Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)

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  1. Dalek1099's Avatar
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
    (Original post by themancunian)
    Forgot, I think the department marks by exam board and not by the UMS.
    what exam board are you on and is this language or literature?
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
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    what exam board are you on and is this language or literature?
    AQA, language
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
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    AQA, language
    Out of 30?,i think so,these should be the rough grade boundaries:

    A*-27
    A-24
    B-20
    C-16

    Band 5:25-30
    Band 4:19-24
    Band 3:13-18
    Band 2:7-12
    Band 1:1-6

    So,if you got the lowest mark in the band,you would get a C,the highest mark in the band,you would get an A and anything between,a B.
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
    (Original post by Dalek1099)
    Out of 30?,i think so,these should be the rough grade boundaries:

    A*-27
    A-24
    B-20
    C-16

    Band 5:25-30
    Band 4:19-24
    Band 3:13-18
    Band 2:7-12
    Band 1:1-6

    So,if you got the lowest mark in the band,you would get a C,the highest mark in the band,you would get an A and anything between,a B.
    Okay, thanks I'll check on Monday
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
    Hello everyone, I haven't been on for a few days. I've been really busy



    (Original post by themancunian)
    What did you get? I got a band 4 for my Of Mice and Men essay, highest in the year!
    I got exactly the same as you, Band 4, two marks off band 5
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    Hello everyone, I haven't been on for a few days. I've been really busy


    I got exactly the same as you, Band 4, two marks off band 5
    It's annoying isn't it? A few marks off the next level
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    It's annoying isn't it? A few marks off the next level
    Yes, very! I'm hoping that the moderators will be generous so that I'll move up .
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
    Afternoon everyone
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    Afternoon everyone
    :hi:
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    Afternoon everyone
    :hello: - How's life?
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    I'm doing my C.A in English tomorrow about negative emotions in Othello.
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    (Original post by themancunian)
    :hello: - How's life?
    Finished my two weeks of work experiences :/
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    Finished my two weeks of work experiences :/
    Cool, I recently did mine as well. I went to WHSmiths, got offered a job at 16 and got a free £10 voucher.

    Was yours better or worse?
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
    Well, I had to do case studies for businesses, and I worked for a market research company dealing with businesses in the fortune 500. Over these two weeks, I probably typed over 20,000 words about businesses. Yet it was very good experiences.
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    Cool, I recently did mine as well. I went to WHSmiths, got offered a job at 16 and got a free £10 voucher.
    Wow, you're really lucky

    I can't wait until I do my W/E
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
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    Finished my two weeks of work experiences :/

    (Original post by themancunian)
    Cool, I recently did mine as well. I went to WHSmiths, got offered a job at 16 and got a free £10 voucher.

    Was yours better or worse?
    Is my crappy school the only place NOT doing work experience?
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    Wow, you're really lucky

    I can't wait until I do my W/E
    Thanks and have fun - Choosing your own w/e is better than getting the teacher to do it! You will be some what be more interested.


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    Is my crappy school the only place NOT doing work experience?
    Go and ask, maybe they forgot o.o
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    Go and ask, maybe they forgot o.o
    ... :lolwut:

    They have said we're not doing work experience.
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
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    ... :lolwut:

    They have said we're not doing work experience.
    ... Wut.... Unless you are already ready for the real world or your school cannot afford to send the whole year out then I dunno
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    Re: Current Year 10 Thread (2011/2012)
    (Original post by Saleemadat)
    Well, I had to do case studies for businesses, and I worked for a market research company dealing with businesses in the fortune 500. Over these two weeks, I probably typed over 20,000 words about businesses. Yet it was very good experiences.
    that sounds really interesting, explain more. also what exam board are you doing? because i'm doing AQA applied business and it's really boring. there's nothing practical.
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