BTEC/T level/other vocational 25/26 - part 2

[BTECnewbie]

New thread for those of us with DC doing vocational courses (and for those with DC looking for an alternative to A levels next year and looking for advice).

My DC is currently doing a level 3 extended diploma. He struggled academically at school and was pretty miserable in year 11. With a lot of hard work he got the grades needed for the level 3 BTEC and is now thriving at college.

Congrats to DD - what a lovely end to the term!

We don't get Y1 results until A Level results day as DS did external exams. I'm not sure he gets an overall grade for the year - his report put him on track for his aspirational grade - but I think the exams will take a chunk out of that and I don't think that is formalized at this point.

Not sure if he's auto enrolled in Y2, I'm assuming so - I guess I'll find out at the end of August.

@LarkspurLane
Thank you 😊
Hmmm...I just assumed dd would be auto enrolled into y2...I'll ask her!

We got sent enrolment forms for Y2 last week, so worth checking there isn't one as not all courses are auto-progression.

Not sure when final grade comes out - think maybe A level day, but the college tracker gives indication of expected final grade. Assuming it is more accurate than any other part of the VLE. 😬

Ha!
Just asked dd about 2nd year enrolment and apparently she filled the forms in back in April! 🙄😊

Don't get me started on the bloody VLE 😬😡

I have found ours most intriguing but not awfully useful.

The attendance register has become one of my favourite works of fiction and appears to operate outside the normal laws of physics.

I think the last time dds was updated was November 😬

Morning all! I’m so so for bring quiet, been a rubbish-y few days! ( not limited to : having 🦷 surgery ( ouchie!), work crap, mother-going-missing-welfare-check-but-was-ok-misunderstanding (🤯😹!), DH losing DS’s passport -whilst-doing-driving-licence-stuff-drama-as-going-to-my-cousins-Wedding-abroad-this month…….. and, anyway!!! So! I’m just going to sort something out and catch up!!!!! X

@Raven08… Whoo- Hoo!!!! ( still tickles me!!!).. A-MAY-ZING news on the Distinction!!!! 🌟🌟🌟!! Very well deserved!!! And, excellent on the driving lesson! It’s so good that the first one went well, I should imagine her confidence would have been knocked had it not!
Just asked DS… he seems to think he’s def got his Yr 1 final result….. but, then, he didn’t move his eyes off his screen, so I could well have asked him if he wanted me to barbecue a rat for supper and probably got the same response!! 😈🙀. Mind you, I think the English resit result is sufficient to dread!
How did her counselling go? Does she feel like she’s happy to end at this point? DS decided himself when to finish…. he has an open appointment, so he can restart I think. I hope she’s found it really helpful.. 🤞
Well done in deciding on the Uni!!!! Yay! 🤞 🍀! She’s well on the way with her distinction! Is it a course related to her BTEC?
I hope older DD having a fab weekend!!
I’m sorry your Mum isn’t feeling up to going out much now. It’s hard to take. Does she feel up to going out with you? Or, is it a general reluctance? I’m sorry…
Well, hopefully you’ve had some heat respite! I think it’s coming back. I have Wedding Round 1 next Saturday… temp forecast 32! GRIM!!!!! Dahn Sarf, too! So that’ll be fun travelling in a 👗!
I’ve felt a bit meh since my dental op … just noticed my jaw bone is bruised black!! 🙄.. that’ll be the reason, I thought my glands were swollen!
I’m with you! Don’t want the heat back! Unless a pool can be arranged………🤷🏼‍♀️ 🏊 😻

Me, too!!!!! Need to check!!!! 🙏🙏🙏

Hey! Report is really good! So, he has to wait till his exam results, to get final grade?

I don't think there will be a final Y1 grade. He's done enough to progress to Y2 (assuming it's auto-enrol!), then it's full steam ahead in Y2 for a final grade.

And predicted grade next year will be important for next steps, whatever on earth they will be. (I think he's thinking apprenticeship but we'll see).

More heat coming - but a lot easier when it's just me working and DS doing his own thing rather than trying to catapult him across town for 9 am four days a week.

Sorry you have having so much stress at the mo - but we are here for all forms of sounding off, whatever form it takes!

Hi @Sisublondie
I'm sorry to hear you've had such a rough time...my dad always said troubles come in 3's <cue much eye rolling from younger me>...as I've got older I think I agree 😬
Dh just told me its due to be in the 30s again this week...
I could weep!
Dd seems happy to end the counselling. It did feel odd, though. She's been going for 18 months.
Older dd is going on a date next saturday!!! Not sure how I feel about it tbh after her recent heartbreak but...progress I guess?
I hope its not too awfully hot at the wedding 😵‍💫

Thank you for saying that….. sometimes you feel like you don’t want to post just to “ whine”..🙄😼😹…. But, it does always make you feel better afterwards, if you do! 💖

Yes, hopefully end of Yr1 results will be indicative of potential final outcome.. I know DS is disappointed with his Merit, and feels like he should have done better… I’m not sure how the final mark is awarded..something else I need to ascertain- along with confirmation of self enrolment!

Apprenticeship sounds great, my friends’ DS has just got one- engineering- which sounds great, though a fair bit of travel, Would there be much opportunity locally?

@Raven08.. Well, the Wedding is super city-smart, with drinks afterwards near the Thame, before a boat and posh hotel for the meal. Yep, it’s going to be hideously hot, isn’t it!?! Can hardly stash SPF into a little bag! I do like living in the back of beyond when it’s wretchedly hot! Can always find a tree to hide under! I do always spare a thought for those still doing the commute I did for a time when my law firm relocated from the city to Canary Wharf… total schlep from NW London and the tubes were satanic! So! Always could be worse!

Yes!! Dads Sayings!! Good one, Raven’s Dad!! Too true! My Dad had tons, too! One which makes me smile, which, again, I eye rolled at! .. but IS so true… “ never shop ( for food!) when you are hungry “!!

Csn she recommence counselling if she finds she wants to … Maybe it just really has been enough for her and she has worked through things…. Let’s 🙏💖🤞!

Oooooh, a date!!! Do we know who with ?! 🤷🏼‍♀️😈😹?! How has she been seeing, generally? Ready for one? Oh, I forgot hope that it is positive, in so many ways, even if it ultimately doesn’t come to anything! 🤞💖

… said I’d stay up to FT DS19 in the Far East / pesky football! Bloody thing is alreadydelayed for the kick off!! Bloody thunderstorms! 🌩️

Worth staying up for?

YES!!!!!!! Tho!!! I was woken at 9am ish by the Police calling me about an incident that I’d reported in the village the day before!! So, I had to style it out, that I’d not only got to bed at 5!!!!!😹😹😹😹

Did you?!?

No. But I did enjoy the Arthur Fery tennis.

🌟… yes!! Been good- for a change!

Whoo- Hooooooo! Semi- Final! 🌟🍀

Terrific performance today, he looks so confident!

Well done Arthur 👏

For those struggling to work out what the heck their kid's course actually want, I have found ChatGPT can be quite useful in turning things into something comprehensible and finding out what the examining board actually says.

I remember with L2 BTEC, three of us ended up with a WhatsApp group just trying to work out what the briefs actually required in terms of what the question was, how much detail was needed and what format. Once we'd translated it was quite straightforward but getting to that stage was nuts.