Parents of Year 11DC support thread. The final term.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Eep.

My iPad cannot cope with long threads, so thanks for the new thread. Dd is going to sleepover with her friend tomorrow and they will be doing "revision"
They go to different schools and study different exam boards so not sure how this will work. But she has been doing 4-5 hours a day so a break will be welcome.

a break will be good for her mysillydog - its a long old haul coming up and they need to be rested and having fun as well as revising.

Thewolf - what are your ds' plans for the future?

you know what comes next after make up and hair and all that stuff how they are flipping going to get to the prom..!

I feel all this prom stuff is just displacement activity on my behalf to avoid thinking about what really matters!

can he fail English lit now with no consequences

For university entrance he will have to enter all his GCSEs whether he passed them or not. Obviously a pass would look better than a fail.

For 6th form they may look at overall grade profile, and use that to decide whether he is allowed to start with 3 or 4 A levels.

If he is not looking to do A levels and is on for a lower grade profile then he may need 5 Cs or above to progress to his chosen BTEC/Apprenticeship. So throwing away 1 means more is hanging on the other subjects.

He wants to do A levels but science and maths, no languages. He will take English lit he is just unlikely to actually pass it. As he gets more settled here I am hoping that his grade will climb back to where they were before we moved (B's in sciences and maths) I just know that the GCSE's are a bit of a write off. I'm worried that if he completely neglects English lit that it may bite him in a few years if he does want t do some science degree.

I persuaded ds1 to go to his prom and will look to get him a tux a couple of weeks before in the hope he stops growing.
Hrs done some revising and managed down time as well so very relaxed which is how I think it should be.
Glad I found you all.

DS is going to the Prom with a female friend, they want to go prom shopping together but can't seem to get their shizzle together to actually do it. Can you hire tux for 16yo? Who as basically 6foot bean poles?

Who is basically a 6 foot bean pole, that should say. My English has improved a little in 25 years honestly

dream girls. Ds1 is still only 15, I'm hoping alcohol is nowhere near his thoughts.
Wolf, I am going to Asda. They sell them.

DC is still going to football and tennis. I think the exercise is good for him. He's also having a lot of downtime on the computer! We're also,having a day out on Saturday, partly to watch dc2 play in match, and partly so,we can all,have a nice day out during the holidays.

I'm so sorry that happened to your DD Dream DS has asked several times for an alcohol fuelled after party. The answer remains 'no'. I do let him have the odd glass of wine at family gatherings, and I know he got drunk at a dunes party last summer.

Thanks for the Asda tip. I too am worried to get it too soon and he is still shooting upward, better get it soon though or they will run out.

We are hosting the after party.

Yeah. Go us!

Life on the edge right there Exit. Much respect from me, I shudder at the thought.

Prom not really on DS1's radar. I've ordered a ticket, in case he'd like to go. If he does decide he wants to go, then we'll buy him a suit a week or two before, then he can wear it to school in September if it still fits (and if he gets the grades for sixth form).

He has been revising fairly regularly this week (esp Maths, Chemistry, Biology) and not going out as much as he usually would. Next week he has been invited to three parties, so I think he's saving his down time for that.

We finally bought him his own laptop this week (he contributed some of the cost). This means that the shared family computers are less stretched, which means that he can do Tassomai and CSCP activities in peace.

They are a lovely bunch of teens with not a bad bone among them

DS's friends all seem to be lovely too. It's hard having not known them for very long. It's just me, the thought of a teen party makes me shudder. A friend of DS's from his old school recently made the national papers for skipping school, his new friends have not proven to be quite so notorious maybe I should trust them.

I think in some ways that would be quiet nice Exit, youll know they are all ok and you get to be around for quite a big night in their lives. No idea about after prom stuff here but as we have teeny house I think we will escape the pleasure.

Ah, here you all are :) Was thinking the other thread had gone rather quiet!

And I get to dance with them.

I DARE you to shimmy onto the dance floor strutting your best moves Exit. The mortification factor would be immense!

I am afraid the prom hasn't crossed my mind, nor DS's I would think. I'll buy him a suit and DH has a 'show off' car he bought as an investment a few years ago, he can rock up in that, but that's as far as it goes I suspect.

Dreams I'm sorry, I just think that's terrible for your poor DD. What a dreadful , horrible attitude. I bet your daughter is perfectly lovely, but judging on appearance and (far far worse) race is unacceptable. She can save herself for someone who deserves her.

Anyway, enough of tittle tattle, the big news of the day is.... last night DS made some cue cards!!!!!!