Year 11 GCSE exam support thread 3 - the exam weeks

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New thread for those of us starting the exams.

Keep calm everyone.

Woolly so impressed with your DD. She will go far in life with that kind of grit and determination.

wool life throws many curved balls. You and your Dd are stars.

Exams etc will be all waiting when she's better.

Another one very impressed with Woolly'Woolly ' s DD. An attitude like that will take her far in life. Woolly you have done an excellent job raising her

Hopefully DD will be revise be revising today for poetry tomorrow.

Hope your dd is feeling better this morning wooly, I can't stop thinking about her

Like many we have a day of poetry revision today. dd has always liked poetry, both reading and writing her own - I've always loved her poems
Thinking of everyone - especially Woolley's dd

Nearly half-term folks!
We'll be half way through then ... now on 10/ 21, so 11 by end of the week

ds is doing an assembly this morning for his class - on patience
He filmed his friend learning to ride his uni-cycle and seems to think that fits the brief! I'm trying to encourage him to say a few words mentioning patience either at the beginning or end but like many boys his age (Y8) he seems to feel words are rather un-necessary

Very reluctant poetry revision here. DS hates all poetry and thinks it's 'cringe' Oddly, I have never told him this but I can't stand poetry either and one would be suitor was swiftly dispatched aged 18 for writing me some excruciating love poem

I love literature but I cannot stand poetry. Is there an anti poetry gene?

Nobody ever wrote me a poem. Have you kept it? Please share it with us.

Hope your dd is feeling better Woolly and that they are getting to the bottom of what is causing her illness. Roll on half term.

Two dd's revising at home today.

My DD used to like poetry but having to analyse 'relationship' poems is probably killing the joy. I'm not sure how many kids this age really have the emotional maturity to 'get' some of them let alone write about them. I think I'd struggle to articulate well on 'the farmers bride' for instance.

My DS has Maths this morning then no exams for 10 days. Yay!

I used to think I liked poetry but I don't think much of the ones DD is studying. You'd think they could have found something more inspiring!

Hope your DD is feeling better today, Woolly.

I'm parked outside school while DD is in taking her Maths. So far, so good. I keep watching my mirrors to see if I can see her. I don't expect her to stay for the entire exam but keep looking a the clock thinking just 5 more minutes every 5 minutes. She likes Maths and has made huge progress since starting with her teacher in Yr10.

The hospital have started her on drugs to reduce her symptoms and she had her best morning for a while today. Although reading about them they can make her groggy and drowsy in the morning. Who thought it was a good idea giving a teenager medication that can make them even less inclined to get up in the morning?

Good luck to everyone taking exams today.

Fair play to your DD Woolly - showing great resilience and determination, you are right to be very proud. Hope the medication works and that she gets better very quickly

Wow Woolly. Good for her. Most adults wouldn't have this amount of determination.

I know Littleham Her dad has stubborn streak a mile wide and all 3 DCs have inherited it. Maybe I need to call it "determination" from now on

Wooly I hope your daughter is okay.
My twins too have maths today.
One was printing out a mark scheme/answer to a paper to start at 9.45pm last night so no idea what time he went to bed. Last minute merchants in this house.

Woolley ... move your car into the sunshine ... open the windows and put a little bit of Classic FM on ... breathe deeply ... you're a terrific mum and your DD is a terrific girl ...

I'm in the sunshine, with the window open for fresh air, crocheting away with Ken Bruce on waiting to shout out the answers to Pop Master

Woolly, well done to your DD and you - can't believe how calm you are all being about this, you are both an inspiration!

Woolley

Math very hard, even for my two who at least one of which thought he'd get A* and the other A. Let us hope paper 2 after half term is easier.

Thankfully some of the weird questions both twins seemed to have similar answers when they chatted back at home so may be they did okay. One felt the exam board should be boycotted next year which is very rare for him to feel that strongly about anything. However if everyone found it quite hard hopefully they'll do okay. They aren't doing it for A level anyway. Sounds like MrsC's child had a similar experience.

My DS found his Maths exam harder than the practice papers he did.

Yes, mine said eg the Jan 2015 paper was much easier and like earlier past papers.

My DS did Edexcel iGCSE Maths by the way. Once again I've gone to The Student Room to check that other people found it hard as well. I swear I'm fretting more than my DS who very sensibly moves on to preparing for the next exam(s).

It's all about the grade boundaries, isn't it. I think with maths especially it's better for a paper to be on the hard side - if everyone can do most of the questions then too much comes down to silly mistakes.