GCSEs 2019 - support thread part 2

[AtiaoftheJulii]

Here we are again

Good luck to everyone who started/continued today.
I kind of wish it had started (but may not once I hear how French goes tomorrow, I might wish he had another year of revision!)
Tomorrow, tomorrow and all that.

Yes RS here for us as well.
He finally fid some revision for it ....this morning !.
He is not understanding this revision malarky at all.
He was at his desk yesterday... i asked him what subject he was doing ....MATHS ..which is next week.!!
i may have swore at him !!

Opps cant do strike out on phone !!

Ds1 informed my this morning that he couldn't find his see through pencil case!
Looked everywhere.
Can't find it.
So off to town to buy another. Sigh.
Hopefully that's the last drama haha

I feel like putting a claim in with my kid’s fee paying school for all the past papers I’ve printed!

Didnt school provide them pip?

Ds1 has had loads from school. He's been doing them as homework for a while now....

Re time table ...ds "lost " his .
I phoned school and got sent one because he kept forgetting to get one !
Ds1 (doing A levels) colour coded it for him
and we have 3 copies

Ashamed to say he has reduced me to tears last week for his lack of revision.
His computerised target grades are a 5
and because he is getting 6/7 and even some 8's he thinks he will be fine to get at least the 5' .
Hopefully now that they have started he will realise they are real.

Re see thtough pencil case...mine have used clear sandwich bags !

Mine said there was one tricky question on the computer paper that everyone found difficult but other than that all good. Relieved they've started!

I never thought of that! 🤣

Latin this morning, seemed to go well (fingers crossed, don't jinx it!)

I'm trying to stay calm, I want DCs to have down time - but both have crawled into bed for an afternoon nap - with their phones

2 exams tomorrow...

What are your tips for staying calm and hands-off?!?! Can't drink today, and it's too early, otherwise I'd be cracking open the wine.

Keeping myself busy with housework and crappy daytime tv, but it's not working too well.

Lambuffy yes some but he needs more than one past paper! Elevate said past papers were one of the best study tools. I’ve printed two for math, two for English and one each for the rest.

loveonthe wall I think that was the sneaky algorithm!

I found some more biology practical practice papers on BBC bitesize yesterday

Soursprout my DS's English Lit exam is on Wednesday, not tomorrow. Is that a different board from AQA (or an IGCSE)? i just went and checked the timetable, and it is definitely Wednesday afternoon!

Edexcel eng lit is weds I think?

I have got AQA ,EDEXEL and WJEC (RS)
timetable in my hand if it helps anyone ?

Dc has stated that they want to burn all of their English Lit materials as soon as both papers are finished. It's not a subject they enjoy.

Can't be any harm in having a small barbecue style fire in the garden, no ? Might be good for morale ?

Yep.
Edexcel is weds

Ds1 and I are having a ritual GCSE work burning :)
I may even do some interpretive dance 😊

AQA English Lit ..wednesday pm for us .

DS has stayed on after school for Biology revision so not spoken to him yet.
Any feedback on this afternoons RE paper?

DS is doing Seneca today before tomorrow's bio exam.

At least, I think he is. He snarled a bit at me when I got home and went up to say hi. Hey ho. It is what it is.

Wonder how rs went. Ds not back yet.

Bizzey your post made me laugh! Ds was revising chemistry yesterday even though he has rs and biology first this week. I daren't ask if he's ok.