Goggles

General 

Elliott was good after school today but he was also a bit down as he didn't thin his hockey trial had gone as well as he'd like because he had to keep playing in defence again. We talked about how playing for the team is a good quality and resilience. The squads will be put on the board in the next few days so I also said he didn't know and talked about how often after tests and trials people think they've done worse than they have. He cheered up after swimming and told me more about his day and how his Clarinet lesson was good and his teacher was pleased he had joined Whistling Woodwind and done practice over the summer holidays. He also said they'd been listening to Space Oddity by David Bowie during their science lesson.

Activities

After school clubs hadn't started yet so after school we went home before swimming to get ready and Elliott went for a bike ride to help cheer himself up after feeling down about the hockey trial. When we got to swimming unfortunately we realised his goggles had dropped out of his swimming bag but he did his lesson without them anyway and did really well. He was much happier after swimming and had his shower before we went home for toast for tea. After tea he watched some Transformers Prime on the iPad before he brushed his teeth and then read more of his school book The Saga of Darren Shan before it was time to go to sleep.