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Tuesday

Seeing as Dad had been volunteered by Mum to provide music for the leavers party I thought i'd better  make sure he was putting some decent things in my playlist.  He was, I listened to it on and off throughout the week to make sure he hadn't sneaked any wafty tunes in.

Wednesday

Sex education week finally kicked off after a few false starts.  It wasn't quite what been expecting though as it was actually an interview with a couple of seven year olds and a picture of some naked babies.  

It was also opening night of the school play, I wasn't actually that nervous all things considered.  I went off on my own, on my scooter.

Leaving me to go to Team Kennet with Mum and Dad.  I really rather enjoyed it without Ned actually.

They were home in time to come and collect me.  It had gone really well, I hadn't fluffed any of my lines and there were a good few parents telling Mum and Dad just how good i'd been.

Thursday

Sex education was a bit better today, a bit more age specific anyway.  Despite Mum acclimatising me to a number of 'rude' words in the morning I still got into trouble for giggling.  It wasn't my fault, I was only crying because my hair got in my eye, not because i'd totally lost it in a fit of giggles.

We had another netball session after school, we played the year 5's, gave them a proper beating as well.  It really was our last session with all of our coaches and it was an emotional send off with plenty of cuddles from them as we left.

So, Ned's play, night two.  Mum and Dad were going to watch so Andy came round to sit with me.  We got loads of books out.....

I escorted Mum and Dad to school, they took their seats and I got changed into my costume ready to go again.  To be honest we've done it so many times now that if it hadn't been for the fact that Mum and Dad were coming to watch I wouldn't have been at all bothered about doing it.

Again we performed faultlessly and enjoyed ourselves thouroghly.  I think Mum and Dad were rather surprised by just what a major part I had, speaking on my own, even singing a line on my own with plenty of confidence.  The song choices seemed to go down well too, the highlights being Summer nights which I did with my gang of boys opposing the girls.  There was also the Lion Sleeps tonight, Seven Nation Army for the fight scene and Taylor Swifts 'You're not sorry'

Here I am during the finale, in the goldy outfit:

So there you go, I got to play one of the lead roles in our leavers play.  I was so pleased, so relieved and so happy to have finally been given the chance and by all accounts I did myself justice.

After it was finished and I was changed I had to fight my way through legions of parents telling Mum and Dad how good i'd been.

Friday

Well and truly on the end of term wind down now...

End of school wind down for me!

Part three of the sex education today, the super harrowing baby being born video! Last years year sixes told us that somebody fainted last year.....must have been pretty wussy as it wasn't that bad at all.  Poor Mrs Laurie had to take the boys for a question and answer session afterwards.

After tea we took a walk to Wash common park with a basketball and a vortex we shot some hoops, having to move back further with each successful attempt. I pretty much kept pace with Mum and Dad.

I was happy just to get one in!  I drifted off and worked on my vortex throwing some more, i'm really trying to up my game with it.  There's been a definite improvement....

Saturday

Nothing on the agenda in the morning so a bit of a lie in.

We did manage to get as far as Waitrose for some supplies though, just in time as well, there was only two bits of cheesecake left on the bakery counter.

Once lunch was sorted we packed up a picnic and headed to the races.

We hadn't been for ages.

Today was a special meeting, once the racing was over it was party in the paddock with DJ Fresh.

We have long been fans of his work so were pretty chuffed when Mum won tickets in the Anewbury Weekly News.

Especially as they were tickets for the posh enclosure.

Including parking in the middle of the track!  As we had arrived mid afternoon we had to wait until the horses had gone past before we were allowed accross the track.

We got parked up and had to cross the track again to get to the grandstands, across the grass this time!

There were four races left, only Dad managed to win anything so that was a bit rubbish.

Once the racing was done and dusted we retired back to the car for a rather civilised picnic:

The poshest picnic we've probably ever had, tables, chairs, glass bottles of coke and J2O, Kettle chips and Waitrose bread rolls....

The music started up, Danny Howard who's on Radio 1 apparently.  Sounded pretty good so once we were finished we made our way over:

There were a lot of people.

And most of them were a bit drunk.

Next up DJ Fresh, there was a lot of cheering and a few largely empty flimsy plastic pint glasses thrown into the air.

Weird.

Anyway, being a bit shorter than everyone else there we couldn't see a whole lot, so we took it in turns to sit on Dad's shoulders.
But it was a good job we bumped into Alan and Hayley and I got to sit on Alan's shoulders for a bit!

I was loving it, raving like a mad man on Dad's shoulders while he did his best Dad dancing, I even popped up on the big screen a couple of times.  I was also getting loads of high fives off people as they went past.
I was too traumatised by Mum dancing to fully appreciate the event, i've never seen her like that before!
Then a bit of a scuffle broke out, we'd warned us this might happen due to people drinking all day.  
I didn't like it at all.
I didn't much either, we moved away pretty swiftly and carried on dancing.  As Dad said, it was like watching a couple of Walrus' having a belly barge on a wildlife documentary really. 

We got back into it, the tunes kept on coming.
Finishing with Dibby Dibby Sound, my favourite.  It was epic.
Yeah, it was pretty good it has to be said.
Our first proper music event done then, we had loads of Mums coming up to us afterwards saying how cool it was that we were enjoying it so much and another round of high fives with random strangers as we left.
And we were home in time for some telly before bed.

Sunday

Today was our leavers party on the school field.  We went early to help set up as did Ali and Joel.
I went along too, it was great fun setting up the gazeebo's and hanging up the bunting.
We also got to be test pilots for the slide once it was blown up.
Even Dad sneaked a go:

We plugged my Ipad in and got the tunes going.

Filled the big buckets with ammunition for the water pistols.

And got the super long water slide going:

Which needed some washing up liquid from home to really get it going:

The slide was certainly popular:

And so was I, with the girls anyway:

They managed to herd us all up for a group photo as well, which was quite an achievment:

There was even a cake organised:

There was even writing on it apparently?:

It was a great afternoon, but pretty tiring, by the time we'd help put everything away I was ready for a massage:

I still had plenty left in the tank and went to the park with Dylan, Tyler, Tilly and Louise.

Monday

Awards assembly today, a surprise for me until I saw Mum sat there.  I won my award for my excellent writing over the year and the effort i'd put in.  I was well pleased.

We also had our last afterschool dance session of the year, we signed off with a particularly polished routine this week.  Becky had a little cry at then end as she said that the current year sixes were the first year group she'd had and has watched them go all the way through the school.

I missed it as we had yet another 'last' netball match to play against Winchcombe.  I was made captain and we won 7-0, what a great way to bow out!  We even had a team shuffle about to make it more interesting and I ended up playing goal attack of all things.
The football team had a match as well, even they won for once!