quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Hi Mary
Hey Ditty
Hey Ditty
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
HELLO Mrs B! Try the nursey outfit out on MrB...may cheer him up!
Like this???
quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:
Mazzy
How are the exams going?
Meh...idk really. Not that well. I think I'm going to do rubbish in them all. I've got psychology tomorrow and should be revising but I want to relax lots more.
How're you?
I'm sure you're doing just fine Maz. You've been working hard for months.
I'm good but feeling the pressure of exam time a little myself.
I'm having sleepless nights worrying about whether my Y11's and 12's are revising hard enough.
I'm doing revision sessions most lunch times and after school and constantly worrying I'm not covering the right stuff. Roll on tomorrow when it's study leave and out of my hands. 
quote:Originally posted by MrsB:quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
HELLO Mrs B! Try the nursey outfit out on MrB...
Like this???
Yeaah... I can't out sexy you (she says looking at the little yellow ball nursey she pulled out... compared the the full on sex kitten MrsB posted)...
as you were MrsB... you're doing a grand job
(no wonder the poor bugger has sciatica
)
quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:
Mazzy
How are the exams going?
Meh...idk really. Not that well. I think I'm going to do rubbish in them all. I've got psychology tomorrow and should be revising but I want to relax lots more.
How're you?
I'm sure you're doing just fine Maz. You've been working hard for months.
I'm good but feeling the pressure of exam time a little myself.
I'm having sleepless nights worrying about whether my Y11's and 12's are revising hard enough.
Our year 11's are not allowed study leave - they offically leave next week but have lessons until then
quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:
Mazzy
How are the exams going?
Meh...idk really. Not that well. I think I'm going to do rubbish in them all. I've got psychology tomorrow and should be revising but I want to relax lots more.
How're you?
I'm sure you're doing just fine Maz. You've been working hard for months.
I'm good but feeling the pressure of exam time a little myself.
I'm having sleepless nights worrying about whether my Y11's and 12's are revising hard enough.
My study leave began today but it means nothing to me, I get so much more done at college than at home.
I had an after college English lesson today which was cool. I don't think I've gone home at half 3 when college ends once this year
snaffly 
Mary are these your AS levels???
Mary are these your AS levels???
quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Rekaf:
hi mary.............
You've been back for 98 posts and this is the first time I've bumped into you
Hello
sorry mary.......i see you have 542 posts.....all crying out for me......
quote:Originally posted by rosgirl:
snaffly
Mary are these your AS levels???
They are indeed. I've got them all really close together, my first one was last week and my last two are Wednesday.
My daughters study leave started Monday (hence my mega lay ins) ... she's year 11!
And stressed out just like you lot!
And stressed out just like you lot!
quote:Originally posted by Rekaf:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Rekaf:
hi mary.............
You've been back for 98 posts and this is the first time I've bumped into you
Hello
sorry mary.......i see you have 542 posts.....all crying out for me......
542? I'm slacking!
quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:
Mazzy
How are the exams going?
Meh...idk really. Not that well. I think I'm going to do rubbish in them all. I've got psychology tomorrow and should be revising but I want to relax lots more.
How're you?
I'm sure you're doing just fine Maz. You've been working hard for months.
I'm good but feeling the pressure of exam time a little myself.
I'm having sleepless nights worrying about whether my Y11's and 12's are revising hard enough.
My study leave began today but it means nothing to me, I get so much more done at college than at home.
I had an after college English lesson today which was cool. I don't think I've gone home at half 3 when college ends once this year
Most of my students have been saying the EXACT same thing. I would normally have a double lesson tomorrow morning with Y12 (who also actually finished today officially) and most of them are coming in anyway.
Oooh Mary... my daughter did her AS level today! (only one she's doing, rest are GCSE's).
But I will say to you, what I say to her... if you've done the work, you'll be ok. Biggest problem is stressing it, and losing sleep, and last minute cramming etc.
Also..... nothing is the end of the world... nothing! There is always a way...
But I will say to you, what I say to her... if you've done the work, you'll be ok. Biggest problem is stressing it, and losing sleep, and last minute cramming etc.
Also..... nothing is the end of the world... nothing! There is always a way...
quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:
Mazzy
How are the exams going?
Meh...idk really. Not that well. I think I'm going to do rubbish in them all. I've got psychology tomorrow and should be revising but I want to relax lots more.
How're you?
I'm sure you're doing just fine Maz. You've been working hard for months.
I'm good but feeling the pressure of exam time a little myself.
