It was the end of June and so the end of term when I found myself reminded of the reason why I adopted Guineapigmum as my nom de blog. Three years ago (was it really that long ago?) the school decided to bring the Standard Grade exams forward a year. The students would choose their 8 [...]
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Guineapigs
Published August 14th, 2008 in Highers, SQA, School, Standard Grades and Teachers. 2 CommentsTutors - help!
Published June 27th, 2008 in Boys, East Lothian, Edinburgh, SQA and School. 0 CommentsSchool’s out. It’s the last day of term. Yay!
But there’s a small problem, and I know I’m probably too late to post this. Everyone’s suddenly on holiday but we need to find a tutor for English Higher for next term. Can anyone in the East Lothian/Edinburgh area point me in the direction of anyone? So [...]
The personal touch
Published May 22nd, 2008 in Boys, Communication, Highers, SQA, School, Standard Grades, Teachers and Work experience. 2 CommentsSo there we are. External exams are over for another year. Next year will be the big one - GP1/Highers (I’m trembling and pale at the prospect) with GP2/Standard Grades (an entirely different proposition). This year, though, was a relative breeze.
First up there was SVS. Once I’d got my head round the fact that
Some standard reflections
Published August 23rd, 2007 in SQA, School and Standard Grades. 7 CommentsNow that the silly grin is starting to wear off GP1’s face and school is back in earnest, I thought it was time to reflect on our experience of sitting Standard Grades in S3. After all, this is pretty much where I came in, although my blog posts have since ambled off into all sorts of areas [...]
Standard Grade results are out and he’s done just fine! What a relief! I knew it wouldn’t in fact be the end of the world as we know it if he didn’t get the necessary grades - but respectable grades do make it so much more straighforward! He got Credits in the 6 exams he [...]
The top’s just over the next hill
Published November 16th, 2006 in Boys, SQA, School, Standard Grades and Swimming club. 1 CommentIt was S3 parents’ evening last week. We got there early and fully expected to whizz round and be out in time for swimming club. Wrong again! I eventually sent the boys to help out on poolside, OH went to a squash match and I queued for 1/2 hour for the last teacher. Finally arrived at the pool [...]
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