GCSEs 2018 (9) Will we get to half term, for never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and who is Banquo

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Sostenueto I have the feeling that a lot of people were driving their kids to the Maths GSCE this morning, as it was raining...never again, I think it is too chancy, and I would prefer dd to take the tube tomorrow, nice and early, as we had two big bottlenecks in different places which were not usually there. We are lucky though that worse case scenario she can walk the last mile as long as she leaves early enough. I'm meant to be driving her for everyone of her 9am exams, personally i think it just means she ends up panicked in case the car doesn't work etc, whereas leaving at 7am every morning for those exams would be better, and leave lots of spare time in emergency.

Am now addicted to the hilarious twitter posts about Juan and his bike

Thanks brainmelt good luck to your DC and everyone else's. Hope they all found it relatively stress free.

DD’s come out of Edexcel higher Maths and her verdict is that it she’s happy but it was challenging in places. Lots of people she knows thought it was hard.

nettleskins I don't blame you because I'm going to try and convince my dgd to take the early train though it will mean her hanging around a bit in the middle of a city on her own till the school opens at 8. School is 37 miles away too.

May just ring up dgds friends mum to see if her did is going on early train or if her dad is taking her in. She gets on halfway to city and dgd always saves her a seat. Not enthusiastic about dgd hanging around d on her own for 40 minutes in middle of city

Seems to be mixed reviews about both edexcel and aqa. Just depends on the child really.

Leavers assembly tomorrow afternoon which many will miss as they have exams. After tomorrow they are not allowed in school unless they have an exam. So if pm exam they can't go in morning and revise in library and am ones they have to leave premises straight after. Isn't it sad?

to all DC who had Maths today. Thankfully DD finished hers on 11 May (CIE Extended, Timezone 2). Macbeth tomorrow and then no more English until A Levels (although she is keen to start reading her new texts!! Not until Spanish and Music are over, thanks, especially as they are the ones that coincide with UK time, so she finishes Music at 7.30pm on a Thursday - not quite as bad as Drama ending at that time last Friday!) Mind you , a late start /finish sounds preferable to the traffic stress of morning exams - hope DCs not badly affected and were able to focus and feel calm

DC fine dm not!

Sostenueto It's the opposite with DS's school, they have revision sessions and HAVE to be in school.

Out of interest I checked the school's results from last year and 20-something got a grade 9 for Maths, around 10%. I'm amazed, I was expecting 1 or 2. (It's a state, non-selective school)

sostenuto that is really rough about the restrictions on the exam students! Must make it tough for those like your dgd with large distances to travel, too. DD's school offers a revision room every day during study leave and all teachers are available to consult during their 'usual' lesson slots. She is very lucky with the support from school!

nul-points for the powers that be who decided the leavers' assembly should coincide with exams!

DD says it was good (& disruptive little madam wasn't in the same room).

That is sad.

Ds’s leavers assembly is after exams finish (the morning of prom).

That's good news sticker!

Still haven't heard from DS3.

That should say Dd.

The SecondOfHerName: thank you so much. Best of luck to your son. :)

DD's school give out the tickets to prom at the final assembly. One guest per pupil for the assembly. I do think It's a shame that they can't squeeze more in as both DH & I would like to hear her speech.

Heard from DD. Exam was hard (harder than previous years) but she thinks she managed it all apart from last question for which she timed out. She is so frustrated as she knew how to do it by the end but just didn't have time left. This is edexcel igcse btw.

DD1s Y13 leavers assembly followed by Bucks Fizz and strawberries happened about an hour before her final FM exam. Weirdly, that was the one she got her best marks in .

DD3 has suggested that Bucks Fizz for breakfast would help her "lots and lots really" before tomorrow's poetry, but I'm a tough one to convince

That was a hair-raising start to the morning Sost

I hope you dd doesn't take your advice and have a nude break Catherine

Dd certainly didn't find Exdexcel higher an easy exam. She said it wasn't the hardest paper she has done but it was still quite challenging in places. She can't really second guess how she has done - a 5 or 6 she thinks (hoping for the latter)

Spoke to DS. He told me that others in his (top set all with 8/9 expectations) found the Edexcel paper so-so. There was a lot of comparing answers and realising that they'd got things wrong.
So not easy or hard if they are anything to go by.

hmcAsWas doubful she's such a prude I've not seen her naked since she was about 6!!!

If those who are predicted 8 and 9 found it 'so so' rather than easy, I guess that's good for grade boundaries

Dd won't compare with other students post exam - she'd rather be blissfully ignorant of any potential mistakes.

Nettleskins andSandy are we taking Bob the Builder and Thomas the Tank Engine? DS obsessed over then to the point I knew all the engines by name and personality. Then there was the dinosaur phase. Then the teenage mutant ninja turtle one.
It seemed to go on forever but suddenly you look around and they are doing their last day at secondary school! Where did the time go?