Nedster's World now featuring Ellis!

Tuesday:

Well this apparently the only hot summer we've had since i've been born! 

It has been proper hot for a while now, in fact i'm surprised that they didn't cancel sports day as it was too hot!  I was in a bit of a funny mood about this one, I didn't really want Mum or Dad to come and watch.  I came second in my sprint race and second in my hurdles race (which I reckon I could have won if i'd heard the starter shout go)  I did really well with my throwing events of course!  Sadly, Dad didn't manage to stay away, but at least he only turned up once everything was finished so he got sent away again pretty sharpish.

I had three new classmates for a visit and got to show one of them around for the day.  Big responsibility or what?  Then it was gymnastics club, and my goodness it was hot, even with the big doors open! 

It was pretty good with the doors open as we could watch what she was up to....well, inbetween playing our new favourite Ipod game, Downhill Supreme.

Yeah, we're loving it, can't believe Dad kept it to himself for so long.

Wednesday:

We had a sports day practice day, very enjoyable but very, very hot work!

We had our class treat after amassing 100 good behaviour marbles as a class.  We voted to go to Fifth Road park for a picnic.  Brilliant, well it should have been had it not been for one of teaching assistants managing to break her leg chasing what was thought to be an escaped pet rabbit.  Cue a visit from the ambulance and everything, high drama indeed!

We also had a special afternoon assembly given by the current year 5's to tell us and any parents who could make it along (I let Dad come) all about next terms visit to Ufton Court.....two nights away with our mates!  It's supposed to be educational I think?  We have to dress in period costume for a banquet, which according to the year 5's involves shovelling massive amounts of bread into your gob, not using a fork, and avoiding the stew.....I should be epic at that!

We went straight to team Kennet from picking Mum up, it was club championships night.  Truth be told, I didn't really fancy it much.  I tried to convince everyone it was because of the heat, i'm not sure they bought it though.  Anyway, once I was there I made the best of it and we had a pretty good picnic to plough through.

It was quite a pleasant evening actually, sat in the evening warmth, eating crisps, cheering Ned on and watching the cows and horses on the common.

I actually rather enjoyed myself, although having just gone up to the under 11 age category I was really up against it.  Particularly because we now have to do the 75m sprint instead of just 50m and the 600m run instead of the 400m run which is what I have been doing all season.  Anyway, enough excuses, I reckon I did pretty well, finishing 11th overall out of 28 in my category.

It was quite a late finish but we were very good going to bed....

Thursday:

And we got up nicely too.

It was our end of term dance production after school.  It was another sizzling hot day but we kept to our costume choices of tracksuit bottoms and baseball caps, we looked dead cool.  It went very well and we too got awarded medals for our year long efforts.  Up unitl today I had been giving some thought that I might give up dancing for next year as i've been getting quite tired lately due to all my extra curricular activites, but I really enjoyed it and I may have to have a re-think over the holidays.
It was my parents evening later on in the day.  After my good school report I wasn't too worried, although it did turn out that maybe I should have been, just a little bit.  It would appear that i'm still rather prone to do what I really want to do, rather than what i'm supposed to be doing.  It's not as common as it was and my teacher thinks it's great that I have strong views! 

Friday:
It was my sports day today, and like Ned earlier in the week it was a scorcher. 

Unlike Ned though I was more than happy for Mum to come along and watch. 

I loved it, even though we only had one proper race.  Mum did well in hers though!
In the afternoon it was the annual family picnic, Mum hung around for that too, which I didn't mind.
Not that we saw much of her, we ate, then cleared off to play with our friends leaving her on the blanket until everyone else had drifted off home.
Then it was time for swimming lessons.  Good news this week, I passed!!!  So it's big pool for me next term.
We had another outdoor pool session once she was finished with her lessons, most refreshing after our hot week.
Then it was off to McDonalds for tea, it was like the school holidays had started already!

Saturday:
Suggestions had been invited for our days activities....I suggested the Maize Maze i'd seen advertised in the Newbury Weekly News. 
Seemed like a decent idea to the rest of us, so off we went!
It was only in Basingstoke so it didn't take long to get there.  There was more to it than just a maze though, we started off (a little nervously) feeding the goats, before moving on to hamster cuddling:

We also got to cuddle a rabbit and the cutest little baby chick ever, it was sooooo soft and fluffy.
There were various playgrounds, bouncy castles, trampoilnes, a big inflatible slide and some go-karts to ride around on too.
Before the main event, the maze itself.

I took charge and headed the party into the maze.

And I took position at the back to make sure everyone stayed together.

We had 8 piggy based facts to find answers to whilst we wandered around before we could make our way out.

It was a pretty long walk....

But not as long as it would have been if I hadn't been there, my sense of direction is really rather good and I had us round to all 8 information points and out of the maze altogether in time for lunch.  Mission accomplished.

After lunch there was a lovely tractor ride out into the fields which were full of butterflies, they were lovely skitting about on the breeze.

We ended up doing quite a lot of colouring too, whcih was weird, considering that it was a nice day and there was plenty of adventure to be had:

We went home for a bit of a recharge before heading off to the Halfords for a BBQ.
Awesome, we sat around whittling sticks, riding bikes, shooting water pistols.....
.......and playing with the super cute Hartley!
As if that wasn't enough we also had a visit to the local pub for some playground and fruit squash action.
What a lovely day all round.
It was a late night though.....

Sunday:
So Sunday was a bit of a slow start.
We eventually left the house and went to Basingstoke for a little shopping.
I know, us in a shopping trip shocker!
We got a few bits and bobs of clothes.
A little jewellery of course....
But best of all we got a monster haul of DVD's in readiness for the holidays.
We came home and watched the final stage of the Tour De France, i've been rather captivated by this over the last couple of weeks and couldn't wait to see Chris Froome win the race overall.

Monday:
I had a special awards assembly today....I rumbled I might be up for one after mum had not too discreetly written 'assembly' on the calendar for today.  Anyway, I got a certificate for contributions in class (Enthusiasm, good questions and empathy towards others).  I let my gaurd down a bit and even allowed Mum a sly smile as I went to sit back down again after picking up my certificate.