Y11 2023-24 continued

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New thread for when the other one fills up, I need somewhere to panic away from my son 😁

I seem to remember a Horizon type program which examined whether there is actually a Maths gene.

Glad your son got his Weimar question yesterday

DS doesn't have an exam this afternoon so I'm planning to call him in sick after lunch so that he can come home and study for Chemistry tomorrow, It's the weakest of the sciences for him and he could do with the quiet revision time.

@Pharos I think having a good teacher in maths (or any subject) is really important. My son struggled with maths - never thought he was any good at the subject - but he's had the same teacher throughout secondary school and he's been fantastic and maths is now one of DS' favourite subjects.

Thank you to all the teachers - you are legends

Fingers crossed that maths p1 is going well for all of our students today and good luck to those with exams this afternoon!

@Stoufer I agree and think it's probably an "all of the above " one.

I'm significantly more grey/wrinkly than I was 6 months ago also

I may have to drink through the entire 2 years

@Wehaditsogood Having now had 3 dcs do A Levels, I actually found them far easier to support than during GCSEs tbh.

Yes the topics are harder/more in depth but in the vast majority of cases they’ll be studying subjects they genuinely enjoy or are interested in, so motivating them to work is generally less of an issue.

That said, I bet #4 will be the exception to the rule 🙄😉

Maths = ‘a bit rubbish’

But that’s just maths as far as I’m concerned ! One step nearer to finishing maths forever for dd!

Which board @Countrylife2002 ?

This is edexcel but maths is DD’s nemesis, always has been. On the positive side, she didn’t cry for the first time!

She said other people seem to have found it hard, but she tends to avoid chat about maths exams…!

Twitter is going apeshit about how hard it was - yay!

Eeek. Edexcel here too.

TSR also very “wtf???” about Edexcel Higher.

Omg I’m so happy maybe she’s managed a 7!

What is tsr? I’m screenshotting and sending it all to her!

TSR= The Student Room

Anyone heard from the trenches how AQA Foundation went ? 😳

I've just tried to console:distract myself with an egg custard and now just feel a bit sick

Is this higher?
DS said the same

DD now surfaced from Edexcel - says it was hard but she kept her head! (This is one of my mantras - there WILL be hard papers, so be the one who keeps your head).

@tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz I'll go and get the gin.

@Pharos Thanks for giving us hope.

Off to The Student Room. How do they know?! The exam lasts 2 hours.

Hope all your Exexcel youngsters are ok x

Yes higher

@Wehaditsogood No it’s a 90-minute paper.

Oh, our timetable says 2 hours and DS has not brought a ticket home yet.

Any news on AQA maths higher?