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It didn't end well for him. No testicular news yet.
He was on bail. Not sure what for yet. A BiL is a Gaoler so he can find out from the computer at work.
Do that in this country and you would be picked up within a few hours and probably dismissed not long after. When I was at an airline and a widebody 777 'landed' short of the runway they had spiked all passenger and maintenance data within minutes.I think....0 -
Can anyone recommend any key stage 2 text / revision books?I think....0
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Do that in this country and you would be picked up within a few hours and probably dismissed not long after. When I was at an airline and a widebody 777 'landed' short of the runway they had spiked all passenger and maintenance data within minutes.
You couldn't sack gaolers for a mere bagatelle like that. NSW is far too short of them.0 -
Can anyone recommend any key stage 2 text / revision books?
Sorry michaels, don't know about KS2, but I have been buying KS3, GCSE and A level. There are a lot on the market and most are pretty good, but if they are as good at KS2, the ones that stand out as a bit different are CGP. Would be interested to hear what Lydia thinks though.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Can anyone recommend any key stage 2 text / revision books?vivatifosi wrote: »Sorry michaels, don't know about KS2, but I have been buying KS3, GCSE and A level. There are a lot on the market and most are pretty good, but if they are as good at KS2, the ones that stand out as a bit different are CGP. Would be interested to hear what Lydia thinks though.
CGP are good at KS3 and GCSE. They may well be good at KS2 but I have no experience of them.
Revision books aren't necessarily the best way to revise, though. The best way to prepare for tests/exams, especially in "can you do it?" subjects likes maths and English rather than "do you know it?" ones like history and geography, is to get hold of past papers off the internet and practise on them.
Be warned, however, that if you plan to do that then it's best to check with the child's teacher first. They may be planning to use particular past papers as part of the school's preparation in the final run up to the exam, and children who have already seen those papers will lose all the usefulness of the practice as it won't be a realistic experience of a paper they've never seen before.
Oh, and please everybody (not just michaels), don't worry about how your child does in KS2. It's just used for judging the school, not the child. Doing well feels nice at the time, but nobody will ever want to know what they got ever again, and no consequences in the future will depend on it. So by all means help your child with their education in general, and their core subjects in particular, but don't bother cramming for the KS2 tests. They're not worth a bean.
If you live in a county that still has grammar schools and are interested in getting your child to qualify for one of them, then find out what kind of test is used. They vary from county to county, and most are quite different from KS2. Private prep schools will naturally coach children in how to do the tests - if their grammar entrance figures are high, it means more bums on seats for them. State primaries generally do not prepare children for the grammar entrance tests.
This leads to the ludicrous situation whereby the state provides selective education at grammar schools for free, but almost all the children who go there have got in by paying for help - from a tutor or by going to a fee-paying prep school. Hence grammar schools are full of children of middle class parents and contribute very little to social mobility. Sigh.
Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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At the end of KS2, youngest had only been going to school fulltime for half a school year...we certainly didn't think anything of his tests, particularly because for pretty much all of them he was completely freaked out and hiding from the world under his desk/in his specially named cupboard.
Don't think he has done too badly really, he is getting distinctions all the way now that we have found the perfect setting for him and for him to get any GCSEs at all was an amazing achievement bearing in mind how little actual time he spent at school in the primary years.
He has changed his choices for next college year though, still doing ICT but is also adding in Game design and Government and politics...something he is particularly good at (if you ever meet him, please don't get onto the subject, he has studied every single political party and can debate/bore you silly for hours about it) :rotfl:
Speaking to his personal tutor last week and he has no qualms about youngest carrying on at the college and level 3..think he has finally started to show just how much he knows and how intelligent he is.
Finally!!We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
Agree with Lydia these tests are meaningless, as are league tables. My wife's school had a poor year according to league tables in 2012 but they don't tell you much when the sample is for many schools less than 30 kids. Certainly didn't tell you about some complex SEN children that trashed their results. The Ofsted inspector was expecting to put them in special measures based on those figures but changed his mind when he actually inspected the school. This year those results show they are above average again.When using the housing forum please use the sticky threads for valuable information.0
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Agree with Lydia these tests are meaningless, as are league tables. My wife's school had a poor year according to league tables in 201ebut they don't tell you much when the sample is for many schools less than 30 kids. Certainly didn't tell you about some complex SEN children that trashed their results. The Ofsted inspector was expecting to put them in special measures based on those figures but changed his mind when he actually inspected the school. This year those results show they are above average again.
We have the same farce over here. The Boy got massively stressed before his 6+ exam (!) to the point that I felt the need to say to him that I simply didn't care what his result was because I don't care whether his head teacher gets a pay rise any more than she cares if I get one.
The day Mrs L emails my boss to ask for me to have a pay rise is the day I'll care about the 6+.0 -
'McDonald's Japan rations chips despite emergency airlift'
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/mcdonalds-japan-rations-chips-despite-062631175.html
Extraordinary what finds its way into the news. No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
Locally ks2 will be used for setting maths in y7 first year of secondary. Whilst changing set is possible I think it matters that dd1 is in the top half of sets so she, her teachers and her classmates are those who think success in maths is important not those who think it is uncool. I certainly don't want her to be pressured to work at a level above what she can do but it is a matter of getting the learning psychology right so that she thinks maths is something she can do not something that is hard/boring/only for geeks.
Edit: other reason for wanting some level specific books is because we are missing a week of school.I think....0
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