Gcses 2019 support thread 5

[Iambuffy]

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

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Very strange evening here.
Uniform and books packed to take in tomorrow.
Next time he goes to school ..will be for results.
Cant believe I wont be seeing bits of uniform scattered around the house !!
The recycling bag is very full !!

I've taken the trusty whiteboard down.

Some revision guides given to my sister, I'll take the rest into school.

I've told ds to sort his stuff/papers for burning.

Feels very odd.

DD saying she's definitely taking a protractor and muttered parallelogram something and vector something else.

Dd in bed 🥂

Three more exam days then it's All over.
Seems so strange - no uniform to buy for September, loads of stuff to sort through and pass on. It feels weird, a chapter ending (6th form will be same but different), feel a bit sad, but also relieved that we made it through (I had bad PND/PNA, and always worried that i’d Mess up her life - well so far so good!).

I must admit to having a bit of a wobble tonight.

I've been pretty "chilled" (or rather forced myself to be) on the state of his bedroom over tte exam period.

Anyway - whilst DS was in the shower I bravely ventured into his room to do a quick tidy.

As I was picking up all his crumpled pieces of uniform and was silently cussing (thinking about how much time I've spent washing/ironing).

Then I had the revelation that I'm never going to do that again.

No more school shirts/trousers to iron etc and I felt (stupidly) sad.

Then silly as I've "over prepped" and with only one day left he has 3 clean/pressed lots of uniform to "wear".

I just felt a bit overwhelmed if I'm honest. It feels like such a big milestone and had a silent/swift sob (feel free to hand me a MN grip - I'm clearly in need).

Anyhow I've devised a plan for next week to clear his room of all the school clothing and donate (that which is still wearable and in good condition) to the school's shop (they offer a discrete service to families referred by the school wrt sourcing affordable clothing).

Thanks Foslady and Callmeadoctor.
I will explain that to the invigilator if she tries to take it away.
He's absolutely overwhelmed tonight so hope he can cope tomorrow.
Last one though.

Anyone else’s dc having mixed feelings about the end of exams? She says that she’s very happy about the freedom but on the other hand the end is making her anxious and she doesn’t know why. Hope this isn’t the start of an end of exam season crash as feel as though she deserves to enjoy her summer

DD boards so we've only heard a little this week. I think she's been rowing this afternoon - Physics tomorrow ... Doing Add Maths on Tuesday which I think hasn't had a lot done for it yet. Saturday she's going to a rowing regatta all day; but rowing is proving her stress release so I'm not too bothered. I'm planning to do a little maths with her on Sunday - don't yet know if that will be at home or at school!

Today’s the end for ds - he’s staying at his school so not big changes but they wear a suit and different tie in the 6th form.

Good luck to all doing Physics today and my thoughts with those dc who have Further Maths, German and any other final exams next week.

Good luck everyone forcthe physics today (on the last three countdown for us!) - and good luck for anyone who’s dc’s are celebrating this weekend!!!!

Yes, very odd feeling yesterday - ds said it hadn't sunk in that school was now 'done'. He has to pop back in today to hand back textbooks, but that's it now until results day. Although, we won't be completely finished with the place as dp starts a job there in Sept

Ds is having a long lie-in, then he's off to the gym, briefly into school and then it's party time! His job interview went well so he's just waiting to hear back - fingers crossed because the money is great. We've not had his NI number through though which is a total pain; I'm going to have to write to them today because getting through on the phones is impossible...

Ds emotional last night.

I sat in the car crying whilst listening to slipping through my fingers by abba yesterday 🙄🤣

I just drying ds1s uniform for today as we speak...last time!

Good luck to all taking their last exam today 🍀

Lovely to read all your messages but I was fine until I read them! I feel quite excited for her, glad that we’ve made it through (after physics) but now a little weepy

Good luck all. I THINK this will be the last day of uniform for dd2 today. I was hoping to hand it on to dd3 but she's already taller and bigger than dd2

I've been cramming with DS over the last few months and have just rewritten the list of equations he needs to memorise.
So looking forward to it all being over.
Good luck to all.

I asked dd aboit the vector protector question and shes desperate for it to come up again!

That should say protractor!

I agree about that question - an easy 4 marks!

In fact that's true of a lot of the calculation questions - they seem much easier than the 6 mark questions to us!

Yes exactly!

Vector Protector has a nice rhythm to it!

Good luck to all today.

DS2 filled in the application for another sixth form last night. So he's gone off to last day not knowing where he will be in September.

Just dropped Dd at school and have blubbed for no reason on the way home, probably sheer relief that GCSE’s are now a thing of the past in our house