Second sitting of exam
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:34 pm
We have just returned from the second sitting. I was a bit surprised at the large number of children who were ill or otherwise engaged on the first occasion. We do have a completely genuine reason backed up with written evidence for needing the later date (taking DD1 to Oxford to start her course) but it does occur to me that there would be certain advantages to one's child to take the second test
One would be that for most of the children there (although not DS) it was the 4th day of half term so they were well rested whilst the others had to pitch up on a saturday morning after a week at school.
One mother I spoke to had twins - one had sat the exam 1st time round and the other today - kind of beggars belief that you would not discuss it at home perhaps to give the weaker one a better chance??
One would think that at least where there are twins that both would have to sit the later test where one was ill.
Some of the questions and vocabulary was SO specific that it would be a huge help to have known about it beforehand - perhaps if ones relative sat it first for instance.
One mother I spoke to had one twin sit the exam in the first sitting, poor child threw a wobbly and had to leave after 5 minutes (DS said that would be plenty of time to look through the entire first paper), sitting it again today with twin doing it for the first time.
None of this seems to be great does it?
Perhaps someone could also let me know when it will be ok to post more details about the exam to help people next year?
One would be that for most of the children there (although not DS) it was the 4th day of half term so they were well rested whilst the others had to pitch up on a saturday morning after a week at school.
One mother I spoke to had twins - one had sat the exam 1st time round and the other today - kind of beggars belief that you would not discuss it at home perhaps to give the weaker one a better chance??
One would think that at least where there are twins that both would have to sit the later test where one was ill.
Some of the questions and vocabulary was SO specific that it would be a huge help to have known about it beforehand - perhaps if ones relative sat it first for instance.
One mother I spoke to had one twin sit the exam in the first sitting, poor child threw a wobbly and had to leave after 5 minutes (DS said that would be plenty of time to look through the entire first paper), sitting it again today with twin doing it for the first time.
None of this seems to be great does it?
Perhaps someone could also let me know when it will be ok to post more details about the exam to help people next year?