GCSE '18s (19) - New Beginnings?

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Following on from the GCSE 2018 threads as our DC enter year 12.
This the first thread in our new home in further education

Jinglebells so sorry to hear your sad news lovely to know she was so proud of her grandchildren.

So sorry jinglebells, that's really hard. Hope you are as ok as you can be.

DS1 just got his timetable by email (he starts tomorrow, but has 2 days induction) He has 4 x 65mins for each of his three Alevels each week, plus 1 x 65min dedicated to his EPQ (compulsory)
Wednesday afternoons are set aside for enrichment activity (compulsory in Y12)
He will also have several 'independent study periods' which are supervised and compulsory.
But it looks like he'll have a late start on Mondays and early finish on Fridays 👍

He's also started planning some Uni open days...

Jingle, I am so sorry for your loss. Xx

Jinglebells99 sorry to hear about your MIL

@Jinglebells99 - I also want to send you my condolences. 💐

DDs school also start 4 (or 5 if taking FM) and then drop to 3 + EPQ or 3 + FM.

It's pointless taking 4 unless you are going into the sciences where FM is useful and is the 4th A Level. At her school they can make their minds up either half term or Xmas which (if any) they want to drop.

..... oh and puppies are worse than children. I haven't been so knackered since DD was about 6 months. On a positive note she has worked out that she has to go outside to the toilet so very few accident - not bad for 24 hours with no previous toilet training (she was used to puppy pads in a pen).

Jingle bells am so sorry to hear that. My DC have the same relationship with my MIL their GM and I totally understand. Thinking of you.

Thank you for your messages of sympathy. Just had some flowers arrive from my dh’s work, which set me off again. He’s gone up north to make funeral arrangements with his sister.

It’s things like arranging the flowers and thinking I’ll send mil a photo, she’d love to see them. We messaged every day, sharing photos. My Dh also found a piece of paper with my ds’s chosen modules written down, she was so proud and supportive of both my children. I loved her so much.

Oh Jinglebells I’m so sorry. I lost my mum really suddenly and the shock and sense of devastation is awful. I really feel for you

That's so sad Jinglebells. She sounds like a wonderful MIL and grandmother.

Jinglebells I'm really sorry too. She must have been so proud of your children and at least she knew how well they were both doing and how they were ready to move onto their next steps in life.

You've reminded me how much I love my own MiL (in my life since I was 19) despite the frustration we are feeling at the moment in dealing with her health problems. I know you wish you could call your MiL to tell her how you are feeling, but I will give mine a ring instead (I hope that doesn't make you feel worse, but I don't know how to phrase it more sensitively).

jinglebells

@Jinglebells99 - best wishes to you and your family. I am very close to my MIL as well and she is adored by the DC. There are some wonderful MILs out there. I hope my DC are lucky enough to one day find a special one as well. Yours sounds like she was a lovely lady.

It’s things like arranging the flowers and thinking I’ll send mil a photo, she’d love to see them.

Yes, 100% to this .

On another thread there is news of an AQA remark where the candidate was 1 mark off a higher grade and went down 10 marks to a lower grade!

Shalom what was the subject?
I couple of years ago at DS's school I was told by the exams officer that an A level pupil put in for a remark and went down two grades, you tend to only hear when people go up not the ones that go down.

jinglebells

DS has 9 50 minute periods per A level over 2 weeks. It doesn't seem that much, but hopefully the school know what they are doing. They also have 1 lesson of citizenship per fortnight and Wednesday afternoons for compulsory PE!

jinglebells

What a day yesterday. Cutting a long story short went to 6th form with DD only to be told she couldn’t do the subjects she wanted to do due to option blocks!! (she’s had to change due to low grade in geography) H of 6th saw DD and I saw us on results day and told her that she would have to choose another subject but NOTHING said about option blocks. Yesterday he was very dismissive, didn’t want to help DD find an alternative and suggested she looked at local College. So cue mad panic phoning local College. Luckily DH happened to have day off so they quickly arranged a meeting. She has now enrolled for maths, Further Maths and physics, she starts Monday.

It’s going to be a longer day for her plus she will have a bus into College rather than walking to 6th form. Slightly anxious whether she will get out of bed in time as she is rubbish at getting up in the mornings.

So dd has first day tomorrow but doesn't start until 12. 45! (We only found out today...)

@jinglebells I'm so sorry for your loss. Love to all your family.

How wonderful that she was so involved in her grandchildren's education and cared so much. She must have been a lovely person.

It's hard when you are grieving but having to support your DH and dc too. Look after yourself.

Shalom I just saw the other thread. It's added to my worry about dds eng Lang paper. School got her to sign a remark form before she'd even had time to read all her results properly. She was 3 marks off a 6. Which means she was 9 marks off a 4. She desperately wanted the 5. She doesn't care if she gets a 6. I wish she hadn't signed it but waited and thought about it.

Anyone know how long it will take? It was sent off on the 24th. It's aqa.

That sounds stressful Twin, poor you and DD. Hopefully things will work out well now she's got something sorted.

twin given how unsupportive her school was, hopefully college will turn out to be a good move, are any of her friends going, I know you have mentioned previously about friendship issues.

Jingle

Twin blimey. All change just yesterday? Hope it all settles down and works out for the best as these things seem to.