Sol Joel Park

General 

Elliott had a good day today. He did briefly get frustrated while he was practicing his Clarinet, but we talked about how sometimes it takes practice to get things perfect and how taking it slowly to start with can really help. 

Activities

After breakfast Elliott did some Clarinet practice which went well apart from him getting frustrated with himself half way through. He also said he thought he wasn't as good as Isaac anymore so we talked about music not being a competition but being about being able to play the best you can and with your friends. After his practice we headed off to Sol Joel Park with his scooter for some skate park scootering. He was quite timid at first as he'd never been to that skate park before and it was pretty busy, but after a while he plucked up his courage and found a corner to start in. Fortunately Max from Hawkedon Year 3 and holiday club then arrived and so they both encouraged each other and before long Elliott was speeding down the gentler ramps and doing some jumps. He also enjoyed climbing on some parkour equipment they have at the park:

After about an hour and half of scootering we headed home and he had pasta with tomato and bacon sauce for lunch.

After lunch he read some of his Doctor Who book and watched some Doctor Who on the iPad before we went for a run around the fields and flew the drone out on the field. Then it was time for home learning (researching a favourite animal) and he researched wolves using the iPad (with some help from me). he wrote loads about them which was brilliant. Then he had his bath before ham sandwiches and toast for tea. After tea he brushed his teeth, read some more of his Doctor Who book and then it was time for bed.

Man of the Match

General 

Elliott was very good today and did his homework without any complaining, even when I asked him to record his answers more carefully. 

Activities

In the morning we went to Summer League football and Panthers played really well and won 9-0. Elliott played left back for most of the game and did everything  he was involved in really well. After the game he won the Man of the Match award and the team ethos was really good with lots of happy Panthers:

After football we had a Subway lunch as a well done treat (he had ham, pepperoni and cheese) and then we went shopping in Sainsburys on the way home and he helped and was really good. 

After we got home he had a bath and then he did his homework (adding different amounts of time on to a specified time with a pizza collection theme to say when the pizza would be ready). He was able to say what time the pizza would be ready for each question without any problems and I just asked him to try making sure he recorded his answers as clearly as he could. Then he read some of his Doctor Who book before we went out to the field and flew his drone, practiced football and practiced hockey. Then it was time for tea and he had chicken and rice which we ate while we watched the new Doctor Who episode. After Doctor Who he brushed his teeth and quickly read some more of his Doctor Who bed before it was time to go to sleep.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

General 

Elliott was good after school good today. He was a bit upset about swimming and said they'd put him in the wrong class because he hadn't had his goggles. 

Activities

We came straight home after school and he read some more of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Then he listened to Doctor Who music and played with his Doctor Who figures. After that he had toast for tea while we watched last week's Doctor Who. Then it was time for his bath, bed time drink, tooth brushing and he watched some old Doctor Who before it was bed time.

The Peace Child

General 

Elliott was very good after school good today. He said his Clarinet lesson went well and his teacher told him good job for his improvement over the holidays. He also said his arm was hurting so will check again tomorrow morning to see how it is. 

Activities

After school we came home for a sit down before going to swimming. He did really well in his breast stroke at swimming today. Then, after we got home, we had tea (he had toast) and watched the DVD of The Peace Child performance. I was amazed at how good it was and I thought his bits were particularly good, quite natural and good to hear laughing at his lines. He was a bit shy at first while we watched it but after a while he was singing along with the songs and doing actions. After The Peace Child he had his bed time squash and brushed his teeth (he was already in pyjamas after swimming). Then we were going to do his home learning when we realised he didn't have his homework book, but we found out the artist to research was Kandinsky, so we did some research online and he made some notes on some paper. Then he read some of his school book "Beast Quest" and then it was time to go to bed.

Doctor Who

General 

Elliott was really after school good today. He said he was finding telling the time a little difficult at school but seemed fine about it. 

Activities

After school we came home and he read Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rogue One and some of a new Doctor Who book. Then he had ham sandwiches for tea with a bit of Easter Egg pudding while we watched Doctor Who together (I hadn't seen the new episode yet). After Doctor Who he had his bath, brushed his teeth, drank some squash and then read more of his new Doctor Who book before bed time.

Kingston Lacy

General 

Elliott was really good today. 

Activities

After breakfast Elliott watched some Doctors Who before practicing his Clarinet for quite a long time and teaching himself a new tune from Abracadabra Clarinet. Then we headed off with Granny and Andrea to Kingston Lacy, a National Trust house and park. After we got there we had cheese and ham rolls as a picnic lunch.

After lunch we did the Easter Egg hunt around the park which involved stopping at 7 places and answering questions like “what can you hear from this stop” and “what animals can you see at this stop”:

At the end of the Easter Egg hunt he won 3 chocolate bunnies. Then we had a cup of tea and headed home. After we got home he did more Clarinet playing and then had burgers and waffles with peas for tea. After tea he had his bath, had a bed time drink, read some Harry Potter and then it was time to go to sleep.

Abracadabra Clarinet

General 

Elliott was very good today. 

