks that i am off work) I did the same thing last year and was flamed when i posted it in primary education.
My August born ds (5) couldnt read at the end of reception, so i tutored him last summer. By the end of the holidays he was reading and now reads well.
That's why i am surprised that people think that 2 hours a day for a 15/16 year old is a lot. Particularly since op's dd wants to do triple science.

My dh tutors our children in the summer holidays. They seem to quite enjoy it (in fact they were complaining that he hadn't got going this summer) and it gives their holiday time a bit more structure.

I thought the OP was extremely unreasonable with her first post, as it was clear that they were already aware that their dd was struggling with her maths and must have known that that had some spill over into science but didn't seem to have talked to school about it at all. So choosing to blame the school for something they should themselves have initiated sounded a bit odd - if I had similar concerns as a parent I'd be making sure I'd talked to the school, not waited for them to talk to me.

However the update makes me see things in a different light, and I too would be very angry (Geography and History are not interchangeable). The school sounds very badly organised.

I'm also thinking that I'm glad I'm not at school now. I loved Chemistry and Physics but hated Biology I don't understand the benefit in shoving all the disciplines into one course.

havent read all but screw the school and insist. i worked for one of the uks top science universities and they had a math top-up in yr one because of the numver of children who put their energy into the science subjects and neglected maths. If science interests her and she focusses on it as a result thats no reason to drop the sciences. Doing maths is important to science but as long as some advanced maths is covered she should be ok later

Smacks of time tabling issues and students getting pushed into what fits group sizes and teachers available