I'm having sleepless nights worrying about whether my Y11's and 12's are revising hard enough.
My study leave began today but it means nothing to me, I get so much more done at college than at home.
I had an after college English lesson today which was cool. I don't think I've gone home at half 3 when college ends once this year
Most of my students have been saying the EXACT same thing. I would normally have a double lesson tomorrow morning with Y12 (who also actually finished today officially) and most of them are coming in anyway.
Hahah yeah, I reallly don't get the point in study leave. I can't think of one person who doesn't use it go to parties/sleep all day.
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Oooh Mary... my daughter did her AS level today! (only one she's doing, rest are GCSE's).
But I will say to you, what I say to her... if you've done the work, you'll be ok. Biggest problem is stressing it, and losing sleep, and last minute cramming etc.
Also..... nothing is the end of the world... nothing! There is always a way...
Listen to her Maz. She may look like a dippy cow (I am referring only to the av of course
) but she's wise is this one. 
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Oooh Mary... my daughter did her AS level today! (only one she's doing, rest are GCSE's).
But I will say to you, what I say to her... if you've done the work, you'll be ok. Biggest problem is stressing it, and losing sleep, and last minute cramming etc.
Also..... nothing is the end of the world... nothing! There is always a way...
Oooh. What did she do? That's really good
And I've really not revised enough for psychology, I only started on Sunday
quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Oooh Mary... my daughter did her AS level today! (only one she's doing, rest are GCSE's).
But I will say to you, what I say to her... if you've done the work, you'll be ok. Biggest problem is stressing it, and losing sleep, and last minute cramming etc.
Also..... nothing is the end of the world... nothing! There is always a way...
Oooh. What did she do? That's really good
And I've really not revised enough for psychology, I only started on Sunday
you must have been conditioned........was it classical or operant........
On the subject of schools and stuff, I have officially entered smug mode! My eldest has just been awarded a place at a summer school for the top 5% of the kids in the area. He is something af a maths and science genius (mebbe a slight mum exaggeration, but I don't care!) and is happy to give up part of his summer hols to do this. It's part of an accelerated GCSE thing and will hopefully secure him a place at the upper school he is desperate to go to. He's only 11 and I'm soooooo proud of him.....the summer school is based at the school he wants to go to, so here's hoping!
quote:Originally posted by Rekaf:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Oooh Mary... my daughter did her AS level today! (only one she's doing, rest are GCSE's).
But I will say to you, what I say to her... if you've done the work, you'll be ok. Biggest problem is stressing it, and losing sleep, and last minute cramming etc.
Also..... nothing is the end of the world... nothing! There is always a way...
Oooh. What did she do? That's really good
And I've really not revised enough for psychology, I only started on Sunday
you must have been conditioned........was it classical or operant........
It was classical, with a white rabbit and some cymbols behind my head every time I saw it.
quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Oooh Mary... my daughter did her AS level today! (only one she's doing, rest are GCSE's).
But I will say to you, what I say to her... if you've done the work, you'll be ok. Biggest problem is stressing it, and losing sleep, and last minute cramming etc.
Also..... nothing is the end of the world... nothing! There is always a way...
Oooh. What did she do? That's really good
And I've really not revised enough for psychology, I only started on Sunday
firstly LOL at Ducky!!
I can only give you a parents point of view... and a students (accesses ancient recesses of memory!)
My daughter did AS engineering today. She didn't do as well as she hoped in the mock... but came out quite happy today, as she'd really worked on her metal properties. Also the product they were given was a washing machine.... which due to ours breaking down, she had some idea how one worked).
BUT... I always tell my kids this... yes exams are important, yes you need to put the work in... BUT, if IF the worst happens, there are other ways. This is what you need to bare in mind when you are stressing.
I did A levels Mary... imo they are the hardest of all the exams... the breadth of knowledge is massive... and they are such a massive jump from gcse. I had to retake a couple of my AS's the following xmas.... it wasn't the end of the world... I still got the A level. xxx
quote:Originally posted by MrsB:
On the subject of schools and stuff, I have officially entered smug mode! My eldest has just been awarded a place at a summer school for the top 5% of the kids in the area. He is something af a maths and science genius (mebbe a slight mum exaggeration, but I don't care!) and is happy to give up part of his summer hols to do this. It's part of an accelerated GCSE thing and will hopefully secure him a place at the upper school he is desperate to go to. He's only 11 and I'm soooooo proud of him.....the summer school is based at the school he wants to go to, so here's hoping!
