Spiderman animation

General 

Elliott was good after school.

Activities

After hockey we went straight to swimming and he did well (he has almost ready to go to the next class level). Then we went home and he had luncheon meat sandwiches for tea. After tea he started filming a Spiderman animation with his Marvel toys. Next it was time for hinm to brush his teeth and he read some of his Skullduggery Pleasant school book before going to sleep.

Working for the Council

General 

Elliott was really good today. He did get worried again about our visit to see Miss Allen on Thursday so I reassured him again.

Activities

In the morning we got to school to find it was closing down because of the bug. So instead Elliott came to work with me for the morning. He did some Maths off his own back and played on a phone for a while and was really well behaved. He also drew some pictures in his notebook. At one point he came to a meeting with the Highways Team with me to talk about how to improve online fault reporting and he was really good during that. At lunchtime we went home and he had ham sandwiches for lunch. 

After lunch he did some of the homework the school sent out (answering questions about a passage of text about lions and some Study Ladder Maths and Spelling exercises) while I worked from home. He also played a new Spiderman game he downloaded on the phone. Then we went to swimming and he did really well and is now very close to completing the stage he's currently on. After swimming he had a shower and we drove home. When we got home he practiced his Clarinet parts for the Wokingham Winter Fayre and Andrea practiced reflexology on his feet. Next we had sausages and rice for tea before he brushed his teeth, read some more of Skulduggery Pleasant and then it was time for sleep.

Early bath

General 

Elliott was a little upset after school today. He said he'd got upset at lunchtime and then a girl Neha had tried to comfort him but Albion thought she'd been teasing him and that's why he was upset he Albion upset Neha and then Miss Allen had got the wrong end of the stick and thought Elliott had caused trouble. Fortunately it sounds like Miss Fernandez then sorted this out but he's worried ahead of us meeting with Miss Allen that she'll tell us he gets in to trouble a lot.

Activities

After we got home and had a chat about putting today's incident behind him and he'd cheered up he had an early bath (at his request) to help him calm down. Then he had some toast for tea and played with some Ben 10 toys (he likes the alien designs). Then he had some toast for tea and we headed off to Whistling Woodwind which he really seemed to enjoy (and they sounded good from outside when I went to collect him). Then we headed home and he brushed his teeth, did his music theory homework and then read more read more of his Skullduggery Pleasant school book before going to sleep.

Hockey against girls

General 

Elliott was really good today. 

Activities

In the morning we had breakfast with Dave, Jo, Alice and Phoebe before heading off to hockey. The boys team played a game against the Under 12 Girls Development Team because their opposition hadn't arrived. He played really well at the back in the first half and then didn't play in the second half but Tony was quick to point out it was because he wanted to see some other boys play. In the end they beat the girls team 4-2. After the game they did more training and he did really well. The tournament next Sunday sounds like it might be in the afternoon which we're hoping it will be so he can play at Wokingham Winter Fayre with Whistling Woodwind and play in the tournament. Fortunately Jack from the team is also in Berkshire Maestros group (a brass band) so he's not the only one with a commitment clash. After training we headed home for ham sandwiches for lunch. 

After lunch he watched the Iron Man cartoon for a bit and then I went for a run and he rode his bike again. After I'd finished the run he swapped his bike for his scooter and practiced some scooter stunts and tricks. When it started getting dark he came in and had a bath before we had spaghetti bolognese for tea. I used tomato puree to make a plain sauce for him which he ate without any problems. After tea he finished his final two Study Ladder exercises which he got 100% right again. Then he brushed his teeth and read more of Skulduggery Pleasant before it was time to go to sleep.

Dave, Jo, Alice and Phoebe

General 

Elliott was good today. He was a bit resistant to the idea of doing homework but once he sat down and started doing it he did it quickly and well.  

Activities

In the morning he played with his Marvel toys for a while and then he did his homework. At frist he didn't want to do his homework so I told him it's good to get it done early to leave the weekend free and in case it's difficult and takes a while (which makes doing it last minute tricky). He raced through his Study Ladder exercises and got all the questions right (though we still have two more exercises to go as we could only do 3 out of 5 exercises). Then he did his English homwork which was questions about a passage of text. He did well answering the questions and his handwriting and attetion to grammar was good. After he'd finished his homework we watched The Amazing Spiderman 2 and had ham sandwiches for lunch while we watched the film. 

