Anyone else waiting for their son/ daughters results with trepidation? Not encouraged by press reports saying marking will be at pre pandemic standards.
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GCSE Results Day
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Iâm not in a position where Iâm awaiting results etc.
But what Iâd like to say is that itâs important to remind your son/daughter/child/children that getting your GCSE results isnât necessarily about working hard to be the top of your class, itâs about working hard to be at the top of YOUR potential.
Whether that potential is a Grade 7,8,9 or a grade 4,5,6 etc etc, it doesnât matter. What matters is that they if they tried their best, then thatâs what needs to be rewarded. In fact, itâs most likely that they will have different levels of potential across different subjects!
Having been at many, many Results days in the past I can say I have seen it over a hundred times when a student opens their results letter, looks at it, and then immediately to the parent or guardian.
What theyâre looking for is that âbackupâ, that âsupportâ. Because quite often the first thought that goes through their minds isnât âhow are my grades going to affect meâ - itâs more âwhat do my parents think of my grades?â âHave I failed them? âWill they hate me?â
Because despite being in education for over a decade by this point, today will be the biggest lesson they will most likely learn to date. And that lesson wonât be about grades, itâll be about whether or not they can look to you for support.
I wish each and everyone of you and your children receiving the results the very best!
Whatever happens, today is not the end. Itâs only just beginning.
But what Iâd like to say is that itâs important to remind your son/daughter/child/children that getting your GCSE results isnât necessarily about working hard to be the top of your class, itâs about working hard to be at the top of YOUR potential.
Whether that potential is a Grade 7,8,9 or a grade 4,5,6 etc etc, it doesnât matter. What matters is that they if they tried their best, then thatâs what needs to be rewarded. In fact, itâs most likely that they will have different levels of potential across different subjects!
Having been at many, many Results days in the past I can say I have seen it over a hundred times when a student opens their results letter, looks at it, and then immediately to the parent or guardian.
What theyâre looking for is that âbackupâ, that âsupportâ. Because quite often the first thought that goes through their minds isnât âhow are my grades going to affect meâ - itâs more âwhat do my parents think of my grades?â âHave I failed them? âWill they hate me?â
Because despite being in education for over a decade by this point, today will be the biggest lesson they will most likely learn to date. And that lesson wonât be about grades, itâll be about whether or not they can look to you for support.
I wish each and everyone of you and your children receiving the results the very best!
Whatever happens, today is not the end. Itâs only just beginning.
