GCSE supporting - to half term, and beyond!

[SheilaFentiman]

Making a new thread to support half term revision and the set of GCSEs afterwards!

HippyChickMama
At DS2’s school they only offer the International Baccalaureate qualification and it they also push hard for the students to stay, rather than go to another local school to do A levels. The majority leave.
It’s interesting to know that re clearing.

I think the partial agreement was because the marks scheme required the answer to be evaluative so mostly agreeing but slotting in a ‘however’ was the easiest way. Works the other way too of course.

The IB is accepted as an alternative to A levels for university entry, the EBacc is a performance indicator for schools and is of no benefit to students, other than to steer them towards more 'academic' subjects. There isn't a sixth form at ds's school, it's an academy and the sixth form is at another site. Thankfully, because I'm not overly impressed with his school, he has no interest in going there and has a conditional place at a sixth form college that offers his choice of A levels

Spanish went “ok” this morning as DD now home after signing herself out to do maths revision at home with no distractions in school but maybe a bit of love island catch up too… I’m not worried she’s pretty self motivated and needs some de/stress time first before maths which is a strong subject for her.

DD said Spanish went OK too. She said Listening was good and reading had some tough bits but OK overall and better than mocks. I thinks thats the best we can hope for.

How is the Maths and History revision going? It seems a bit intense here, and DS is very low. Trying to watch Harry Potter again. We are on Deathly Hallows at least I think. Ffs ! Lol I have told him he can watch ALL the damn Harry Potters back to back in two weeks because youngest ds will be in school, me and DH not home all day so he can have the whole house to himself. I am fighting Harry Potter here. Okay. Maths.

He’ll be up in the morning I guess revising and spending good revising time watching Harry Potter. Seems backwards to me. Being predicted good grades has made him cocky and complacent with bouts of panic revising.
I would love to give up.

I meant Okay maths now at least, since that what he wants to do for his A level. And he thinks he did so badly on paper 1. Making small mistakes and not answering all. Even forgetting formulas. I just don’t get it. I’d expect him to be studying more intensely instead of whatever this is with Harry Potter.

DD is revising for her Maths with Harry Potter on in the background

I asked her about the Life of Pi question and she said she agreed with it and looked for the funny bits. Turns out everyone came out of the exam saying 'yip, yip, yip' to each other so I guess they all saw the comedy in it.

I think I can hear DD revising behind me (pen clicking, we are working in the same room) but don't want to look in case she stops and wants a natter! She is such a procrastinator. She's had all day but only just got down to it in last 10mins.

When I had my GCSEs I remember a sudden obsession with watching Inspector Morse.

I watched a lot of The Man from Uncle

DD is back from the 35 minute paper on Islam (RE short course), which seems to have gone OK though I'm not sure her definitions of prophets and angels are going to get her that many marks.

Back to the flipping Cold War. Why is there so much of it - it's only half a paper!

We had panic this morning - the school very late afternoon to let in be known they could stay home on study leave if they just had an afternoon exam - so DS finally decided to do so.

DD2 went into school - then a barrage of phones from her and his friends worried sick he wasn't there as they had RS exam this morning.

The exam sheet by door said this afternoon - took ages to boot computer up while DS was running around preparing to run in - finally got exam board timetable up - and we were right was this afternoon. It's really nice they cared - bu they were wrong they sat it with him this afternoon.

He spent this morning at home working himself up just afternoon exams really don't suit him - I was the same. It's done now - I would have said he wasn't that bothered but when it came to it he did want to do well.

Ds said RS was a difficult paper and they all found it hard. However another one bites the dust!

Ds isn't half way yet. Is anyone else the same?

When I did my GCSEs I became a huge cricket fan having never watched it before or since. If there had been a GCSE in cricket I would have been laughing.

I can’t remember procrastinating this much or being this cocky.

I could have written your post word for word. Zero Spanish revision done here for today's exam....just maths and History for tomorrow

DS just got past half way - it's full on to Monday - then 7 days then last one.

But he has benefited from doing so many last year at end of Y10.

I watched & played a lot of football during mine( Italia 90!)

I could have written your post word for word. Zero Spanish revision done here for today's exam....just maths and History for tomorrow

Exactly the same here! Ds also definitely sacrificed Spanish, sadly! 🤦‍♀️

Ds been alone all day today. He says he's done some maths but it looks like History is the subject that's taking a back seat. History, Geography and separate sciences as well as everything else has been tough. He never wanted to take History but they didn't rub Philosophy and Beliefs which is what he really wanted to take so had to pick something else which ended up ad History.

Spanish was quite hard and physics was just ok, apparently.

Sigh. I hope he is ok for maths tomorrow

I keep getting worried when people are doing exams on different days to my DS.
Spanish was this morning but physics is Friday. I hope. Else he missed it!

DD also has physics on Friday