GCSE mums!!

[Ron1984]

Are you doing anything for your DC to celebrate the day??!

Celebrating results day I mean!!!

We're not making any plans till we've seen the results.

We have a table booked for lunch at The Ivy. We want to mark the end of 2 years of hard work and determination for DD. The grades are part of that but not all of what the day is about.

We’ve got a table booked for dinner at one of DD’s favourite restaurants.
Regardless of results, she deserves to celebrate the last 2 years of hard work and stress.

I asked if we could book something but DD wants to celebrate with mates. Fair enough. There hasn't been very much fun for them so we can do something for her later

I think the most likely thing for us is meet friends in the afternoon and a takeaway of DS's choice in the evening (he's too anxious about Covid to eat in a restaurant ATM) but it really does all rest on how he feels after getting the results. He's a borderline 3/4 in English which really matters and he's really worried about, so although I agree about celebrating the effort not the result he's not going to be in the mood without that precious 4.

Nope! DH has taken the day off in case DS wants to do something, but I think it's more likely he'll want to see his mates which is fine by us. DS goes to school in the next city so we'll all travel together to go and get the results, although parents aren't allowed on the grounds and there's no parking allowed so not sure where we'll go!

We've booked to go to a local restaurant the evening before the results come out, partly so we can take advantage of 'Eat Out to Help Out' but also because DS will be spending time with his friends on the day. Plus, it means the actual results are arbitrary to celebrating the end of an era!

I have bought DD an Apple Watch (she doesn't know) to celebrate her years of hard work.

Also booked her favourite restaurant on the Monday after results as by then I figured she would have seen all her friends and would be free.

On the day both DH and are free but I know she will want to see friends during the day then has an outdoor birthday get together with non school friend in the evening. So I think it will be more of us being a taxi service rather than celebrating with her on the day. Which is fine.

DD earned a new phone (as this was what she really wanted) and we are going to eat out the day before (loving 'Eat Out to Help Out'!!) , just in case she feels upset with her results on the day - she will be spending time with some friends after they collect their results (hopefully to celebrate with each other!).

Did something similar for DD1 this week with A-Level results...

We will probably eat out or get a take away (dd a bit worried about eating out). We are going away for a couple nights on the 25th but I don’t think dd will see camping as celebrating 🤣

Isn’t it a bit premature to plan celebrations? I’ve set aside the day for dealing with tears and upset - after what has just happened with the A levels. Nobody can be sure how it will go. DD wants to move schools for sixth form and needs a certain number of points. She was predicted more than that but what will the algorithm do. IF all is OK then we will celebrate at home because of Covid. I haven’t bought anything in advance.

@catspyjamas123

Isn’t it a bit premature to plan celebrations? I’ve set aside the day for dealing with tears and upset - after what has just happened with the A levels. Nobody can be sure how it will go. DD wants to move schools for sixth form and needs a certain number of points. She was predicted more than that but what will the algorithm do. IF all is OK then we will celebrate at home because of Covid. I haven’t bought anything in advance.

Not necessarily celebrating but I think they all deserve a lot of praise what even their results, it’s been such a stressful time for them so I think they deserve a treat just to mark the end of the GCSE stress. Luckily dd has her 6 form place already but I understand others may not be so lucky and if that the case they need reassuring that it’s not the end of the world and that we are still very proud.

I offered Ds1 to book him a posh lunch/dinner. And to buy him something to celebrate, like a ...... ring, a belt... something.

He said he wasn't sure.

Then announced he's going to a party at his closest friend, the 6 of them!

@catspyjamas123

Isn’t it a bit premature to plan celebrations? I’ve set aside the day for dealing with tears and upset - after what has just happened with the A levels. Nobody can be sure how it will go. DD wants to move schools for sixth form and needs a certain number of points. She was predicted more than that but what will the algorithm do. IF all is OK then we will celebrate at home because of Covid. I haven’t bought anything in advance.

We're not celebrating the results as such - it's in recognition of all the hard work beforehand really. I stopped awarding for good results in about Yr3 when DD would get 20/20 for spellings despite only spending 30 mins beforehand each time then not knowing most of them the following week. I started praising and rewarding the effort that went into it - no surprisingly her grades went up and she remembered the stuff she had learnt for a lot longer.

The Apple watch will be a massive shock to her, as I said she would have to wait until birthday/Christmas for it so I'm excited to give it to her at the meal a few days later :-)

No celebration planned. Having just gone through a stressful couple of days with DS having to go through clearing to get a uni place after 2 of his A levels were downgraded, I am just hoping my DD gets what she needs for her selective 6th form place. I think there is going to be carnage on Thursday ☹️☹️

We were meant to be going to Majorca AL for a week.

That was to relax and celebrate all the hard work etc not just results.

However obviously no holiday now and considering CAGs don't count it's purely what a computer decides statistically you should get dependent on your ranking - we will wait until the day now to decide if we are celebrating (his mocks were very good and so was his module assessments).

If all goes well for him then will certainly be going out to celebrate. Even if it's just celebrating the relief

We are going to do whatever our dd what’s to do, a takeaway of her choice, seeing friends etc.

She wanted to go to a 6th form in another school but has just looked at their website and it says that if an external applicant is appealing a grade they cannot apply for their 6th form.
With their attitude after everything that went on yesterday with the A level results I’d rather she didn’t attend that school anyway.

We're on holiday now and it was DS's choice of location booked a few weeks ago to acknowledge the effort he has made both before and during lockdown (he has kept working even into the holidays) but definitely not making plans for the day as it's entlrely possible we will be going into school to rejig 6th form options .

We have booked a table for cocktails (well
Mocktails) and food in recognition of all dds hard work.
I think I'm more worried about Thursday than her

We have a table book to celebrate how hard DD has worked over the two years. I have told her it doesn't matter what's in the envelope I am proud of her - hard work and dedication got her the place on a professional musical theatre training course no GCSEs needed.

Oh wow lone how fantastic. I'm a huge fan of musical theatre. And this is a great time to be starting into the business as it's suddenly been recognised how part it plays a part in people's lives (now it's not on!).

Huge congratulations and best of luck to her

@catspyjamas123

Isn’t it a bit premature to plan celebrations? I’ve set aside the day for dealing with tears and upset - after what has just happened with the A levels. Nobody can be sure how it will go. DD wants to move schools for sixth form and needs a certain number of points. She was predicted more than that but what will the algorithm do. IF all is OK then we will celebrate at home because of Covid. I haven’t bought anything in advance.

I know what you mean catspyjamas 123, but like a couple of other posters have said, we’re going to celebrate the hard work (he’s worked very very hard for 2 years) not the results.

So we’re going to mark it the night before, just dinner and cards and gifts - and then pick up the pieces on Thursday. He doesn’t really know what is happening on Thursday- I think the boys don’t want to make plans in case (in all probability) they are all downgraded, but also want to be together. (They are not allowed to go school, they can access via email from 8 am.)

It’s all a bit rubbish, isn’t it.

I've heard lots of schools are sending via portals etc.

Ds school have arranged collection and will get their leavers hoodies at the same time.

They have alphabetical time slots.

I'm actually wondering if they wish they hadn't done this now!

I think it's such a shame for those that can't even go into school. At least in school they will have support of the teachers.