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Year 11 GCSE thread continued!

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MorvahRising · 05/06/2014 11:52

We seem to have reached the limit on the other one!

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Nocomet · 11/06/2014 21:05

I have an A for History, which I hated and hadn't revised properly. I wrote a whole essay of waffly common sense stuff, because I knew no facts and dates at all.

Best1sWest · 11/06/2014 21:31

Media studies was OK. There was one paper question which troubled everyone along the lines of 'make 5 points for each of two arguments' but he seems happy enough.

Just one more to go, Maths paper 2 next Tuesday. Phew.
If seems like it has been a marathon and yet he chose options heavy in coursework (Art, Music, Media) knowing he wasn't 't very good at exams.
DCs taking many subjects without coursework must be almost exhausted by one ( and their parents).

Best1sWest · 11/06/2014 21:32

*One = now

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Nocomet · 11/06/2014 21:45

I'm not sure music and drama had corse work that ran into revision starting and very dyslexia unfriendly exams with lots of random technical terms, foreign instruments and characters to spell.

marymoocow · 11/06/2014 21:50

TweeAintMee, I haven't actually informed him of these tasks yet. Thought I'd save it as an end of exam treat on Friday Grin .
Physics tomorrow, maths Friday Smile . Not a lot has been said about the R.E. exam today, I'm leaving well alone.

Best1sWest · 11/06/2014 21:57

Nocomet - Aargh I'd forgotten all about the music theory and the Art coursework! It seems so long ago now. You're absolutely right!

Best1sWest · 11/06/2014 21:57

Drama coursework too.

TweeAintMee · 11/06/2014 22:50

marymoocow - words fail me. (Thinking up some lovely treats for my ds on Friday too now.) Grin

MrsMaturin · 11/06/2014 22:50

Dd has physics tomorrow - she has let us do some testing with her and seems under control with it. Then maths on Friday and further maths next week - goodness knows what will be happening with that! Dh has been working on one of the past papers since Sunday......Hmm

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MorvahRising · 11/06/2014 23:25

Physics tomorrow too. DS seems rather too relaxed about it, which considering he wants to do it at university may not be ideal . . . .

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RaspberryLemonPavlova · 11/06/2014 23:57

Biology and Italian for DS tomorrow. He still has 7 exams, they seem to have been going on forever too.

Bouncingbeans · 12/06/2014 00:18

Feels like they have been going on so long its like a bad dream that you cant wake up from on some days (and that is just me, not DD!).

2 more to go but she is so exhausted just hope she can keep some momentum up (never really recovered once she lost it in half-term) to do well enough in last maths paper to make up for Monday's disaster.

sausagedog12 · 12/06/2014 05:32

Last day today! DS has physics and computing.He's been predicted A's or A* in these but has not done as much work as he would have liked and too be honest at this moment in time he doesn't care, he's had enough. I just hope today goes well and he can truly relax then as he deserves it.Grin

KatyMac · 12/06/2014 05:46

DD has Physics today & Maths tomorrow& a tummy bug!!

I'm waiting to ring the school!

Best1sWest · 12/06/2014 06:14

Oh no. Will she be up to going in? Ring the school as soon as you can. They might be able to arrange for her to sit them away from the rest of the class if she is.

mummytime · 12/06/2014 06:18

Oh no!
I can remember being very relieved when my DS vomited at 2 am just in the start of a 3 days break between exams. his little sister had already had the Tummy bug, so I was just relieved he got it during the break.

KatyMac · 12/06/2014 06:20

I hope she is going in - she is a lot brighter now

I wonder if it's stress, maybe?

Or if she threw up because of a chest infection/phlegm?

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MorvahRising · 12/06/2014 06:29

katy fingers crossed she's OK.

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KatyMac · 12/06/2014 06:32

Ah I have more info now she has calmed down

She coughed up coloured phlegm yesterday & we were going to try & see a GP today for anti-biotics; this morning she got up with tummy pains (period?) went downstairs & took some ibuprofen & OJ - & promptly threw up

A hot bath & she feels a bit better - paracetamol soon & her dad will take her to school rather than the bus - not sure yet what we say to school - there is a bug going round but I'm not sure if she has it or not

sausagedog12 · 12/06/2014 07:00

Hope she's better soon and doesn't spoil her exams. I must admit this has been one of my nightmare scenario's together with car/bus breaking down with much worse disasters that I won't go in to.......

Nocomet · 12/06/2014 07:07

Fortunately we've had our later afternoon exam. Car deciding not to work or the keys vanishing is my nightmare too.

No public transport and organising a taxi out here takes 1/2 a day. I guess she'd have to take her bike. However, she's not particularly fit, it's six hard work miles.

MissScatterbrain · 12/06/2014 07:26

Another relaxed DC here Hmm Physics and Computing today.

KatyMac · 12/06/2014 07:27

Transport features heavily in my nightmares too

AtiaoftheJulii · 12/06/2014 07:41

I haven't fretted too much, but dd2 said to me yesterday that she'd dreamt that her History teacher (who's one of her absolute favourites) had called me and dh into school to tell us that dd2 couldn't do A level History because she just wouldn't be able to manage it, and she was disruptive in class!

KatyMac hope your dd is doing ok and makes it through Physics successfully xx

DD2 has OCR Gateway Biology this morning, then nothing till Monday. (Birthday tomorrow! She was chuffed not to have an exam on it :) )