Who else is worried about those in Exam years?

[jndt]

My Year 11 son has 4 months - 4 MONTHS - until his first exams in May.

We still have no idea what's actually going to be on the papers yet and I agree with a lot of pp in thinking they won't happen. Obviously I can't tell ds that is my thinking in case they do as he needs to be ready.

My oldest got CAGs last summer for his A levels and it all worked out for him but I feel my middle son is in a worse position having lost 4 months last year and had 2X2 weeks isolations in the first term of year 11.

[kathrynmc]

I think if the Government had made a decision earlier everyone could have been prepared.

Instead of undertaking one exam at the end of the year they could have held smaller exams after each topic which would have assisted schools and students, instead of fully predicted grades, student would have had to do some work for them.

My daughter is Year 13 and I think under the current situation exams are not the way to go.

A couple of her friends have applied to Universities in Wales and Scotland, one for Medicine, they are competing for places against students from both those areas which haven’t undertaken exams, how is this a level playing field. Even your academic students expected to get all A’s can crack under the pressure this year and his isn’t fair

[Orlando 2004]

Originally Posted by Smilesonfaces

I am trying really hard to get my daughter to accept there will be no prom. She has been planning for it since Year 7 !

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Our school is still planning for prom but I'm not sure it will actually happen. We've been told not to book cars or buy dresses and suits yet. I did already buy DD a dress at the very start of the first lockdown in March. It will probably need some adjustment and she has no shoes but it didn't cost too much if it doesn't go ahead.

[WhereIBelong]

They may also be competing against those from abroad who have completed exams and all of the work required to move on to uni. The homeschooled who have the broad spectrum knowledge, and the previous year or 2 of gap years. The uni admissions will be interested in what the kids have done in this year... how they have increased knowledge and what they have done to contribute... not what they haven't.

Would impress on them that they still need a decent personal statement.

[inky1]

We are in Wales DS is year11 and while exams are not going ahead the amount of actual education they’ve missed is a disgrace .
The whole “home schooling “ thing makes me laugh .
Its not home schooling it’s facilitating homework no more - no less!
If it was reasonable that parents worked full time from home and “taught” their kids we’d have no need of teachers .
The government has let these school years down massively.
They’ve also missed out on a crucial time in their social development .
It worries me than anything else because I can’t do anything about it .Just have to hope for the best .

[babbymint]

Originally Posted by inky1

We are in Wales DS is year11 and while exams are not going ahead the amount of actual education they’ve missed is a disgrace .
The whole “home schooling “ thing makes me laugh .
Its not home schooling it’s facilitating homework no more - no less!
If it was reasonable that parents worked full time from home and “taught” their kids we’d have no need of teachers .
The government has let these school years down massively.
They’ve also missed out on a crucial time in their social development .
It worries me than anything else because I can’t do anything about it .Just have to hope for the best .

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I agree but what is the alternative?

[Apricota]

I’m very concerned. I have two year 11’s. Not looking forward next term and uncertainty. They will do their best, both work so differently and one definitely not as well at home. Also no new content. Revise revise it’s boring.

[Smilesonfaces]

Originally Posted by Orlando 2004

Our school is still planning for prom but I'm not sure it will actually happen. We've been told not to book cars or buy dresses and suits yet. I did already buy DD a dress at the very start of the first lockdown in March. It will probably need some adjustment and she has no shoes but it didn't cost too much if it doesn't go ahead.

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That’s good that your school is planning something for them. Might be a good thing to leave arrangements to last minute because at least it would stop some people going completely over the top !
It sounds insignificant to some people but to a teenage girl the prom really is a big thing. I know that my daughter will be devastated because I don’t think her school will arrange anything.

[Smilesonfaces]

[QUOTE=inky1;14775160]
The whole “home schooling “ thing makes me laugh .
Its not home schooling it’s facilitating homework no more - no less!

Totally agree. My daughter had work set online but no lessons. It was definitely no more than she would have been set as regular homework. She was shocked when she did her mocks when there were whole sections of the exam that they had not covered,

[Floridatilly]

Its a disaster, my daughter is so stressed. She learns better when she is taught in a classroom environment where discussions happen, questions and answers. She is year 13.
Its also having a negative effect on year 10 students because my son has missed so much. He probably isn’t going to achieve any GCSE’s but he us still missing his one to one daily lessons.