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Current Year 11 2021/2022 support thread pt III

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StColumbofNavron · 20/04/2022 11:54

Thread for the parents of DC sitting their GCSEs in about 4 weeks time - eek.

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Lightsabre · 16/05/2022 13:34

Best of luck to everyone starting today. Ds has 6 this week and 3 the week after then half term will be non stop cramming I'm sure! He seems a bit calmer than he was before his mocks but stress tends to come out as stomach pains for him so he might complain of those tonight or tomorrow.

Condolences to you @aramox1.

PeekAtYou · 16/05/2022 15:06

Good luck everyone. Ds is doing his first exam today (Computer Science). He is a urprisingly calm but not the type to panic anyway.

daffodilandtulip · 16/05/2022 17:06

RE done ✅
She spent the whole drive home trying to work out how many marks she's dropped 🙄. Sounds like she's done well but she's a perfectionist who's never pleased with herself.

LouisCatorze · 16/05/2022 17:08

Never think forensic analysis of exams is a good idea. I stopped DD in her tracks when she was about to start on that for her RE paper.

Rollergirl11 · 16/05/2022 17:54

DD thinks she’s done okay on the RE paper although she was telling me about one of her friends who missed out an entire 12 marker because he didn’t see it! 🤦‍♀️ Apparently he didn’t seem too bothered though.

Silkierabbit · 16/05/2022 18:34

RE and computing done here though no news of those other than she did them and about 10 messages and videos of Mr Floof. Apparently DD has had a good day, glad about that as she had no sleep last night though was cuddling Mr Floof. But still 5 exams to go this week. Just had my chemotherapy.

zighead · 16/05/2022 18:48

Hope you're feeling as well as can be expected @Silkierabbit Daffodil
Sounds like all those with exams today got off to a good start.
My DS has biology and computer science tomorrow and then two exams Thursday and Maths on Friday. This is his busiest week so will be good to get it out of the way.

Womblesaremyfavouritefood · 16/05/2022 18:54

One down, 19 to go. Still upright (just).

StColumbofNavron · 16/05/2022 19:12

Well done today's cohort. Onwards ....

@Silkierabbit hope you are getting some Mr Floof love too.

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MirandaWest · 16/05/2022 19:50

DD said RE was fine.

@Nard75 my DS is also year 13 so will have his first external exams next week too. He has finally started properly working which is good.

Have realised I don't know how many exams DD has in total. About 25 or so I think...

Another 5 to go this week.

Nard75 · 16/05/2022 19:55

@MirandaWest I checked and DS2 has 25 exams and DS1 has 10 exams. It is all a bit intense at the moment but just glad that they have started.

MirandaWest · 16/05/2022 20:03

I know DS has 8 exams. Although he has 2 days with 2 each which he feels is a bit unfair!

legosnowqueen · 16/05/2022 20:42

@aramox1 sorry for your loss.
@Silkierabbit hope you're ok.
Glad to hear today's exams have gone okay for those DCs who've had them.
DS is dreading biology tomorrow, I'm not sure how much revision he has done today but he's been quite grumpy. The other 4 exams this week are his best subjects so hope his confidence & mood will improve.

MirandaWest · 16/05/2022 21:22

Have checked with DD and she has 25 exams in total. So 4% of them done.

Biology tomorrow…

StColumbofNavron · 16/05/2022 22:04

DS1 appears to currently writing long hand notes for biology tomorrow! Suspect it is a little late, though he said he was writing out to recap. Apparently he will be going to bed at 11.

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PaddingtonPaddington · 16/05/2022 22:12

DS said computer science was ok today so that’s 1 down and 23 to go! I’m glad he got off to a good start. Biology tomorrow and have just gone through a stack of flash cards with him and now he’s off to get some sleep.

Fizbosshoes · 16/05/2022 22:13

DD has made some biology flashcards today because apparently this is active rather than passive revision, she will also use them for the next biology exam

QueenMabby · 16/05/2022 22:18

DS's light is out!! Early night for him. He's done his night before stuff on Seneca.

Rollergirl11 · 16/05/2022 22:48

DD is going to bed now and planning to get up at 6.30 to do one last 40 min sesh for Biology.

Good luck everyone for tomorrow!

Silkierabbit · 17/05/2022 01:30

Mine is still up but did send me this very cute picture at 1.15am! 1 exam tomorrow and another 4 this week. Think someone should be joining Mr Floof in sleeping but they are so cute together.

Current Year 11 2021/2022 support thread pt III
aramox1 · 17/05/2022 05:48

Thanks all x So glad yesterday's bunch survived ok! Pet love is definitely booming here too. Dreading waiting for ds to leave the house today for his first , he loves to cut it fine. 28 exams here i think, 6 this week. 35 years ago when I did mine, was that just one paper per subject? I think so. Best luck for Biology all!

daffodilandtulip · 17/05/2022 07:13

@LouisCatorze she did it all the way through both sets of mocks. Drives me batty but she was oddly accurate! She nags me when it's a subject I know, to go through it with her. Luckily, biology isn't my thing so I can avoid that today!

StColumbofNavron · 17/05/2022 07:38

DS1 is about to leave, usually he runs out at 8.15. Apparently form rooms are available for revision so he is going in.

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LouisCatorze · 17/05/2022 08:16

Sorry @daffodilandtulip I probably sounded a bit sharp when I said that. Yes, I can well understand the high-achievers/very invested students doing that. DD did start (she's neither of those things) but I stopped her in her tracks as I think is just causes more anxiety potentially.

DD is already at school! She has a journey that could take 15 minutes on public transport or an hour depending on traffic and weather conditions, so has rightly chosen to go in early to avoid 'am I going to get there on time?' stress. Who needs that? And of course it gives her some quality revision time with one of her besties who is more exam savvy than she is (so hoping for some 12th hour inspiration).

Loving the picture of the puss tucked up for the night! Lots of cat therapy in our house with our 'girls' too.

DD had a bit of a meltdown with her biology revision yesterday evening. Thankfully she emerged the other side (after about an hour of ranting) and did a couple more hours in a calm and collected manner. Not looking forward to having to go through that for chemistry and physics too.

Sure we had more than one paper in some subjects (maybe not English language?). I recall a chemistry paper that was 50 multiple choice questions and pretty sure that wasn't the only one. It really would have been 'eggs all in one basket' otherwise, and prejudicial to girls (although that likely wouldn't have even been considered in years gone by) who may have been feeling less than 100% if on their period?

DD was fast asleep by 9.30pm here. I can see bedtime getting earlier and earlier as exam season goes on. She used to be an owl but has been much calmer since she's been getting her required number of hours sleep in (for the past year or so). But it does mean that her evenings are relatively short in terms of how much revision she can fit in, and she's more of an evening worker than a morning one for sure.

Good luck to everyone with biology 1 today.

IThinkIMadeItWorse · 17/05/2022 08:33

All the best to everyone doing Biology paper 1 today. DS did some biology seneca yesterday afternoon but yesterday evening we discovered by accident that Mr Salles was doing a live on youtube talking about English Language paper 1 so we watched that. He said it was helpful. It's probably still available if anyone has time to watch it before tomorrow!

I'm sure I only had about 10 exams, lots of coursework when I did GCSEs. Mind you that was 30 years ago!

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