Year 11 GCSE Exam Support Thread 2

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New thread ..... (DD not sure about the prom dress she has bought!!!!)

That's great Errol! DD was similarly tongue-tied last year/term with hers, but so far so good. "Just" need to help her to learn it tonight!

Oddboots we'll need supplies for the 11th then

That does sound like a lot for one day Tilly, huge sympathies to her and to you too. Will have fingers crossed.

Great news Errol, a big relief I can imagine. I'm a bit nervous about DD's speaking exam on Friday but hopefully will be ok .

She's babysitting ATM. Not sure if she's learning the French or not...

GCSE art exam today. Hopefully if she produces a piece like this she will nail her A

Wow, dingit! Is that a drawing? It looks A* to me

Yes she drew it last night for her course work. thank you, we will settle for an A, so she can do Graphics next year!
she also won the Croydon schools art award ( very proud of my girl )

Wow - I'm no expert but that not only looks technically good but it's got depth - it makes me wonder what happened to that woman to put that look on her face and body language.

Bloody hell that is amazing ! I've seen a few GCSE pieces recently after that 10 hour exam they do, her piece blows all the others out of the water .

Wow. You lot are cheering me up. I thought Art was her shakiest subject.
Part of me wants 20th August to be here now, so we know what she's doing, but we have a fantastic summer ahead of us too!

If that is her shakiest subject, then she's going to ace the rest!

Hope DD manages to get through all the CA's and ISA's today - she said she did learn her French this morning, so fingers crossed.

I hope your dd has had a good day bigTillyMint, hopefully getting so much done will be a weight off her over Easter.

Wow dingit, that is brilliant. :)

Sadly it seems DD has not had a good day. She is currently in her bed and won't tell me what happened, though she said she did her English but not the other two. DS thinks she forgot her French

Poor little mite Tilly, it probably went better than she thinks. She's had quite a packed day, she must be shattered.

Yes thanks, definitely shattered - hopefully she'll tell us over dinner.

Really sorry to hear that Tilly That was far too much for the School to schedule in a day really.

Your poor dd Tilly. That sounds like a nightmare day. Hope she feels better soon.

Love the picture dingit.

Apparently she went blank when she got to the French CA so has to do it tomorrow. The English CA clashed with the Biology ISA so she has to do it tomorrow on her own with the Science teacher that DS loves, but she doesn't! And she will have to do it after everyone else has gone - half day tomorrow. No wonder she's pissed off.

Am gearing her up to practise her French with me after Hollyoaks.

Sorry for your DD Tilly , hope it goes better tomorrow. At least she is getting the chance to have a second attempt.

Oh no Tilly, I am sure it will work out in the end but that must be gutting for her and really difficult for you too.

Best wishes for your DD tomorrow, Tilly.

Thanks guys
We have run through it a couple of times and she seems to know it pretty well. I think she must have wound herself up before she went in and then froze. I dont think she even attempted it Everything crossed that she doesn't do that again tomorrow.

Sounds quite like what my DD did with her first German, Tilly - completely paralysed by her inability to pronounce 'ich' properly. But then she realised that saying any of it would get some marks, even if she did fluff bits it would be a lot better than nothing. It doesn't have to be perfect - they credit if you get something right but as I understand it don't actually penalise if you try something and get it wrong.

Yes, thanks That's what I keep telling her, but anxiety affects some more than others...

The speaking CAs must be the worst... the combination of exam nerves and 'stage fright' would be bad enough without having to do it in forrin!

Wishing your dd luck today Tilly.

Up at silly o clock today to wave dd of on her 'French' trip. First on the agenda is Disneyland Paris so I'm not sure how much practice they will get