My GCSE class just did their mock exams...?

and this girl got a U but she took the higher paper so it goes A,B,C,D,U and only one off a D.





She really wants too take the higher paper because she's just got a tutor and she says she blanked when she went to the exam room??





Should I give her a chance on the higher? She does work hard.

My GCSE class just did their mock exams...?
i got a U in my mocks but then i got a A in my GCSE
Reply:I would give her a chance at the higher, however be sure not to push her too hard you wouln't want to overwelm her.
Reply:would be nice of you to give her a second chance seen as she only got one mark off.


and like you said she is a hard worker so she wont be slacking off, and more than anything im sure she would be really greatefull.


:)
Reply:If she just 'blanked out' in the mocks, which most people find easier than the real thing cos it doesn't mean anything, chances are she'll 'blank out' in the real thing perhaps worse so.





Some people find exams really nerveracking and lose everything and panic when they go in, so if she sounds like one of these people put her in the lower paper (you're the teacher you should be able to figure that our easily).
Reply:Enter her for the higher, but give her plenty of past papers.
Reply:This one doesn't happen to be Laura is it...Let her take it if she thinks she is ready....
Reply:Are you actually meant to be sharing this with us? Should you need to?





I would say don't enter her; a D is still a fail, whereas she could possibly get a C on the foundation.
Reply:I'm in the same situation as that girl except I got a C.





You can give this girl a chance, if you deep down think she's able to cope with the higher tier, then you should let her take it.





I know for a fact that if I want to be an Astronomer my Maths grade needs to improve so then I can do A level.





You can at least give her a chance.





I know I'd thank my teacher if I got my desired grade.
Reply:You're the teacher and you're asking US???





Let her take the basic paper. At least that way she stands a chance of getting a C.





Why has this child got herself a tutor? Can't you teach her what she needs to know?
Reply:IF shes only one mark of a D in her mock, which are almost always slightly lower than the actual test, and shes now working with a tutor its extremely likely she'll get that extra mark in the test. You've said her last teacher was shocking, you can work with this girl aswell, shes clearly determined to try, everything points at giving her another chance in my opinion.





It is just an opinion though, not based on experience; but I would say she certainly sounds like she deserves another chance, and by giving her that chance you are only likely to motivate her to try hader. I have seen through experience the effect it had on my classmates at GCSE who were put in papers they felt below their ability, as if they were being let down and abandoned by their teachers, and they took a why bother attitude. The reverse was always true if they were put slightly higher, not so much they felt they couldn't do it, but enough to know the teacher too had faith in their ability. Our school seemed to have a habit of moving people up and down on a whim so it was quite obvious with a lot of my classmates the effect it had on them.





Shes only just off, shes working hard, shes shown commitment, and she'll be working with two better teachers than she had before. There seems no reason not to from my outsiders point of view.
Reply:Yes, give her a second chance. In my physics and Welsh mocks - I got two Ds. In my real GCSEs, I achieved two A* grades in the subjects.





As a pupil who did her GCSEs last year, I know that that girl's grade could have been down to many reasons...the most likely one is not revising. Most people don't revise for their mocks but some people are just more intelligent than others and they can get a good grade without revising. She is probably the other type of person.

clematis