Wow.. that sounds great. He takes after his mum then.
quote:Originally posted by Baz:
Evening troopers----delivery for mrs B
Baz quote:Originally posted by Duckypup:quote:Originally posted by MrsB:
On the subject of schools and stuff, I have officially entered smug mode! My eldest has just been awarded a place at a summer school for the top 5% of the kids in the area. He is something af a maths and science genius (mebbe a slight mum exaggeration, but I don't care!) and is happy to give up part of his summer hols to do this. It's part of an accelerated GCSE thing and will hopefully secure him a place at the upper school he is desperate to go to. He's only 11 and I'm soooooo proud of him.....the summer school is based at the school he wants to go to, so here's hoping!
Wow.. that sounds great. He takes after his mum then.
Indeed he does! Remind me to post pics on MM of him and then me at his age...it's not just his brains he gets from me!!!!!
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Oooh Mary... my daughter did her AS level today! (only one she's doing, rest are GCSE's).
But I will say to you, what I say to her... if you've done the work, you'll be ok. Biggest problem is stressing it, and losing sleep, and last minute cramming etc.
Also..... nothing is the end of the world... nothing! There is always a way...
Oooh. What did she do? That's really good
And I've really not revised enough for psychology, I only started on Sunday
firstly LOL at Ducky!!
I can only give you a parents point of view... and a students (accesses ancient recesses of memory!)
My daughter did AS engineering today. She didn't do as well as she hoped in the mock... but came out quite happy today, as she'd really worked on her metal properties. Also the product they were given was a washing machine.... which due to ours breaking down, she had some idea how one worked).
BUT... I always tell my kids this... yes exams are important, yes you need to put the work in... BUT, if IF the worst happens, there are other ways. This is what you need to bare in mind when you are stressing.
I did A levels Mary... imo they are the hardest of all the exams... the breadth of knowledge is massive... and they are such a massive jump from gcse. I had to retake a couple of my AS's the following xmas.... it wasn't the end of the world... I still got the A level. xxx
Awwh yay! I hope she did well in it
And apparently they are harder than even being at uni
I'm surprised I've still managed to sustain my five, but it's killing me now
And yeah, I am kind of living with the 'it can all be redone in January' thing. Which I think may have to happen with English-whoever decided to make an exam on Pride and Prejudice and 15 poems a closed text exam deserves to be shot.
And thanks btw
quote:Originally posted by MrsB:
On the subject of schools and stuff, I have officially entered smug mode! My eldest has just been awarded a place at a summer school for the top 5% of the kids in the area. He is something af a maths and science genius (mebbe a slight mum exaggeration, but I don't care!) and is happy to give up part of his summer hols to do this. It's part of an accelerated GCSE thing and will hopefully secure him a place at the upper school he is desperate to go to. He's only 11 and I'm soooooo proud of him.....the summer school is based at the school he wants to go to, so here's hoping!
WELL DONE MRSB!! Can't beat the smug parent buzz!
MrsB.... for gods sake go to the Ogden Trusts website... they are a trust for kids gifted in maths and physics (and sciences in younger kids)... they offer full scholarships to top private schools for both secondary schools and 6th form. My daughter has a full boarding scholarship starting next year... is worth a total of 70k!
oh gawd Mary.... Pride & Prejudice!!!! We are going through that 'delight' here... is a GCSE thing too.
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
oh gawd Mary.... Pride & Prejudice!!!! We are going through that 'delight' here... is a GCSE thing too.
It's the most boring, overrated, repetative book I've ever read.
It took me 40 chapters to start enjoying it.
How many times does Austen want to make the point that marriage as an economical agreement is bad and that high ranking members of society are generally not all that?
Gosh - all this sounds very competetitive - I think we must be in the Dark ages in Wales - Most kids here go to their local comp or welsh medium schools
I am Gifted / talented co - ordinator in school
- so am interested in any thing to do with G and T
I am Gifted / talented co - ordinator in school
- so am interested in any thing to do with G and T
quote:Originally posted by rosgirl:
Gosh - all this sounds very competetitive - I think we must be in the Dark ages in Wales - Most kids here go to their local comp or welsh medium schools
I am Gifted / talented co - ordinator in school
- so am interested in any thing to do with G and T
I used to be on the G&T list. I felt welll special
lmao Mary... daughter just read that... she wants to bitch about P&P with you!!
Her english teacher keeps saying "we like lizzy because........."
whereas daughter thinks "I hate lizzy, shes a stooopid stuck up..." (oooh, told her off for how that sentence finished!!!!)
