Chucky Mama Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Good luck to all of you out there taking GCSEs. English Literature today and lots in the coming weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Yes. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 My ED is doing her English Lit this morning. She has revised well, but was not looking forward to her longest exam 2.5hrs, she normallly goes to the loo every hour in the morning, she has a phobia of not being able to go which is so much better now than it was a year ago, but she was afraid that it might rear it's ugly head again today. She seemed ok when she left the house this morning, so fingers crossed here. She has a morning and an afternoon exam tomorrow. Chemistry and Product Design. My DS did his first paper for his Geology last Thursday. he has done this course as a voluntary extra during 3 lunchbreaks per week since September. The exam in previous years hasn't been until mid June, but this time it is nearly a month earlier which means that they haven't even finished the syllabus He is only in year 9 and he has taken this pretty seriously and thinks that he did well on Thursday, he also did well in his coursework, so there is just his final paper on Friday. I am hoping that he will do well which will give him a confidence boost into the rest of his GCSE's in two years time. Good luck to everyone else doing exams this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 DS2 is doing Eng Lit too - had RE and Spanish Listening yesterday and 2 Physcology exams last week......good luck to him and everybody else taking them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 ES did French Speaking a couple of weeks ago. He is actually quite stressed re English Lit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Good luck everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Good luck to everyone with exams at this time. My DD is doing her finals and has her penultimate French exam, she doesn't think the others have gone so well so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for these next two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Good luck I started a-level exams today, Business Studies. Was an alright exam - managed to get everything done but could have done with a bit longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Good luck Lewis, what other subjects are you doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Thanks Biology, Physics + General Studies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 My two are both taking exams at the moment. Daughter is on GCSEs and son on AS levels. They are currently both on study leave squabbling very loudly downstairs while I'm trying to get some work done!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 At least I only have one on study leave and she is good company, I do have to keep kicking or off upstairs to do some work though. We went to the supermarket on the way back after picking her up from school at lunchtime and the lady on the checkout said that at the local school the children get a report card signed if they are seen out between 9am and 3pm when on study leave. This seems a bit daft to me because they do need a break from time to time, ED went for a walk down to our local shops where there are quite a few charity shops yesterday, she was only gone just over an hour, but as a result she had a break and slept well last night. if they are cooped up at home all the time they will just get ratty and frustrated. She though English Lit. was ok today, she could have done with a few more of her favourite type of questions, but overall thought it went well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Good Luck! This was me just last year, so I know what it's like! I had my first AS exam yesterday...a maths retake Although the paper was much better than last time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Good luck to all . Mine are in the middle of Int 2s and Highers/A Highers too . Six to go for YS and only one for ES - then that's him finished school apart from prizegiving . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 My two are both taking exams at the moment. Daughter is on GCSEs and son on AS levels. They are currently both on study leave squabbling very loudly downstairs while I'm trying to get some work done!!!! I'm doing A2 + Nat (brother) is GCSE ... its really annoying having someone else in the house For my GCSE + AS study leave I had the house to myself so silent when I wanted, then could put music on, cook whenever and now he's here its all change I've got 6 left - 2 weeks off then they all come up together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily95 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I had English Lit today, and I think it went well Haven't got any now until after half term, but I had my German oral a couple of weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 My daughter had her eng lit today. I got fed up with hearing about Of Mice and Men: it's so depressing (and I'm sure it was on the syllabus when I did my english, rather a long time ago..). She has Chemistry tomorrow, and son has AS Maths. I've been having a go at marking the test papers for them so they can have a bit of feedback. Whoever said that it is easier now than it was "when we did it" ought to have a go at the papers. (edit: I think he might be on his own for next year's exams !!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Devon has her AS exams at the moment too.....French earlier this week,and apparently it was a pig. Cleo is taking exams too,in conjunction with her Diploma. This time next year it will be A levels and GCSEs for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 ED has just done her Chemistry and said that it went very well, but everyone seemed to say that, so she thinks that the grade boundaries will be high. She has her Design Technology, product design this afternoon, a break tomorrow and physics on Friday. DS has his final Geology paper on Friday too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 ED has just done her Chemistry and said that it went very well, but everyone seemed to say that, so she thinks that the grade boundaries will be high. Sounds like she's doing the same board as mine: AQA? My DD is doing the separate science option, and said that noone found it that easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 Yes I think that it is AQA that she is doing. She has done each science seperately too, she thought her biology on Friday was pretty tough, but fortunately she got A*'s in the previous 2 modules, so hopefully she should be fine. She is doing physics this Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 We are OCR for sciences so we have them to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbag Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I had my AS applied science exam today. It was so awful! And I need to get a B in it to get a B overall! . I'm pretty sure I got something more along the lines of an E. I'm so worried about it especially as universities look at the AS marks. Xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 You should be ok Megan If everyone found it hard the grade boundaries will reflect it And if you don't get the B ... I flunked my AS's and then ended up getting all 5 Uni offers, so its not the end of the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 27, 2010 Share Posted May 27, 2010 I hope that it wasn't as bad as you think. My ED came back from her first GCSE Biology module last year in floods of tears thinking it was awful and she got an A*. Fingers crossed for you. She had her first 'disaster' yesterday in her Product Design, it seems that her teacher, who she has got on really well with, hadn't covered enough of the curriculum and there were quite a few questions which they hadn't even touched on let alone done in detail. She was so upset because she has put hours into both the written coursework and her practical. She was told by this teacher when she had done all this that it was upto A Level standard then she told her just before the written exam that she had only got a low A for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
