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

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 30/03/2016 14:53

Eep.

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Mysillydog · 02/05/2016 14:06

Lucky I checked the letter sent by the head of year. Dd does have to be in school tomorrow at the normal time which is "very unfair" because she has to attend normal lessons in the morning. Oh well she's relaxing now with crap tv and haribo.

TheDrsDocMartens · 02/05/2016 14:13

MrsGuy I invigilate too. I'm at dads school but I do special arrangements so don't have dd1. Will get complicated next year as dd2 will be in that room and dd1 in the hall so have to work around their sessions.

FantasyAndHope · 02/05/2016 18:59

Hi
All just found this thread, will be useful for DD in her exams.
Anybody doing CIE English Lang tomorrow? DD is, massive good luck

TheSecondOfHerName · 02/05/2016 19:15

Hi F&H and welcome. Good luck to your DD tomorrow.

TheDrsDocMartens · 02/05/2016 19:59

Good luck all!

ExitPursuedByABear · 02/05/2016 21:24

Gosh. I feel a bit tearful.

Dd has just shouted at me for asking if she was going to do more revision this evening

Hello to newcomers.

Last haul now.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 02/05/2016 22:08

F&H dd is doing that one. She has been telling me all about having to write 15 bulletpoints which may or may not be what they are looking for...

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ShanghaiDiva · 02/05/2016 23:45

Fantasy an hope - good luck to your daughter for English language and your daughter too kitten.
Year 10 at ds's school taking this exam today and ds taking geography.

littledrummergirl · 03/05/2016 07:01

Good morning. Good luck to everyone taking exams today. F&H looks like you've found us just in time Grin

Exit I hope things are ok this morning. Flowers

derektheladyhamster · 03/05/2016 07:45

I'm not sure whether doing this exam business from a distance is a good or bad thing. I think from Ds's point of view - it's a good thing. Blush

errorofjudgement · 03/05/2016 07:48

Read the whole thread over the weekend and picked up lots of useful tips & resources for DD in Y10.
But mainly posted to wish good luck to all your DC over the next few weeks, and their stressed mums too of course Flowers

BitOutOfPractice · 03/05/2016 08:03

Bacon at the ready here too. Funny isn't it, how so many moms' default mode is to feed!

DD has English language today. I'm just waiting for her dad to drop her off so I can mop her fevered brow

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 03/05/2016 08:11

Thanks Error! I highly recommend these threads for having people to mither on to, when most of the world doesn't get it! I remember when dd was younger reading them and thinking a)how stressful but also b)they are big kids now - well yes they are, but big kids=big stress Grin

Good luck to your ds Shanghai.

dd went off seeming quite calm this morning. She set a good example for me to follow Grin Had a good breakfast. Last night she raised the prospect that her friends are getting big gifts for reaching target grades. I'm not sure whether she raised the conversation in hope, or just as a conversation piece, but as her target grades are all a* I refuse to put her under that sort of pressure. I'm more of a rewarding for effort person, so I've instigated someone's idea here of a little tiny gift after each exam and I will probably give her something a little bigger at the end of the exams.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 03/05/2016 08:13

BOOP - It is funny how feeding=comforting. I don't know whether it is more for us, than them, but its the most practical demonstration of love and support at a time when words just make it all worse! Good luck to your dd.

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Icouldbeknitting · 03/05/2016 09:38

Hello to newcomers.

Best wishes to all who have exams this week, the idea of an exam breakfast is a good one and I'll make sure I have exam sausages when it gets to exam week. DS seems to be in full avoidance again, even if he ignores them they aren't going to go away.

Hayfever has struck - wonderful.

BitOutOfPractice · 03/05/2016 10:08

Thank you kitten She doesn't have to be in till 10:45 so she's just getting ready. She hasn't been revising this morning. We've been eating bacon and looking at all the fashions from the Met ball and judging the hell out of it

She seems quite calm. They will have an intensive lesson before lunch then it's show time!

catslife · 03/05/2016 10:24

Derek I think Special consideration applies if a pupil was ill during key controlled assessments (or coursework) as well as just the exams itself. It's only a small percentage of the marks but could make a difference if he is borderline.
I am very sorry to see "dreamgirls" posts have been removed but hope that she is still reading this and that her dd is OK. Her dds situation is unusual and perhaps this has resulted in her being outed in RL as ellen says.
Best wishes to all dcs starting exams today.
I also invigilate some GCSE exams (at different school to dds) but there will be fewer sessions this year as the school has a particularly small Y11 cohort.

ExitPursuedByABear · 03/05/2016 10:24

Feeling nervous on all your behalfs!

Took DD stationery shopping (again!) yesterday teatime. I suggested getting spesh food for spesh pre exam breakfasts and she gave me the Hmm face. She is going on holiday straight after exams finish so is more interested in healthy bikini body eating than stoking up on carbs. Although she can always be tempted with a bacon and fried egg butty.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 03/05/2016 10:38

I bet she won't turn down nice breakfasts if they arrive in front of her! Especially if they can be disguised as being healthy! but maybe lots of stationery is her comfort thang! Mind you, dd has taken 3 pencil cases worth with her. I am unsure what calamity she thinks may happen to render all of her pens and pencils inoperable in the space of two hours! (that thought has given me the silly giggles!)

dd has to leave the house at 7:30 each morning, so it was a bit stressful making sure breakfast was ready with my eyes closed.

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BitOutOfPractice · 03/05/2016 10:53

Just seen DD off to her first written GCSE. Feel a bit emotional for some unknown reason Confused

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 03/05/2016 11:15

its weird isn't it - they have been building up to this since they finished sats in year 6 (me melodramatic? Never!)
I'm supposed to be working, but I am very distractable this morning. Can't be like this every paper she takes else my business will collapse!

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BitOutOfPractice · 03/05/2016 11:23

I'm exactly the same - need to get my invoicing done! Shoo me away!

ShanghaiDiva · 03/05/2016 11:49

Geography was fine - a couple of areas that ds's teacher had tipped as likely topics (had not been seen on the paper for a while) came up so that was good.
DS's case studies are always fun to read - he is fond of inventing additional information :)
Biology alternative to practical tomorrow.

muffinmonster · 03/05/2016 12:03

Good luck to all the DCs doing English language today - DS is one.

His next exam is in about two weeks' time, when it all really kicks off.

Sorry to hear Dreamgirls has left the thread - I haven't been keeping up so don't know what the problem was.

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 03/05/2016 12:04

Back to work BOOP!!

One paper done Shanghai! That has to be good stuff.
Won't be seeing dd til 6:30 this evening - no phone either, so I am just going to have to be patient.

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