Advanced Higher French 2011-12

-When does SAAS start taking applications for this year?

Yep, did it on Friday. It went fantastically, everything went according to plan I had singers performing at mine and I was really worried that I'd have to pull one of them from the programme because she hadn't rehearsed with the accompanist until on the day, but she got it sorted and I didn't have to change the programme after all, which I was rather chuffed about! Everyone said they really enjoyed it, so that's good. I even managed to hold the interest of around 40 Second Years who weren't meant to be there originally, so I'd say I did well

I got it filmed, and I think my teacher's wanting to submit the film to the Learning and Teaching Scotland wesbite, so watch this space, I might be Baccalaureate famous

But on the upside, I've finished my Baccalaureate paperwork, and I've almost finished my redrafts of my English dissertation and La Haine essay, so that's a lot of stress gone

I know what you mean about summer and uni though, a few weeks ago I was like "I don't want to leave school yet!" but I went to my post offer day at Edinburgh last week and I'm just desperate to get there now! Shame I have a working summer ahead of me (bar a week in Ireland with the girls)...

I'm doing Advanced Higher french this year also and I have accepted a conditional offer at Glasgow, is anyone else planning to go there as I know no one going to Glasgow at all!

Seeing as everyone here are keen french students I was hoping you could offer some advice on what to do with my exchange partner when she visits me in June. She lives in Paris and will be visiting me in Aberdeen for 10 days, then I will stay with her for a week. I've already thought up more obvious things to do like visiting Edinburgh, St Andrews and local castles etc but I'm stuck on things that will help improve her language, which is the whole point of her visit.

I'm doing Advanced Higher french this year also and I have accepted a conditional offer at Glasgow, is anyone else planning to go there as I know no one going to Glasgow at all!

I also haven't started revising for the final exam yet, due to my outstanding ability to procrastinate. I've always been so motivated in the past but I just can't bring myself to do anything this year.. woops. To make matters worse, our teacher hasn't given us any homework over the holidays, so I've literally done nothing - when I go back to school, I'm hoping it's going to be the kick I need I am lucky though, in that I don't have much other work to be doing so French is my complete priority.

On the uni front, I'm going to Edinburgh for French and German. Anyone else doing similar?

I'm not, but my friend Lauren (the only other person doing AH French at my school) is, to do French and Spanish. She's got a conditional but I'm fairly sure she'll accept and meet it.

For your exchange partner, why don't you do a few simple things, like go to the cinema? That's bound to improve her English. Go out for a meal and get her to order. Introduce her to your friends and have a big girly night out or something together. I'll put on my thinking cap to see what else I can come up with

I'm going to Glasgow! Were you at the applicant's day?

On another note, anyone done the 2006 Reading and Translation? Is it just me, or is the paper a b****!?

Ditto to the procrastination! I'm doing the same course as you, just at Glasgow. Have you thought about your 3rd subject yet?

Yay no I wasn't as I had a rehearsal that I couldn't get out of, was it any good? I went to Glasgow earlier this week for another look around and loved it even more than the first time, so pleased with my choice!

What paper is that about?

I'm just so bad for it. Ah, good choice Yeah, I'm going to do Psychology as mine since I've always found it really interesting, what about you?

I also haven't started revising for the final exam yet, due to my outstanding ability to procrastinate. I've always been so motivated in the past but I just can't bring myself to do anything this year.. woops. To make matters worse, our teacher hasn't given us any homework over the holidays, so I've literally done nothing - when I go back to school, I'm hoping it's going to be the kick I need I am lucky though, in that I don't have much other work to be doing so French is my complete priority.

On the uni front, I'm going to Edinburgh for French and German. Anyone else doing similar?

Thank you, at least I'll know of someone then! I got a conditional to, a B in AH English and I having to spend more time on English than French seeing as I'm not even doing it next year. Where are you wanting to go?

Off topic a bit, but does anyone have a link to the thing that tells you what grades you need for an A, B, C etc, I think its on the SQA website somewhere but can't find it!