Corona Cohort’s Year 12 adventures

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We’ve made it into year 12 and rapidly approaching the end of the first half term .

Lots of challenges we could never imagined as we started the year but we’re all keeping on keeping on and this thread is for anyone who would like to jump on board to share the rather unusual journey this is turning out to be.

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It is very tricky. Not enjoying it at all tbh!! She is totally and utterly reluctant to accept any help for anything from anyone. I just have to watch and try to make all the right noises. Although so many times I get it wrong . (In hers eyes any way, most normal people would think I was being perfectly reasonable! )

She does have a maths tutor already for an hour a week. And her dad wants to help (doesn't live with us).

At this rate, she'll get a 9!!!

Oh Pasanda what a horrible situation for you and your DD. I t hi Ono it’s been really hard for them to go back to this intense period of study, with such high expectations, after so long away from a school environment. I don’t know what you can do to make it easier, and the emotional punch bag role takes it’s toll on top of our own worries. The exam is soon at least, and then your DD will be able to hopefully relax slightly? Saying that, the lockdown stuff is just adding another layer to it all isn’t it. Hand holding while you go through it.

oh @pasanda that sounds really heard for both of us. I've definitely been that punch bag at times, but things have got a lot better and I am more of a stress ball sometimes now rather than the punch bag. Fingers crossed for you both too.

@Piggywaspushed have you found out any more re Spanish teacher??

No parents evening planned here, DD form teacher phoned me at the end of last term just to touch base.

DD surprised me the other day. She told me that she had done her Core Maths homeworks, and then pressed the button and it told her it was all wrong. Normally that would have caused a lot of annoyance and stress (with herself) but she actually emailed her maths teacher (during half term).. and said could you please take a look and tell me where I'm going wrong as I followed the examples, which all made sense but its saying all my answers are wrong and I don't understand why - can you help me please... He replied within the hour and said her answers were all correct and there must be something wrong with the form which he has reset and was all ok now.
Even last year there was no way she would have emailed for help. She would have either kept trying, asked us or her friends for help, then left it until the teacher said something (she may have asked in the classroom but not from home) so that is a big step for her.

Pasanda, sending rather useless but wholehearted solidarity

Good on her - it must be nice to see that maturity coming through

And thanks all. I am still keeping everything crossed (and always will!) that things turn out ok for dd. As I've probably said before she is quite a complex character and her dad has no clue about her true personality and struggles so I'm on my own dealing with it all.

She ate a few things last night and had a protein shake so at least she's had a few calories to help her brain along.

Does anyone know who deals with contact tracing in sports teams (not school based?)

I know that each sports club had to declare a covid officer before there were allowed to carry on. Our hockey club has to record everyone who attended training or matches so they could work out and trace or trace if needed. That will now all stop from tomorrow :-(

Someone in DS's team has tested positive and everyone is saying different things. The dad basically told everyone to go and get a test. No one even mentioned SI!!

DH now vvvv anxious as he is clinically vulnerable.

Just as Heifer describes. Sorry to hear that Piggy; hope it’ll all be ok for your DH.

It's ridiculous. All being done on Whatsapp and everyone disagreeing and falling out. Manager not answering his phone.

Boy played in team on Saturday . Test on Monday (mum is a careworker and felt poorly ;boy tested as offered and was positive). Got result Weds.

So does DS need to SI?

Only info I can find is form LIverpool FA who say carry on as normal and see if T and T make contact with manager...

Just gone through all the thread and noted how all DC are having mixed experiences in year 12. We have been really struggling with DS1 this last month. He just isn’t communicating with us and the most we get out of him is yes or no or the shake of the head. He has never been much of a communicator but I am really getting worried and when I ask if there is anything worrying him he says no. I have said that if he doesn’t start speaking to us then I will have to get in touch with the school but he doesn’t want me to do that either. I was just wondering if anyone had gone through anything similar.

Are you sure it isn't friendship/relationship issues? they are common in year 12 with reestablishing of pecking orders. I find some year 12s quite bitchy.

