After the last few year’s trials and tribulations, this year was all about focussing on making up ground to get through her GCSE’s and with huge help from E., V duly delivered a really good set of results including a 9 in her English. We were very proud of her although after the end of her exams, V was in no doubt that all would be well and so it transpired.
She is now fully immersed in 6th form doing English Language, Politics and Art and the high praise from her teachers at the recent parent/teachers (on line) evening was testament to how well she has settled in.
Unfortunately she went down with Covid (mainly a heavy cold) a week or so ago so has just returned to school so has a bit of catching up to do but the fact so many of her classmates and teachers were saying how much they missed her suggests that she received a warm welcome back.
Standing a shade under 5 ft 11 inches she is the smallest of the kids (A is 6 ft 2) but more than makes up for a lack of height when compared to her Father and brother with a big personality which I suspect can be a bit overwhelming for some of her more timid classmates.
She remains fascinated by linguistics and still spends a considerable amount of time drawing (which bodes well for her Art). It has also been a good time for studying politics with the succession of British Prime Ministers and continuing Trump inspired convulsions in the USA - so hopefully this will stand her in good stead for the next couple of years.
She has also re-joined debate club after a Covid inspired hiatus and seems to have lost none of her appetite for an argument! She also enjoys badminton and of course hanging out with her friends who remain a very close knit circle (two of whom live within 5 minutes walk of us which is good).
She is always keen to share the details of her day when I come in from work and it is a fascinating insight to today’s 6th Form education - seems very different form the rather stricter regime when I was doing A levels.
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