Activities

We had a lazy morning this morning before heading off to Fordingbridge skate park with Granny and Andrea. Elliott scootered in the skate park for 2 hours where it was very sunny and he made friends with two other scooterers around his age, Lucy and Ben:

They taught him how to go down some of the medium steepness ramps and he really enjoyed himself. After we got back from the skate park we had ham sandwiches for lunch.

After lunch he read some Harry Potter and watched some Doctor Who on the iPad before getting out his Clarinet and doing some practice with his new Abracadabra Clarinet music book. He did really well with this and did some new exercises he hadn't tried before. Then he had a break and we watched another Doctor Who together before he did some more Clarinet practice. Next we had Roast Lamb for tea and he had some broccoli with his which he ate with no fuss. After tea he did some more Clarinet practice before having his Facetime conversation. Then it was time for a quick bath and bedtime squash before he did he finished his clock faces homework. Then we watched an episode of Pokemon Indigo League before it was time for bed.

Salisbury FC

General 

Elliott was really good today. 

Activities

It was an early start today after breakfast and we went to Salisbury Cattle Market to meet up with Pete, Charlie and Alice Sladen. Alice was having a mini kickers class and we played football at the side while she was being coached. After saying hello to them we headed off to the skate park by Salisbury College where we met up with Matt and Harry Higgins:

Elliott and Harry did lots of stunt scootering and Harry showed Elliott some new tricks. After a few hours of scootering Harry went home with his Grandad for a sleep over and Matt came with us to The Harvester at Old Sarum for lunch where Elliott had chicken breast and chips with some peas.

After lunch we said goodbye to Matt and then headed to The Raymond McEnihill Stadium to watch Salisbury FC play Wantage. We met back up with Pete, Charlie and Alice Sladen there as Charlie was ball boy for the game:

The ground wasn't as full as when we last saw them play (when they were in the Conference) but it was nice to be able to wander around to different vantage points. Salisbury won 7-0 so we saw plenty of goals. After the game we gave the Sladens a lift home and then headed back to Granny's house. When we got there Andrea arrived soon afterwards and then Granny got home having been out all day and we had chicken fajitas for tea. After tea Elliott had a quick, early bath so that we could watch the last Saturday Night Takeaway with Ant and Dec. After Ant and Dec he brushed his teeth and went to bed.

The Radnor Arms

General 

Elliott was very good today apart from getting a little dispirited when he did his first batch of homework. However later he decided to do more homework with no prompting and really got good at the clocks and times. 

Activities

After breakfast we headed to the park where Elliott did some scootering in the skate park:

He scootered around the skate park 107 times. Then we headed back to Granny's house for lunch and he had chicken nuggest, chips and peas (he ate his peas with no fuss at all).

After lunch he read some more Harry Potter while listening to Doctor Who music. Then we did his first batch of homework and he became a little dispirited, although he was showing times on analogue clock faces quite well. After his homework we took Granny to a hospital appointment and while she was being seen we went to a nearby pub (The Radnor Arms) for a drink (Appletiser) and we watched some Pokemon episodes on the iPad. After we picked Granny up and took her home we had cheese and biscuits for tea while watching Blue Peter. After tea, inspired by Blue Peter, he designed a possible "make" to send them and then he suddenly decided to do more homework, which he did really well. Then he had his bath, bedtime squash, brushed his teeth and watched the iPad before it was time to go to sleep.

Hair cut

General 

Elliott was really good today. 

Activities

In the morning we had a lazy time until we headed in to Salisbury where we had lunch with Granny at Pizza Express:

He had dough balls, pasta burro and a chocolate brownie.

After lunch he had his hair cut and then we went to the music shop in Salisbury to get him some spare Clarinet reeds and an Abracadabra Clarinet learning book as requested by his teacher. Then we met up with Granny again, had a look round Smyths Toys Superstore (where he bought a Pokemon Ball and Pokemon with his saved pocket money) and then helped Granny with the shopping in Waitrose. Then we went back to Downton and he did the first part of his telling the time homework. This went really well after the first few challenges (he had to write the time shown by analogue clocks) but he was quite disparaging of his ability to start with (which turned out to be wrong as he knew what to do). Then we watched an episode of Pokemon together before having cheese on toast for tea again. After his bath he read some Harry Potter and then brushed his teeth before watching some more Pokemon on the iPad and going to sleep.

Pokemon hunting

General 

Elliott was very good today. 

Activities

In the morning we drove back to Downton to see Granny via Wokingham. During the car journey Elliott read lots of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. When we got to Downton we unpacked and then it was time for sausages and peas for lunch (he ate his peas with no fuss).

After lunch we went to the park down the road and Elliott used the skate park for scootering:

Then we went back to Granny's house for a drink and snack before heading out again to do some Pokemon hunting. After our Pokemon hunting it was time for cheese on toast for tea and then Elliott read some of his Horrid Henry school book and did some drawing (he drew a pirate scene and a baby). After this he had his bath and then had his bed time squash. Then he brushed his teeth and watched some Pokemon on the iPad before it was time to go to sleep.