Hormone surges too at this age...

@Piggywaspushed He has gone back to the same school for 6th form but there are also a lot of external students who have also come in. This could be a possibility he has always had a mix of friendship group and has never been the type to just stick to the one close friend.

Piggy - as Heifer says, all sports clubs should have a Covid procedure and named person in charge of it. Our hockey club set up an electronic availability/booking and checking in system for all training and matches. Both our football teams and swimming have been registering every person, every time. Hope you get some clarity soon. I'm going to miss watching training and matches, been doing it all for years so know lots of other parents. DS is going to struggle without it all too.

My DS is finding this term hard too, going straight into level 3 study after 6 months off is proving hard work and he's finding it hard to manage his free periods effectively (can't come and go during the day as there's no transport, it's rural). Luckily I know 2 of his subject teachers fairly well, they have both previously taught him and been his year head / form tutor and he doesn't mind me checking in with them, head of 6th is very approachable too, as is his current form tutor. Sympathies to everyone else whose DC are finding it hard.

We've got virtual parents evening next week for y10 DC, will be interested to see how that works.

@Piggywaspushed I think ordinarily you have to isolate if you’ve been in contact with the person in the 48 hours before symptoms started or the test. But where the only contact has been outside I’m not sure that applies? Sorry it’s causing anxiety.

@Nard75 sorry to hear about your ds. Dd seems to be descending into a bit of a slump but this is cyclical for her. Is he literally not communicating? With dd I find when she’s low it’s better to communicate with her via text!

@Piggywaspushed nightmare about the Covid issue, just shows how confused everyone is about the protocols. My friend told me yesterday that she had the results of a test 13 days after she took it and it was positive! She doesn't think she had it (she's part of a general testing thing) as she had absolutely zero symptoms and never goes anywhere!, but really quite worrying that she could have been out and aboout spreading that for two weeks!

I think all the DCs started back with such full force and all the stresses that this whole year has thrown at them that they've run out of steam. The week off did nothing to help and the new lockdown is just more depressing stuff. God help them.

I can't remember but is anyone else's DC doing Eng Literature A level?

Just checking in, haven't been here since August!
DS is doing ok at college. He's doing Maths, Economics and Geography. Maths is a challenge - always been his strength but it's tough going!

Only had 2 cases of coronavirus confirmed in his college - 4000 students! So thankfully is yet to have to need to self isolate.

@crazycrofter Hardly any communication at all. I have tried the text messages but without any response. Will give it a couple of days otherwise will have to speak to the school.

@JustHereWithMyPopcorn DD is doing Eng Lit.

Currently doing Streetcar and lots of poetry to prepare for the unseen paper.

@Piggywaspushed I don't know how to add a link but there is government guidance on the return to recreational team sport - there should be a risk assessment which includes someone keeping a list of attendees so that if necessary it can be given to Test and Trace. It sounds like it will be Test and Trace who contact the manager for the list of names and then Test and Trace will contact relevant attendees.

The dad saying everyone should get a test is clearly wrong (you only get one if you have symptoms or are required to eg health care workers who regularly work).

My DD rows and a girl in the crew tested positive - led to similar Whats App explosion of inconsistent instructions / thoughts which led to some nastiness. Made me think (without meaning to sound rude) that its a pity there is no treatment or vaccine for stupidity or unpleasantness.

The annoying thing is that it was all unnecessary - Test and Trace contacted the coach and got all the details. They told the girls who'd shared a boat to self isolate and also the girls who'd been in a lift share. I was very impressed at how organised the whole thing was.

Hope your DS and DH keep well.

Another one doing Eng lit Justhere. A range of stuff (code for I don’t quite know) other than Oscar Wilde.

@KingscoteStaff and @ealingwestmum DS is doing A Dolls House and Hamlet. Neither are exciting him but the Hamlet he is finding hard to be enthusiastic about. I quite like Hamlet myself (but then I did see Andrew Scott play Hamlet at the theatre so I may be a bit biased ).

How are your girls enjoying it, are they finding it hard?