Her english teacher keeps saying "we like lizzy because........."
whereas daughter thinks "I hate lizzy, shes a stooopid stuck up..." (oooh, told her off for how that sentence finished!!!!)
quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by rosgirl:
Gosh - all this sounds very competetitive - I think we must be in the Dark ages in Wales - Most kids here go to their local comp or welsh medium schools
I am Gifted / talented co - ordinator in school
- so am interested in any thing to do with G and T
I used to be on the G&T list. I felt welll special
They have a special programme in school + extended homework tasks + hoping to develop it further. We identify the top 10 - 20% in each year group
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:quote:Originally posted by MrsB:
On the subject of schools and stuff, I have officially entered smug mode! My eldest has just been awarded a place at a summer school for the top 5% of the kids in the area. He is something af a maths and science genius (mebbe a slight mum exaggeration, but I don't care!) and is happy to give up part of his summer hols to do this. It's part of an accelerated GCSE thing and will hopefully secure him a place at the upper school he is desperate to go to. He's only 11 and I'm soooooo proud of him.....the summer school is based at the school he wants to go to, so here's hoping!
WELL DONE MRSB!! Can't beat the smug parent buzz!
MrsB.... for gods sake go to the Ogden Trusts website... they are a trust for kids gifted in maths and physics (and sciences in younger kids)... they offer full scholarships to top private schools for both secondary schools and 6th form. My daughter has a full boarding scholarship starting next year... is worth a total of 70k!
He would probably love that...but I would weep like a baby!!!! I'll have a look into it and see what it says....Thanks for that and big well done to Little Ditty
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
lmao Mary... daughter just read that... she wants to bitch about P&P with you!!
Her english teacher keeps saying "we like lizzy because........."
whereas daughter thinks "I hate lizzy, shes a stooopid stuck up..." (oooh, told her off for how that sentence finished!!!!)
For Ditty's daughter >>>>
quote:Originally posted by rosgirl:
Gosh - all this sounds very competetitive - I think we must be in the Dark ages in Wales - Most kids here go to their local comp or welsh medium schools
I am Gifted / talented co - ordinator in school
- so am interested in any thing to do with G and T
Ros... I am not totally up to speed with their involvement in anything other than 6th form (cos thats the scholarship my daughter went for)... but here is the link The Ogden Trust
We were approached about the scholarship cos daughter attended a masterclass last year with the Smallpeice Trust (for kids interesting in engineering & design technology). She went on a motorsports engineering course.... from that she was selected as a possible candidate for the Reeds School scholarship sponsored by Ogden Trust & Toshiba.
Smallpeice Trust link The Smallpeice Trust
quote:Originally posted by MrsB:
He would probably love that...but I would weep like a baby!!!! I'll have a look into it and see what it says....Thanks for that and big well done to Little Ditty
I am weeping like a baby... I will be weeping like a baby. But she has promised to stalk me on here.
(they do have Suffolk day student scholarships too)
quote:Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
lmao Mary... daughter just read that... she wants to bitch about P&P with you!!
Her english teacher keeps saying "we like lizzy because........."
whereas daughter thinks "I hate lizzy, shes a stooopid stuck up..." (oooh, told her off for how that sentence finished!!!!)
I hate Lizzie too. She really, really irrites me. I can just imagine if I met her in real life she'd be really away with the fairies and think of herself as an enigma. I voiced my opinions on her in class and my teacher was outraged 'cause she loves Austen and Lizzie especially.
quote:Originally posted by rosgirl:
Gosh - all this sounds very competetitive - I think we must be in the Dark ages in Wales - Most kids here go to their local comp or welsh medium schools
I am Gifted / talented co - ordinator in school
- so am interested in any thing to do with G and T
The school that runs the summer school is one of the best schools going...I want to go there...they are so encouraging and inspiring. I'm going to go into major lioness mode to get him in there ...they don't want to deny a mini-Bod his dream!!!
quote:Originally posted by rosgirl:quote:Originally posted by mary_bee:quote:Originally posted by rosgirl:
Gosh - all this sounds very competetitive - I think we must be in the Dark ages in Wales - Most kids here go to their local comp or welsh medium schools
I am Gifted / talented co - ordinator in school
- so am interested in any thing to do with G and T
I used to be on the G&T list. I felt welll special
They have a special programme in school + extended homework tasks + hoping to develop it further. We identify the top 10 - 20% in each year group
Ooh I never got to do that. I got to go to extra lessons at times and I'm doing an extended university project thing.