Regional Quad Kids finals today, or rather the Berkshire schools summer games as it's actually kown. And with Mum still off work, she came along too. We hitched a ride with Mr Gilham which was very entertaining. It was a lot like having a toddler on the trip, pretty much as soon as we left he needed the toilet! We only had to go as far as Wellington College in Crowthorne which was immensley posh. Quick team photo, with the girls:
And the boys I suppose, for good measure:
The vortex throw next, it was a bit rainy but fortunatley we were allowed a run up. I managed a 41.5m throw. I was a bit disappointed after monday nights effort down the park but it was still probably my best ever competitive throw. All I had left was the 600 metres, which I was not looking forward to. I recorded a 2:19, which was another good chunk quicker than my Park House effort. I think I ended up on 247 points overal which I was very pleased with. The results haven't been particulalry forthcoming, but Falkland won of course, not that I mind, we'd been supporting each other all day and they are a great bunch of lads:
I think we came eigth overall? I'd love to see some individual scores though.....
After the competition we were free to try some other sports in the expo area, it wasn't as good as the winter (rugby) day out as there seemed to be more kids and less sports to try, resulting in a lot of queueing. I did get to try some judo which I loved:
After the competition we were free to try some other sports in the expo area, it wasn't as good as the winter (rugby) day out as there seemed to be more kids and less sports to try, resulting in a lot of queueing. I did get to try some judo which I loved:
Then some some bicycle polo, which I crashed on. Hardly surprising seeing as it was being played on a cobbled courtyard with deep gutters running across the place.
As he'd statred late, he stayed at work late meaning Auntie Christine came to pick me up from school. So another exciting break from normality. We went round the her place and played some games for a bit until Dad came to take me on to Gymnastics. It's all go isn't it?
In my usual way of leaving everything until the last possible minute, I was up until 10pm frantically drawing my 'Park Life' postcard ahead of tomorrows visiting day:
which was a shame as I was pretty tired:
Wednesday
Whole school shuffle day today, so that meant I was shuffled off to Park House. All 9 of us met up at Tilly's house for bacon sandwiches before we headed off together:
I spent the day in my new year 4 class with Mr Percy! I'm happy with that for next year as i've now come to realise that he isn't always shouting at people, he just has a loud voice.
We all met up in the hall, there were a sprinkling of familiar faces from Team Kennet, various sprts events and even an ex-JRJ pupil. Tyler and I were the last to be called out to join our tutor group, I was starting to feel a little forogotten. Our new teacher is called Miss Herden, she's Australian which i thought was pretty cool. We're called Omega, and also Elm in the house system, so our colour will be blue. Everyone was really friendly and enthusiastic which was good.
We did a bit of ICT stuff and put some personal profile stuff ahead of us starting for real in Spetember. We were discharged at 3pm, I was home very shortly afterwards.....
Dad had also brokered a deal to sell my old race BMX and the chap who wanted to buy it for his son. So after Dad's hard work cleaning it and sorting out everything I got to keep the money as it was my christmas present. Good money too as it was such a lush bike:
Andy came round for tea and took us to Team Kennet, so that was well cool.
Mum and Dad went off to a parents evening at Park House. They had to listen to what sounded very much like an assembly (with some slides showing some of the days activites, there I was front row, beaming smile on my face on the first one shown) before going off to meet my teacher. She knew who I was straight away, which Mum assures me is a good thing. She told them I was really keen and confident. They also got me my school tie in my house colour, pretty much the last of my uniform purchases.Thursday
A big day today, Mum started her new job.
But she could still drop us off at school and be home in time to pick us up, awesome!
I went off down the park after school.
I got Mum to take me to the fabric shop to spend some of my money. I bought some lovely orange stuff (2 metres for the price of 1 as it had a mark on it) and some rather more expensive purple leopard skin patterned stuff:
I adorned myself with it in various ways, dresses, wraps, roman style toga's, headresses, even shoe adornments. I loved it, best £10 I've ever spent I reckon?
I decided to give biking with dad a miss this week, citing a bad finger. Truth was i'd had a rubbish day with our play rehearsals and just kept getting one piece wrong over and over again. Mum managed to calm me down, and Dad helped as well when he got in......
