Parents of Year 12s - exam time again! (oh no!)

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Just noticed we were running out of thread!

That's great LDR, I'm glad he's enjoyed it. It's amazing how much they can achieve in a week.

Ursula it's in Higher :)

Thank you for the welcomes.

I cannot get DS to do any UCAS this summer . He has a plan, has done plenty of open days, knows what he wants to study...but his ideas about deadlines and mine do not correlate at all. DH says I should stop stressing and that he's probably just processing things....

Welcome to LadyMacnet

Hello LadyMacnet, I know all about working to a different timetable. I am a planner, I have everything worked out well in advance with a Plan B and C set up. DS is more of a seat of his pants, wait until the last minute and wing it guy. It has been the cause of much friction over the years.

raspberry - yes DD2 will be doing GCSEs in 2019. Let's stick together!

Another welcome to LadyMacnet from me. It won't be long before we need a new thread, but kitten always holds our hands tight when the time comes, so we don't get lost.

Welcome Lady M. :)

I have one sitting GCSE next year, at the same time the other sits As. Not looking forward to that stress one bit...I'm doing a degree part-time - I chose next year's modules purely so I would be finished by the time their exams start!

Well done to those that got the grades they wanted and commiserations to those who were expecting better ones. Feeling a bit lonely here as still awaiting results on our return and DD was very anxious & shed a few tears reading her friends results and group chats and trying to second guess what she may have got

kitten do please keep our thread going as really appreciate the sharing and support on here since GCSEs

when do you get back Lashings?
I'll get a new thread going in the morning if I can as I'm going to be away for a couple of days. We won't need to use it til we are ready :)

When does everyone start back? dd starts on the 5th. That's just two weeks and a tiny bit

kitten we are back on Monday & DD back to school 5th September too. Think we will all appreciate each other's support through Year 13! Yikes, it will be starting very soon!

Dd is back on 31st August. Very early.

Still reeling to be honest about CatThiefKeith.

Onwards and Upwards.

And keep passing the open windows.

Welcome Lady M.

Brilliant chocolate.

I start back on the 1st September (Inset) but DD and DS2 don't start until the 6th.

Ursula I've just seen that thread. How sad.

Ds went back on 10th August and dd is back on 22nd August - looking forward to some peace at home!

Panda me too , we need a gcse 2018 thread

It's going to be a bit of a shock to the system I think going back!

It's very shocking Ursula.

new thread for when we are ready.

I apologise for the bland title! I'm rubbish with thread titles.

I'll look out for some of you on the Y11 / GCSE 2018 thread.

“To reiterate, this is a group where we celebrate whatever level of achievement is gained and commiserate and support when things go wonky. No judginess allowed.”

And this is why I like this thread. On other similar threads I felt a bit because DD doesn’t get straights A*S and has no interest in Oxbridge.

DD doesn't go back until 13th September. I guess because it is a separate college rather than a 6th form of a school.

Thanks for starting the new thread kitten - see you all there when Y13 starts! eek!

And this is why I like this thread.

Me too.

Quick question - am I right in thinking that you cannot get A at AS? Not that it is hard, more that it does not exist. DS has a friend at a different school now who says he has AAA. Now he's a bright lad and on his past performance I would believe him except that I didn't think it was possible.

Got the new thread but not this one now

Knitting you are correct, a grade A is the highest grade you can obtain at AS.

Thanks Kitten. I've added it to threads I'm watching.
Do we need a thread starting for those of us with dc in both yr11 and 13?

I think you will need more than a MN thread for support next year Littledrummergirl. Have some

(Thankful I don't have to go through this again. How do parents of large families cope?)