Transfer Test AQE 2014-2015

Cherryscone

Good Luck to all the Children and Well done to the Parents for Surviving .

Mr_Bun

That's the same as us trigger,our daughter got a diet coke as a treat,lol.
So glad it's all over,they have all worked so hard and hopefully we will be celebrating next year:beer:
When do the results come out?

Veggie_Northern_Ireland

Mr Bun results are Saturday 31st January:j

flymetothemoon_2

HAPPY SUNNY SUNDAY ALL

Isn't it great to get back to the simple domestic pleasures of housework and cooking Sunday lunch without having to think about practice tests and homeworks? We had such a relaxing and fun day yesterday after the final test. :j

My son thought paper 3 was similar to paper 2. He said the maths was fine but there were some tricky words in the English which he had to guess (as did his 2 friends) however he didn't leave any questions out and finished with about 10 minutes to spare - so fingers crossed ! :cool:

He and his friends had a sleepover and a celebratory bonfire of all their tests last night and would you believe it, it is still smouldering!! They are saying that just shows how hard they worked ! :T:T:T:T:T:T

It's all in the lap of the gods now :eek:

Workingmumof2

My daughter said the exact same flymetothemoon, that she found this paper much the same as last weeks and said the last English passage was tough. We all thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the weekend though and can now look forward to Xmas b4 we start dreading D-day on the 31st Jan.

flymetothemoon_2

mygirls wrote: »

Just wanted to give you an update. On Saturday I left messages on the answering machine of the school and AQE and both have been onto me. I don't want to mention the school but I have to say they have been fantastic, they are working on an investigation at the moment and working towards a solution. I would honestly not like my d to change rooms as she would feel as she is the one being punished. I do believe the teacher involved is backing up the children's stories so I would feel that is enough evidence to remove the offenders. I do not blame the teacher as it was a very unique situation and I believe she actually stopped telling the children off for fear of disrupting the other. My feeling is there should be a 3 warning rule and at that point the child should be removed from the school. AQE have said if my daughter misses her school of choice by a small margin they would highly recommend using special circumstances. All the other children from her school sitting the test in that room wish to go to that grammar school...my daughter doesn't. I feel the school itself will look favourably on special circumstances but would my daughters choice? Any way I really hope it doesn't come to that. She is sitting the GL as her top 2 choices accept both so fingers crossed

Hi mygirls

How did things go for papers 2 & 3. Hope there was no more disruption.

Veggie_Northern_Ireland

Happy New Year

Well that's 2014 over... And now the countdown to results begins! Only 30 days until the wait is finally over.

At least January should fly by with the open days. Has everyone planned on which schools and grammars they are going to visit?

Mrs_mum

Happy New Year to you veggie Northern Ireland. Yep,we are off to Ballyclare Sec tomorrow night and then Ballclare High on tues, BRA on wed and then Carrick College on Thurs. Busy week!! What delights have you planned?

Workingmumof2

Happy New Year everyone. We have 4 schools to visit, 3 grammers - Dalriada, Coleraine Girls, Dominican College and the local High school. All open nights are next week so will be busy, but want to keep options open so must be done! Sort of wish we had the results first so we could just concentrate on the one or two daughter has a chance of getting a place in.

Veggie_Northern_Ireland

At the minute it looks like we're going to BRA, Victoria College, all girls secondry and intergrated. We thought about belfast high but it's a far distance from us, and methody but we've heard a few things about it that put us off.

I agree about getting results before viewing schools Workingmumof2, doing it this way means that they might get their hopes up seeing schools that they won't be able to get into if they don't get the score they expect.

How are all your kids doing at the minute in the run up to results, excited or nervous?