TRIPLE SCIENCE HELP

[mumworry]

SON GOT 7B IN END OF YR 9 EXAMS HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN TOP SET.ADV AT PARENTS EVE THAT WOULD BE DOING TRIPLE.
JUST BACK AT SCHOOL FOUND HIMSELF IN DOUBLE SCIENCE CLASS TEL SCHOOL SAID HE WAS IN RIGHT SET!
fRIENDS THAT GOT SAME OR LOWER MARKS DOING TRIPLE,SON DISTRAUGHT.
GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES ADV ANY CHILD GETTING AT LEAST 6 AT END KS3 ENTITLED TO DO TRIPLE.
WHAT CAN I DO SON REALLY DEPRESSED AS SAYS IF SCHOOL DONT THINK I'M CLEVER ENOUGH WHY SHOULD I BOTHER?

Do you mean he took his options and they can't accomodate what he wanted. Your son needs to find out the reasons and he needs to speak to his tutor. Its not worth getting depressed about. Doing the double may be what fits in with his other choices.

SCIENCE NOT A CHOICE COMPULSORY AT HIS STATE SCHOOL, BUT SEEMS SCHOOL DECIDES WHETHER TRIPLE OR DOUBLE WITHOUT REF TO CHILD.
CHILDREN ONLY HAVE THREE OPTIONS UNLIKE MANY OTHER SCHOOLS -SEEMS TO HAVE V LIMITED CURRICULUM.

what options do they have? How might they affect science? Perhaps he has opted to do two languages or two humanities subjects or something else which restricts science lessons. Triple science might be important if he is considering more than one science A level subject and definitely if he is considering a career/degree which requires two or more science A levels. Otherwise it doesn't really make a massive difference. Although it's a bit difficult to know what you want to do when you grow up when you are only 14! You need to get teachers to explain why they have made this choice for him and see if you agree with their reasons.

hE IS DOING GEOGRAPHY HISTORY AND FRENCH.iN TOPSET ENG AND SECOND ST MATHS BUT THEY HAVE PUT HIM IN 4TH SET FOR SCIENCE?
WANTS TO DO 2 SCIENCE A levels and poss eng or Hist at A level.
ALL SCIENCE LESSONS TAUGHT AT SAME TIME ACROSS YEAR 10 WILL CONTACT SCHOOL AS REALLY CONFUSED.

Sorry about your situation but I wouldn't panic.

I did triple science at GCSE level, doing French, History, Geography, Business, top set English and middle set maths. I now do Biology, Chemistry, Economics and English. I know many people who got the same results as me in year 9 and got turned down. It's not just about grades, its about how the pupil deals with lessons as well as their other subjects. If they are doing conflicting lessons they can't do it (eg timetables over run), and often if the subjects are heavy in coursework or rated as quite high tear (which histroy and french are) they could get turned down. After all, they are fitting another module in in the same time as others are doing the normal amount.

I wouldn't worry too much. Employers, uni's and sixth form don't look at what type of science you take so long as he does well it shouldn't matter. The entry requirements for most science A-levels require a B in that subject, you do not need to do triple in order to do them. Also, I'm not doing too well in one of my sciences, and yet I got straight A's at GCSE, so I know as well as anyone that they are no representation of GCSE's and are completely different. :)

Let your son know this, he shouldn't be down about it because so long as he aims for B's (and he clearly has the ability to get A's and A*'s) he'll look equally as impressive as a stressed triple sciencer trying to finish their course! :)

I would contact his tutor/HoY/Head of science to ask for the rationale, and explain this is at odds with what you were told at parent's evening. You are entitled to an explanation.

You also need to check if set 4 do higher tier or foundation science, as the highest grade he can get for the latter is a C.

I would want a phone call backed by a letter with an explanation as to why he has been unable to do triple science.

I would meet with the relevant person at school - form tutor, Head of Year, science teacher - and ask if the grades being as they are, he shouldn't automatically be doing triple sci. Push it if you have to. If he has no idea what he might want to do at A levels or as a career, it would be best to keep his options open by doing triple if he can.