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

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Eep.

Welcome Uhtred.
dd said that RS was "good" and she actually finished the whole paper (which didn't happen in the mocks) so should do much better this time round.

navylily the mainly B's is a best case scenario though. I am quite prepared for things to go spectacularly tits up. But we are trying to be zen about it. DS's friends are the maths and comuting nerds (he's a maths and computing nerd himself) and they are all expecting a glittering array of A*s and As. He is not expecting those marks not because he can't do the stuff - he can. he's very very good at maths - but because he does not (cannot, really) get with the programme about the necessity of explaining his workings. He loses a lot of marks for answers which seem self evidently right to him with no need for further elaboration - because they are, on an absolute level, right - because the mark scheme requires the additional elaboration. That drags him down in maths, physics and computers (to a certain extent). He hates writing stuff down. He'd get full marks in an oral maths exam or if someone wrote down what he said for him (without all the 'but it's obvious!' comments). But these exams aren't set up that way. And in English history and RS - well. He knows stuff. But what he can bring himself to put on paper just doesn't reflect what he knows or understands. It's almost as if he has a phobia about comitting himself in writing to anywthing, really. Ah well. What will be will be.

DD has rang to say she eating less than usual but expected to eat more and has just eaten a full bag of malteasers 🤔 Biology and French tomorrow

que sera sera eh Uhtred? You can't make them do stuff, just encourage them.

Well done to all of today's survivors!

French writing, listening and biology tomorrow. Think dd will need a lie down after that lot.

I've just has a very long and tedious phone call from DD (who is at her dad's) giving a blow by blow by blow account of the RE exam.

One bit made me smile though. When I was helping her revise yesterday I was using silly voices etc and she said she specifically remembered one point because she could imagine me saying it. If she gets a good mark I shall claim all the credit

Is anyone else helping with revision? I can only really help on the humanities and English and French in any meaningful way but we've spent a long time discussing the issues covered in RE and I hope it helps. Then again we are a big family of dscussers. DD's best ever teenage strop recently was one where she wailed "nobody has even NOTICED my Liberal reform timelines!"

can i join the thread please?
i think i am way more stressed than my son!

he would definitely get an A* in watching youtube videos at the moment-everything else i am not sure about!

First exam is next week...

Hello root

Did anyone's DC have Citizenship today?

DD and her friends were a bit meh about the paper. She never wanted to take Citizenship, but it was compulsory when she was choosing her options. It isn't now.

Biology unit 1 tomorrow.

French writing, listening and biology tomorrow.

ditto for DS2. He is quite on edge this evening Hopefully getting the first exams under his belt will be a help. Fingers crossed.

Bonne chance a tous et a toutes for all tomorrow's exams good job I'm not doing the French exams

French for DD tomorrow too, Biology not til next week.

I've been lurking. My DD has French and Biology tomorrow. Have just had to put her to bed. Says she has a headache/vertigo and she just threw up. She has form for panicking but now I am so anxious about how to get her to school tomorrow. What happens if she is sick at school? Sorry just needed a moan/cry for help!!

French for DD tomorrow too,
Core science was done last year so no science til after half term for her.

She's got a headache and a temperature and sore throat! I've dosed her up with cold/flu medicine but what else can I do?
This is the girl who hasn't had a day off sick since year 5!
She says she's not feeling too bad now the drugs have kicked in but I'm just hoping it doesn't get worse overnight.

Well done to all dcs who have got through exams today.

Oh marmite, crossed post!
Your poor DD. Has she had sickness related anxiety before? I would check for temp - if it's high you know it's illness and not exam panic.
I'm trying to convince DD to go to bed too but she's insisting she needs another hour of revision.

I would email tutor and exam coordinator now, so they get it first thing, just explaining that she's been sick. They may have a separate small room for poorly/anxious kids.
Hope she's better by morning though

Hi Lobster.
She was having panic attacks in year 10 and was being sick with them. Happened at least once a day for about a month. She has worked so hard I am so worried that her anxiety is going to ruin the exams for her. I will email her head of year now. Good idea!

Biology is one of DS's stronger subjects so he is quite unconcerned about tomorrow. He was hinting for ice cream afterwards but as he has so many exam days that won't be happening. I've already promised an interesting breakfast on exam days so I don't want this to snowball into four weeks of ever increasing treats.

Hello to root, marmite and anyone else that I've missed.

DD has rang to say she's feeling fine in regards to biology paper one tomorrow French is a different matter we have reading writing and listening. Her biology mock was a D 😳 But it did have alevel questions on there and they've had 4 teachers within 2 years but she's being getting A*'s/A's recently so much improved

Hello all, this is my first post. I think I am more nervous about these exams than my DD. She did her first one today Citizenship and seemed quite confident so hopefully she has done well. Biology Unit 1 tomorrow (first of 9 science exams, poor girl). Good Luck for everyone and their suffering parents.

new thread here welcome birdlover, follow us over on to the new thread!

oh no! just saw all of the ill posts! my mn has gone all weird and gone over to stupid pages.

Welcome root and everyone I missed this way please

"Biology not til next week."

How come? Is it a different exam board. All of DD's exams except for Citizenship are AQA.