Corona Cohort’s Year 12 adventures

[FoolsAssassin]

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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And for the week after half term their partner college has no morning lessons and afternoon is online so no face to face.

You're so right, AnneofCleavage, the thread has been a godsend to me when my alternative was howling into the void

Here it is

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/eating_disorders/4016379-teen-eating-issues-support-thread

TheySee thank you Hope you have a good weekend.

EPQ here too. Very much encouraged but not all kids doing one.

Thank goodness for half term. DD down with a migraine. We are banning coffee from now on!

@FoolsAssassin: ds is doing psy as well, so that's a super useful checklist, thanks :-) @Seeline DS is a flashcard boy too, and has been setting up revision flashcards for psychology on an online platform, and he felt most of what he's done so far works on flashcards...but he is dyslexic and hates writing stuff out so he may be fooling himself ;-)

I have a weird feeling of deja vu at the mo: I'm heading off down to Devon to the same place (family cottage) we were just before GCSE results came out: flashback memories of frantically refreshing this thread as the changes on the GSCE marking processes came through...

Ergh. Multiple Year 12s have COVID now, including those in my DD’s class. However since she sits a few metres away from them we haven’t had the ‘isolate’ email. The positive cases map a ‘nice’ nonagon around our house.

Dd is hot but not got a temperature. Btw we know a couple of 19 year old who just got headaches and that was it.

Dd says she’s going to sleep all weekend. I think that’s a good idea!

Half term here. DD got up surprisingly early, tidied her room (including hoovering and new sheets), went for a run, had a shower, put on new pyjamas (last month’s birthday present) and has gone back to bed. I’m not sure we’ll see her again today !

Half term here for 2 weeks. We’re off to our nearest coastline - 1.5 hrs away for a much needed respite. We’ve rented a seafront house so am looking forward to daily bracing head clearing walks. Both areas are first tier risk for the moment. The school seems to have managed to get to half term with no positive cases which I am frankly amazed/thankful for. Quite a few off school for colds which resulted in negative tests so it’s only a matter of time. It just feels like living under the sword of Damocles.

sansou that sounds so good - maybe a bit jealous of those seaside walks.

@icanbewhatiwant DS got his provisional licence this afternoon .

Half term starts today here for 2 weeks, but that could presumably turn into three weeks of more, after Monday's Welsh assembly announcement which is predicted to put us back into full lockdown (we've been in local lockdown for a few weeks now).

DD says she's happy and loving her new school. What we think she means by that is she's loving her new social life and the freedom; at home, she's absolutely horrible and completely non-compliant with anything we ask her to do.
First report came home yesterday, forecasting B,B,B,C in English lit, drama, geography and psychology, with attitude to learning excellent in the first 2 subjects, good in the other 2.

She's being encouraged to drop a subject (psych) and also EPQ, as she's a SEN student. She says that the amount of work she has to do is a pressure, but tbh, we haven't had any sense that she's struggling; it's more a case of her thinking she'd like to have less to do, so she can spend more time snap chatting her friends.

Hope everyone getting away for half term breaks has an amazing time!

@KingscoteStaff had to smile at your post, your DD is a woman after my own heart! Something so comforting about getting into a clean bed in clean PJs. No matter what time of day it is

We have a briefing session about EPQ in November, Y12 don't start it until later in the year though. DS keen at the moment, fingers crossed that continues.

@FoolsAssassin and others, thank you for the advice on psychology revision, really useful. Pleased and relieved that this seems to be the biggest 'thumbs up' subject for DS1 at the moment - he's got a "Commendation" certificate from his sixth form for his recent psychology assessment and overall work quality. Which is reassuring given that like some others on here I am never sure how much work is actually getting done. No idea how the other two subjects are going as yet, awaiting mid term report with mild trepidation!

@Shimy that's good. Much quicker than ours. We have a friend who sent before us and hasn't received.

Still another week until half term. Part of year 10 are off currently, as a pupil tested positive on a random trial test. Year 12 have had a lot of colds, and negative tests so far. Convinced they all had it in February and March as lots were off with headaches, temperatures and coughs.

