S5/S6 support thread.

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I know I need it this year with Dd.
Everyone welcome to join in.

Chasing for cuddles will be your exercise regime..

DS is right now out with DH suit shopping for his Christmas dance. He refuses to wear a kilt and was fully intending on going along in jeans until I told him he really did need to make a bit of an effort!

My DS2 wont wear a suit - he looks good in a kilt though and that's it all booked now. Happy shopping for your menfolk!

Wax

Ds had said that he would never wear a suit as he sees them as a symbol of the Establishment

But he's now been out and bought a suit for himself (only £65 ) and his first pair of smart shoes. Apparently smart DJs and trousers aren't suits

The joy of being a slim 18 year old is that even cheap suits look good!

That was DSs problem, the last time he tried a suit he was overweight and he looked like a sack of tatties as he had no confidence to carry it well. He then hired a kilt and looked great. He's lost weight and would look good in a suit now but he can't move on from how he looked before. But it's about being an individual I suppose and he needs to feel good in what he wears so I'm fine with whatever.

Would love it if my girls could spend £65 on one smart suit which would work for all party occasions for the next 5 years. I even had to invest in a kilt so the scouting one could go on full uniform camps with her troupe.

The scout is currently considering shaving her hair and if so what proportion of her head. At least the bathroom and kitchen survived the dyeing it blue and purple every other weekend phase.

Much debate is also going into choice of foundation, eye make-up and nail art.

This is all assuming no-one has hormonal rage or severe friendship debacle at the crucial moment.

I do think in respect of "dressing up", girls are more expensive than boys That suit will last him for formal occasions for the next x years (or until his shoulders broaden too much to fit it )

....although I do miss being able to go clothes shopping with a dd, in the way that I used to do with my mum, whose opinion I valued - and later, we would go out together so that I could keep her more up-to-date and not stuck in a rut

My DDs consider there is absolutely no hope for me. Anyone over 20 may as well dress in a bin bag as far as they are concerned. Teenage girls can be very hard on the middle aged ego

My mum was wonderfully elegant and fashionably dressed. She was also "only" 20 years older than me. I still aspire and fail to be as well dressed and stylish as she was.

Having said that, I still haven't forgiven her for not letting me have a pair of hot pants (early 70s?) when I'd have been about 11 or 12 even though my dad bought her a pair with a matching mini skirt

I inherited my pleather hot pants from my big cousin complete with matching white kinky boots

Oh that we still had the figures to wear them!

I remember a lovely mini dress that my mum made herself (she was a very good dressmaker) that was navy with a navy lace midriff section It's funny the picture memories one has I wonder what memories our dcs will retain

Now you've got me worried about how they're going to start misrepresenting me to my future GC. Doesn't help that I am thoroughly unphotogenic.

My bright red (outrageously high leg) Baywatchesque one piece that my DDs found a pic of me in at water park in 96 inspired them to seek out similar last year I hope future DGC never see that. My DMs 70s minis and boots at least protect most of her modesty.

Plodding our way through DD4's Nat 5 Prelims - she ran out of time in Modern Studies today so she's a bit disappointed. Almost done. DD3 planning the beautification appointments on Senior Dance day with military precision. at how much it all costs just as well she has a wee job as I would note be stumping up for frock, shoes, bag, jewellery, spray tan, nails, make up artist and up that seems to be the norm . Their school don't have a leavers' prom so the senior dance is the biggie .

Can't wait for end of term but the Termaggedon follows .

Plenty time to fix the timing issues between now and the real thing - that's what prelims are for (that's what I tell mine anyway). Noticeable from DD1 to DD2 that the lengthening of the exams has made the Nat 5s more of a slog than they were a couple of years ago. We have the joy of study over Christmas to look forward to in preparation for prelims in January.

The school is concentrating on getting as much battened down and planned as possible before then. Good for pupil and parental anxiety but quite hard going.

Study over hols for DD3 with 5 Highers . 4 text heavy and dyslexic least her English teacher maw is useful sometimes. Though they cannot take me seriously in teacher mode.

Parent's night was a mixed bag, on one hand DS is delightful and very very bright, on the other hand he seems to have spent a lot of time crying and not producing work but they are scared to put any pressure on him. He has zero confidence. Teacher of his 2 highers feels he can easily get two good As, english teacher wouldn't commit for his AH as he can talk brilliantly about the topics but she has no clue what he will actually produce on paper. He wouldn't come with me as he was scared what English would say as he is behind where he needs to be in terms of what he needs to have done.

I can see why your confidence in the school's pastoral care is, shall we say, not the highest Wax

I saw something on Reporting Scotland about Aberdeen Uni working hard to widen its diversity of entry: given that your dcs are the first generation of your family to go to Uni "properly" (iyswim), is that something you could exploit?

Another offer came through for my DS today - unconditional offer for Scots law at Glasgow. 😊

Anyone else received offers for their DCs lately?

We had a good parents night for Ds. A lot of his teachers do not know Dd so they didn't get side tracked asking about her. His maths has greatly improved. So that's a relief that the tutor has worked well for him.

Well done with the offers and the good parents night. DS has submitted his application. I haven't seen it. He says he's had some acknowledgments but mostly say that they are not considering any offers until after 15th January. Fingers crossed here for a few months! 🤞🤞🤞

Well done on all the offers and positive parents nights! It’s study central here for higher prelims In January. Also had subject choice meeting. My dd is looking at 2 AH maths and AH physics. Hard though to think about this before prelims. The physics teacher who was there has become her new best pal and really keen for dd to take it. Think my dd was the only girl interested.😥 There still seems to be a bit of gender gap in science and maths. To be fair probably the other way round for modern languages??x

We also had a positive parent night, ds is working hard and on line to get the grades he needs for Architecture in S5, though he'll be doing S6. He has a bit of a tendency to rest on his laurels after something like parents night, so was a bit when I was checking he'd done his homework last night. He's thrown himself into school this year, doing athletics as well as being on the debating team.

Now if I could only get through to dd2 in S4 .........

Thinks it’s a maturity thing weegiemum!! Well done to your ds I think it helps having a goal. Your dd will come good it’s that 15 year old girl stage.
Just got dd report card which is amazing but what I am most proud of is every teacher has said they are impressed with her enthusiasm maturity kindness and integrity.
As a parent couldn’t ask for more.❤️

Well DS survived his dinner/dance last night. He sent me a photo saying he’d turned into Jeremy Corbyn (to wind me up- I’m not a fan) and DH admitted that in hindsight with his light coloured jacket and bright red tie he did look a bit Corbot-like.

He skipped the after party- at least I’m assuming there was one- and stayed over at a friend’s house. He doesn’t drink but was quite excited that his friend’s mum had bought a whole 4 pack of Innis & Gunn for them to split.

He seems to have decided on AH Maths, AH Stats and AH Computing Science for next year though he’s debating switching out the Computing Science for the other AH Maths course (can’t remember- mechanical maths or something?). He went to a talk a while back by a former student who is doing a PWC apprenticeship at Edinburgh and he seems pretty interested in applying for it- he’s all about the Maths now and has lost his previous interest in a Philosophy degree.