Zoggs Oceans of Fun

General 

Elliott was good today. He did get very shy when we first arrived at Carnival Pool for Zoggs Oceans of Fun swimming event but one of the organisers, Ben, was really good with him and got him involved and as soon as he got involved he really enjoyed it and made friends. There were also a couple of times during the day when I thought he was about to get upset about something disappointing but he managed to pull himself out of it and get on with something else.

Activities

In the morning we went to Carnival Pool for the Zoggs Oceans of Fun swimming event that One Life had given him a free ticket to after he'd missed a few weeks swimming lessons during the pool refurbishment. He was really nervous at first and didn't want to join in and seemed especially worried about the fact that there were a couple of Olympians there. However one of the helpers there, Ben, was really good with him and managed to get him into one of the groups and as soon as he started taking part he didn't look back. The way the event worked was that the children were split into groups and then rotated around stations with expert adults where they tried different swimming related activities - for example there was a station where they played water polo, a station where they tried water gymnastics (with an Olympian synchronised swimmer) and a station where they learnt how to be a life guard. He was especially pleased that when he was at a station where they did racing he came 3rd in his group and was beaten only by one other bigger boy and the Olympian. He also got a medal for taking part. So by the time the event finished (after 2 and a half hours) he had really enjoyed it and liked the Olympians afterall. After the swimming we went to Sports Direct in Braknell to get a new swimming bag (as his old one has now completely split) and then we went home where we had ham rolls for lunch.

During and after lunch we watched some Doctor Who Confidential (the programmes about the making of Doctor Who) and then he wrote a script for an episode of Doctor Who for us to film. Unfortunately we found the Flipcam was out of battery and needed charging up so we'd have to do the filming another day. I thought he might get really upset but after a brief second of looking disappointed he decided we should go outside in to the flat's garden and practice football. So we did that and he practiced passing and shooting and some one on one dribbling and after a while Amilia came to join us and we played football together. Then I left them to it for a bit and went to start getting tea ready. We had chicken fajitas for tea and after tea he read some of his Doctor Who choose your own adventure book. He didn't need a bath as he'd had a shower after swimming so he brushed his teeth and then watched some iPad in bed before it was time to go to sleep.