Year 11 - 2024/2025 - In the thick of it!

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New thread. Sorry. Forgot to start it - I hope everyone finds this!

21 for dd, plus her 2 x practical subjects that are done

Oh that’s good. DS has 22 for 9 GCSEs (did one last year) and it feels v intense. Only coursework was PE and that was all school based

Happy to tick Maths 1 off.

Joining the thread a little late but hoping from some moral support o get through the next few weeks.

DD has 21 exams, and is most worried about French and Maths.

She already has one GCSE in the bag as she did RE lat year.

Welcome @TravellingSpoon

Well...
Maths paper 1 will be done by now 😬

Yep DD is home - says it was odd different format to normal (edexcel) no shape questions and needed tracing paper. Was fine and happily answered questions just different to what she expected - lots of ratio questions as well

Just heard from my daughter about Maths, she said it was very easy so is now expecting the next 2 papers to be much harder. History tomorrow.

God, just heard from DD re: higher maths paper 1 (non calc) everyone found it very difficult - kids crying all over the place she said it was horrible 😭 All the rest have been ok so far

Which board @PalePinkPeony?
Poor dd :(

DD says it was the easiest Maths paper she’s seen, and fewer questions than normal. I hope she checked it well, and spotted the silly mistakes she’s liable to make.

Edexcel- the higher paper. And this is a grammar school too.

Sounds like we’ve had reports on at least two different exam boards so far.

Don’t know DD was edexcel and she said fewer questions as well odd format different topics to normal

Which exam board? Foundation or higher?

My DD is also doing edexcel higher paper and she said she thoght it was different to the practice papers. She thought there was less questions.

I don't know much about the edexcel paper, sorry

DD has reported the same and I’m also hoping she checked it well. Hers was higher paper and school list it as Pearson which I think is Edexcel when I’ve looked online?

For lots to be in tears it must have been very different to what they were expecting / have practiced

Hopefully the other two papers will be closer to what they have been told to expect. I hate the idea of children so upset by an exam.

Did she have tracing paper as well?

Yes definitely less questions and just different.
that is all I get it was just different to expected

Oh no, poor kids. Is your daughter ok? There are 2 more papers so plenty of marks to still get.

Well wishes to all, especially @ChannelLightVessel , take care of yourself.
I think we all need to congratulate ourselves (everyone on this thread) for coping so well in these tricky times.

Ds2 said geography was ok yesterday. its not his favourite subject, he can't wait for RE, spanish, geography and business to be over.
Hope maths goes ok for all today.

She has another exam this afternoon - she gave me only a quick text as they don’t use phones in school (locked away) not sure how she’s got it out.
Will find out later but she just said that it went badly, was difficult and lots of students in tears.

No study leave until after half term so I won’t hear any more until she’s home after school. She didn’t say anything about format / number of questions. Will see if she’ll say much more later or just be straight onto focusing on the next one.

Me too. There is so much pressure on them..