GCSEs 2019 Support thread 3

[myrtleWilson]

Welcome all - just went to post on thread 2 and saw it was at 999 so quickly did this

It could be a load of rubbish of course
Daily Fail

Just she must be!

Ds1 says aqa triple chem was "ok".

Lots of maths - which he had revised
And a practical he had also revised.
Last q was a 6 marker which seems to have stumped him but he thinks he may have got a mark or two for his working out.

That last 6 marker has stumped most people.

CS was ok apparently not good, not bad. He did tell me about some of the questions
but it's no good me trying to write them on here, as I don't get it 😂
he's just happy to be home and is not back until Tueday now.

Dd happy with Latin not so much chemistry (Ocr gateway)- paper ‘gave her a false sense of security’ and then gave her an equation that was apparently impossible to balance and a 4 marker followed which required the balanced equation

Ds has pe paper morrow tomorrow then nothing til Tuesday

Dd has French, drama tomorrow and then re Monday....

So far only chemistry and re have been good, others not so much

Oh bugger.
email from school.
Someone was cheating in the exam yesterday, evidence found in loo. All kids who went to the loo during exam will be asked for a statement. (but are not being accused of anything)

Ds went to the loo
he has just said he is not going to the loo ever again in any exam, just in case!
He also said that lots of people cheat, notes in shoes, go to the loo to look, note back in shoe.
bloody hell.

Fortunately I am 100% sure it isn't him. He just doesn't need this on top of exams.

Oh no :(

Bloody hell step !

My DS just said that they are not allowed to go to the toilet during the exams, I wonder what they do if the kids are desperate.

DS1 said AQA triple chem was "hard but doable". Might get more out of him later!

Reading the comments just goes to show you can drive yourself batty hearing what others thought of the paper 😁
DD found AQA triple chemistry v hard and is disappointed - fave teacher/subject and really wanted to hit an 8. She didn't consider searching periodic table for ammonia cause she knew (and really didn't understand why there were so many memes about that since) and she thinks she did well on the 6 mark question at end. However lots on electrolysis (?) (helpful mother comment - isn't that hair removal?).
PE2 and Drama tomorrow then those subjects done forever!
4 exams next week.

Edexcel chem triple

Harder than expected but ok
6 marker , think I got 4 out of it
Generally ok

Told dd about the cheating in the loo
“Omg that’s terrible “

Blimey step, hope the school deal with that in a way that doesn't make the innocent pupils feel like its hanging over them.
Honestly as if the exams aren't enough stress, without having to give a statement too.

Dd said that the phone of one of her peers rang during Mondays computer science exam! So she has now been disqualified from both paper one and two. Dd says this pupil always follows rules, never gets into trouble etc and dd believes it was complete accident she had the phone in the exam hall. I was gobsmacked at such a strong consequence. I understand it but gobsmacked nonetheless. I just hadn't thought about it happening and what the consequences might be. If that was dd with one of her chosen A level subjects I don't know what way we'd turn.

We had a big chat about making sure dd leaves her phone outside the exam hall, and prompting others too.
I'm glad I've got work to distract me cos otherwise I'd be a bag of nerves, let alone dd.

DD2 said Chemistry (triple) was better than expected, she was able to answer everything.

I was going to post the same link for daisy - apparently a grandparent is classed as immediate family, so both my DDs might get 5% adjustment. Which could make a big difference, but it's fair.

Does anyone elses child have a reader in exams?
Dd had not mentioned hers so I asked her and hers is the exam supervisor who sits at the front of the room on her phone (she only has a group of Sen kids) but comes over to read if DD actually puts her hand up or something.
Is that normal?

'. I was gobsmacked at such a strong consequence. I understand it'

This terrifies me. DD has appalling organisation and memory skills and I'm paranoid she will do this and forget!

Steppe glos by any chance?!?
Dd found chemistry ok but again she’s a mathematical girl like others that found it fine.

Thanks to those who have shown the link for special circumstances. I’d hoped it would be more than 5% allowance , as my nephew has now lost both his parents and is staying with his school friend’s parents at the moment.

Loveland beans. Read the reader, yes that sounds normal.

At our school readers are put in rooms with up to 6-8 others (can be less) depending how much reading they are likely to need. The invigilator (who should not be on her phone!) then reads any word, sentence, paragraph or section that the student wants them to. The student just has to raise their hand and tell them which bit to read. It's done quietly next to them so as not to disturb others too much.

Our school is using reader software technology this year for the 1st time this year where by they highlight on the screen the bit they want read, then the computer reads it to them in a robotic voice through headphones. It's not been super reliable so far and can do odd pronounciations. Some students like it, others don't. There is always the fall back of put your hand up and the invigilator reads for you if it goes wrong or they don't like it.

@daisypond it is disgusting, the death of a parent only gives you a 5% allowance.

This was also the case in the late 80s as my sister's FIL died of a heart attack and his younger son sat his GCSEs 3 weeks later. 5%. Madness.