Friday
We had a Mufti Day in aid of the school fete at the weekend, lovely.
Yeah, we looked proper effortlessly cool of course.
I had a much better day with the play and I think i've got it down now. In fact Mrs Laurie made a point of telling Mum and Dad Just how well i'm doing with it and what a proper thespian I am!
I also got my SATS results back, and true to form, i'm good at maths and not quite so good at the written stuff.....same old same old.
Can I get a word in edgeways here Ned?
Nope, I had a bit of a re-boot of the netball career after school, with the traditional match against last years team (who are now year 7's at secondary school). They gave us a good old beating, I didn't enjoy it very much....
Finished now? Good. We went to the outdoor pool once he was finished. Mum and Dad seemed to love it but it was a bit cold for us in all honestly.
Finished now? Good. We went to the outdoor pool once he was finished. Mum and Dad seemed to love it but it was a bit cold for us in all honestly.
They are much better insulated than us though Ellis.
Saturday
A trip Into town, by bike of course.
Saturday
A trip Into town, by bike of course.
Yep, signed up for the summer reading challenge and got ourselves some books.
Then I spent the Game vouchers I had for my birthday....I like to make a considered purchase with these sortof things. So, the deal they had on for Xbox live gold, £5 for the online store and a free game seemed a great deal.
We made some cup cakes when we got back, and for once actually managed to do it without arguing about anything.
They were for the school fete in the evening so we were up against it time wise.
They tried a new format for the fete this year, an evening do, with a live band playing.
I'd decided I didn't want to help on a stall as I was in a grump when they asked for volunteers I think. Anyway, there was the penny rolling game set up with no one to man it. So Mum and I thought we'd get it going. I did really well with it, even though I did upset a few punters with my efforts at getting maximum returns for the school, which after all was the whole point of the evening!
I diverted my efforts into giving my new teacher for next year, Mr Percy a good old soaking:
I diverted my efforts into giving my new teacher for next year, Mr Percy a good old soaking:
I also got to give Mr North a soaking as well.
Once my stall was closed for business I got my facepainted by a couple of older, female, ex pupils I always was rather fond of. This is what they did to me:
I kept it far more subtle and tasteful:
We ended up getting soaked during a water fight that broke out once Louise had shut up shop with her fishing game.....we were soaked!
It was a good night, although it did seem a bit low on numbers?
SundayDad had spotted a deal on the Legoland website where annual pass holders could take a friend for £5.
Sounded like a great deal to us, so we were allowed to invite a friend each.
I chose Luca.
And I picked Dylan.
Neither of them had been before so that ensured a certain amount of excitement on the way up.
Once in Dylan and I cleared off on our own, we ran like hell to the horse ride and walked straight on. Then we legged it to Atlantis and walked straight on. We were loving it! We than went on the dragon roller coaster, the horses again and the driving school.
We went straight on the sky ride thingy, again, unusually quiet:
Then the helicopters:
We met up for lunch at the show.
Yeah, the pirate one, not the wafty Friends one:
Luca was a bit nervous as he hadn't been on one before. We assured him it would be okay.
By the end of it he was loving it and pestering us for another go!
Luca loved the lego bunnies and cats:
Yeah, we thought we'd hang out with the others for a bit.
The boats are always great fun.
Except for poor old Dylan who didn't fully appreciate my driving style (endless doughnuts in the lagoon then crashing our way into the landing jetty):
Then onto the Viking Rapids.
Where there was no queue at all, leading to us having three goes in a row.
We got soaked, totally soaked especially when the big bucket tipped up directly on us!
Dad reckons he's had drier showers.
We squelched and squerched our way back towards the car, stopping off for another two goes on the Boat Racers ride.
As if we weren't wet enough already!
What an epic day out.
Into the home straight at school now before the summer holidays.
So not much happening really.
Play rehearsals went very well again though, if we don't know it by now we probably never will!
I went off down the park with the gang again after school before coming home and playing our new board game 'Smallworld'
I choreographed a dance routine in the front room and then issued tickets I had made to Mum, Dad and Ned to come and watch.......
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