Gcses 2019 support thread 5

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Hi :)
Hope this is ok as we are at 1000 posts on thread 4!

(Its buffy btw!...)

I know- 2 weeks so close yet so far! I just want it to be over - crossing everything that ds gets what he needs and what he feels is reflective of his ability/ effort.

Mentioned this to DD last night, she was not impressed. She doesn't want to be reminded/talk about it. Having said that, she does have a count down on her phone .

She has already been looking at university courses, and was in flux last night as she now thinks she doesn't want to do/go where she first thought, and actually she can't really find what she wants. Also the best courses are too far away, we have set a 3 hour limit. We tried to reassure her there is so much time to decide, but you know when they have got the bit between their teeth, and we don't want to discourage her as such...... but honestly, she hasn't even got her GCSE results yet!!

(ps. Its me Silent - lots of name changing going on ).

Slightly vexed that FS's school are going to sit on the igcse results due out next week, to release them en masse with the rest on the normal date, but perhaps it makes sense to have a once and for all release.

Why a three hour distance limit for university? Presumably to make logistics more manageable? But if the local options don't have the right course better to extend the journey?

We are quite chilled at the moment, DD wasn’t nervous during exams but she has said she feels a bit nervous about results. I’m fine and I think that’s because it was A-level results for DS last year with an Oxbridge place resting on them, that was very stressful!

Ds1 says he's not sure how he will feel on the day.

I will be a wreck

We had a very stressful A level results day last year. DD slipped
a grade and went into Clearing, however bad this year is it will not be as awful as that day was.

DS goes to a summer school next week until the day before so that will fill in his time nicely.

Trying to remain upbeat re A levels. DS very calm. Has Oxford offer but confident of his grade Dd gets Cambridge board igcse results next week then rest the same day as everyone else. She has asked to go to Reading early and just text me her results on the day!

Michaelahpurple Same here, "Arewedone" lucky, DD really wants to know her English and Biology as they are two A Level choices.

The 3 hour limit for Uni is pretty arbitary and has so many reasons behind it. Logistics definitely, we have been spoilt by DD1 being in Oxford which is a 1 1/2 hour round trip, and a 40 min train ride. DD2 doesn't feel comfortable being too far away. We are in the sunny south and anywhere further than the midlands is cold, wet and miserable (honestly, we notice the difference when we visit DH family in Nottingham, definitely a sweater colder ) and DD2 loves the sun and warmth. Exeter is a pig to get to, and would/could be more than 3 hours away, but at least it is warm, so that makes the cut.

Similar here DS has chosen a limited radius to London. Number of reasons but can’t help wondering if Laundry trips maybe a factor 🤔

Hi everyone
Popping on with a temp name for gcse results before I slide back into the ether and appear again on the 22nd to action plan /commiserate over /celebrate results with you all. Had to delete old posts
Hope everyone’s dcs not too stressed with the wait? . Have been keeping up with you all.
All okish here. Dd has no idea how she’s done now, It is hard to remember individual exams now is it ? . Dd’s drawn on Smileys on the calendar as we went along will be interesting to see alongside actual grades.
Dd being kept busy with A level bridging work, days out and watching lots of rubbish tv shows.

I don’t know about your dc but Dd seems more focussed on getting enough grades to move on next stage.. all individual marks seem less important now ,as long as that hurdle is jumped
Not long now. I imagine a lot of dcs will struggle to sleep the night / (maybe) nights before.
I for one will be tipping a glass your way on the evening of the 22nd (whatever the results) just because the ride has been easier with this company.

Hello!

Ds1 seems ok atm.

We were chatting about tye history exam the other day and he couldnt remember if the 16 marker was a choice of question...

He genuinely couldn't remember!

As you say, focussing on the next stage probably.

Tbh in my view as long as they get the 5 or 7 passes they need to move onto A level its fine.

Not sure ds1 feels that way!

Realise Dc are not thinking about it mostly But have any of you planned special surprises for results day?

Ds1 has to enrol at 6th form on the same day, but we've thought of booking a table at his fave italian place for lunch.

Tbh in my view as long as they get the 5 or 7 passes they need to move onto A level its fine

I am absolutely in this mindset too now. I honestly do not give a damn about strings of 7s, 8s or 9s. I want him to be happy at the college he wants and doing the A-levels he wants, that's all.

On the 22nd I won't be giving details of his individual grades, I'll just be posting whether he's got what he needs or not

Me too maud

I pointed out to ds1 before the exams that universities will not give a stuff whether he gets a 5,6,7,8 or a 9 at gcse - just his a level grades.

I'm hoping it helped him gain focus.

I can't fault his effort.

Results will be what will be.

I will NOT be this zen on 22nd! 😁

I might have already said this back thread, but DD has requested a caterpillar cake . Strange child. Nevertheless I will oblige, and I am sure we will go out for lunch or dinner somewhere nice.

Home edder here waiting for results.
Fairly nervous and lots of decision making ahead as school may be a possibility.

Big change carrie!
Good luck x

Thanks @Hoooo

Ds1 was home schooled for year 3 and going back into school was the right thing for him x

That's encouraging, I hope that she decided to go and it works out.
She was badly bullied so it's quite a big thing for her.
Not to mention we are concerned about the costs of home ed at A level .She wants to do an mfl and a science which puts the cost up hugely.
Anyway we'll see...

*decides

We have booked to see Joseph the night of the results (22nd) via kidsweek. Last year we can take DS (sob, it saves so much!) DS absolutely loves musical theatre. Wasn't so much booked as a reward exactly, it was a combination of the dates working for us and what we could get on kidsweek, but I did think when I booked it that it might be a good thing. A boost if the results go well, and something to get him out of the house and not dwelling endlessly on might have beens if the results do not go so well. Although I suppose if he is miserable he will wreck it for the entire family. Also some good songs about adversity in it, I guess.

Issue of course being that to get into dreaded sixth form he really needs some pretty stellar results, so the two go hand in hand. Six eights just sounds so hard now, not to mention the seven for English. Feeling very gloomy at the moment about it. Somehow I can only remember the bits that didn't seem to go so well (like the social media question in the English lang exam), the very hard third paper in maths and the first paper he thinks he flubbed. I know I have pessimistic tendencies, I often fear the worst. DS is trying not to think about it, although I know he is, he is also worrying, so I am trying to keep my gloom away from him. I may well not be being realistic, I suspect it is the bits that didn't go so well that I can remember, not the one that were OK, which have blurred. He has been very busy up until this week, but he has had nothing to do this week, and I think it was not a good move. We need to find more to occupy him.