DS is taking 4 A Levels, so no EPQ for him, but he's absolutely loving school. Says he's the happiest he's ever been.

And two half termly class awards so far.

@icanbewhatiwant Thanks, hopefully they’ll get theirs soon as well.

@DonaldTrumpsChopper That’s the kind of news we want to hear re: A’levels. Onwards and upwards! .

Just caught up with the new thread (old now!)
Seems most are doing well and happy.
DD is still at college 😊. Still threats from the sociology teacher that if the assessment essay isn't good enough, they will be asked to leave the class
The only assessment she's had for all 3 subjects was a test in sociology where she got 8/8. A great result but out of 8??
She is not tired at all. Online weeks she sleeps til 2 ish then does her work. Online learning consists of PowerPoint slides. Nothing like zoom or interactive lessons. Weeks she's in college, she goes in for the lessons but they're not allowed to stay there for the frees. So back home she comes. Into bed

She said yesterday she doesn't see it as 'school '. Just a building she goes to for lessons. Has made one friend. No extra curricular stuff going on, no cafes open and no tutor groups.

I'm slightly worrying she's going to be up against kids who have been back nearly 2 weeks longer than her, are at school every day and who are getting lots of assessments to check progress. Who have support from teachers every day and who have parents evenings/ progress reports.

This 6th form college is so totally different to school. I'm still keeping everything crossed it works out 🤞

4 days more until half term and counting, having started on 1st Sept it has been a long half term and very intense. DS seems more settled, has some friends and is developing new interests.

Glad to hear some are loving it. Passandra glad she is there, don’t like the sound of the sociology teacher. You have hit on a key point, there is going to be a huge range in the experience this cohort will get. It will widen the already present gaps hugely unfortunately.

@pasanda that college does sound very hands off. Some teens do really develop and thrive under that sort of independence though and at least your daughter isn’t unhappy? The sociology result sounds good, hopefully that will help her cause.

@FoolsAssassin glad to hear he’s making friends and feeling more settled. He’s done really well!

Dd has a training day tomorrow so a short week before half term, much needed I think. Although year 10 ds is the one who’s shattered, despite the fact he’s barely done any homework at home this term!

Happy hols to everyone getting away for a few day's break

We can't go anywhere till the final week of Oct (and I'm not booking until I'm happy the threat of a national 'circuit breaker' is past) but we live by the sea anyway so the bracing walks are always available if dd has a personality transplant and decides to go out for one

She's shut herself in with an Othello essay question this afternoon I'm actually quite shocked at the change in her - I used to spend whole weekends chasing her for her homework diary

Very conscious that we've been lucky in having no covid-related disruption this half term It does feel that we're unfairly blessed tbh - though how long it might stay that way is of course unknown

DD has finished for half term. HT grades have arrived and they're very encouraging, particularly Biology' Maths and Chemistry (which is good for a prospective medic doing IB).

DD is fortunate to have a scheduled 2 week half term and is looking forward to a lot of lie ins and Netflix but she does have a lot of work to do.

DS has another week of school but on Friday his provisional arrived and he has his first lesson booked!

Baseline tests this week...

Hi all, am in the New Forest which is glippin lovely. The change of scenery, walks etc doing us a world of good. It is only a short drive away but we had a cottage hire voucher to use after easter cancellation feels a bit indulgent, being fairly close but hey ho. Dd back to college for 3 tomorrow. Determined to keep getting out and about walking etc throughout winter.

There is a boyfriend on the scene...hope we not heading for heartbreak hotel.

Hi OrangeCinnamon , you aren’t that far from me . Have a lovely time. We will get to New Forest next week for some walking next week hopefully. DD went to one of the colleges over that way for 6th form.

She has decided to stay in uk for this semester and hopefully go out for the next one. I have realised that I’ll have her either starting a postgrad or goimg off abroad at the same time DS starts uni. Dreading it already. DS leaving and the uncertainty of her course this semester with preparations needed to potentially go abroad has really taken its toll . Getting caffeine down me for my 2.5 hour round trip to the station to drop him. Roll on Thursday.