After lunch I went for a run around the fields and he accompanied me on his bike. Then we went to Burghfield to visit Dave, Jo, Alice and Phoebe Read(-Clarke). Jo and Alice were out when we first arrived and Elliott and Phoebe got on really well. They played Roblox together and Elliott showed her his Iron Man toys and Phoebe showed Elliott her piano playing and some of her books. They had pasta with bacon sauce for tea and then Jo and Alice got home and everyone watched Strictly Come Dancing. At bed time he brushed his teeth and then read some more of Skullduggery Pleasant out loud to me.

Iron Man ideas

General 

Elliott was good after school today. He said he was told off once at school for waving at someone who was waving through the door at the class while Miss Allen read to them, but it didn't sound serious.

Activities

After school we went home and he made some Iron Man ideas he had (for example he strapped his Nerf bullets to his snap band to make a bullet holder). He had toast and sandwiches for tea and then watched an Iron Man cartoon on Netflix before having his bath. After his bath and brushing his teeth he read some of his Skullduggery Pleasant school book out loud and then read more to himself before going to sleep.

Chimney sweep

General 

Elliott was good today. He'd enjoyed Victorian activities at Reading Museum on the school trip, particularly pretending to be a chimney sweep.

Activities

After school we got to swimming this week and that went well. Then after his shower we picked up his school bag and he had toast and a sandwich for tea. After tea he did his Study Ladder maths homework and then brushed his teeth. Then he read some of his school book Skullduggery Pleasant before going to sleep.

Spiderman

General 

Elliott was good after school today. Unfortunately, due to getting stuck behind a broken down car, I was late collecting him from hockey club and we were too late to get to swimming. But he was good natured about it.

Activities

After school we went home and he he helped make his cheese sandwiches for tea. Then he watched some Spiderman before having his bath and cleaning his teeth. Finally he read some of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe out loud to me before reading some more of it to himself and then going to sleep.

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

General 

Elliott was in good spirits after school today.

Activities

After school we went home and he turned one of his toy planes in to a Titans Transformer by drawing a robot, cutting it out and sticking it to the underside of the toy plane. Then we finished watching Avengers Age Of Ultron while he had some toast for tea. After tea we headed off to Whistling Woodwind at Emmbrook and he said he'd enjoyed himself on the way home. Once we got home he had a quick bath, brushed his teeth and read some of his new school book. Miss Allen has asked him to take a break from Darren Shan so he's now reading The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.

Maidenhead Hockey Tournament

General 

Elliott was really good today.  

Activities

In the morning we got ready early to go to the hockey tournament in Maidenhead. I thought South Berkshire played brilliantly and Elliott was really happy afterwards and especially proud that they hadn't conceded a goal during all 4 games. When we got back from the tournament we had ham sandwiches for lunch and watched some of Tottenham Hotspur against Crystal Palace with Graham Jenkins who had come to visit for the game (he supports Crystal Palace). 

After lunch he did his Learning Ladder Maths homework and he only got 1 question out of 30 wrong. I did help him interpret word questions but he did the majority of the problems completely independently and was careful when he typed in the answers. Then we went out to the fields and he rode his bike and scooter for a while. When we got back we watched some of the Avengers Age Of Ultron film before we had sausage, rice and broccoli for tea. Then he practiced his Clarinet and did his music theory homework before he had his bath, cleaned his teeth and got ready for bed. Finally he read some of his current Darren Shan book out loud to me before going to sleep.

Thor: Ragnarok

General 

Elliott was very good today.  

Activities

In the morning after breakfast Elliott did his English homework - writing a story board for the story of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. He got on with his homework and after he'd finished he focused while I went through it and told him where there was some missing punctuation. After he'd fininshed his homework he had a bath and cleaned his teeth and then played with transformers. Then he had ham sandwiches for lunch.

After lunch we went to Bracknell and went to see Thor: Ragnarok at the Odeon. He enjoyed the film and he thought it was funny. After the film we bought some base layers from Sports Direct for hockey now it's getting colder and we went home. When he got home he played his Clarinet for a while and then it was plain spaghetti bolognese for tea. After tea he got ready for bed without having a bath (as he'd had one earlier), but with brushing his teeth. Then he read more of his latest Darren Shan book before going to sleep.

Disco

General 

Elliott was good after school today. He was also really well behaved while the other age group discos were on and he was waiting for his own disco.

Activities

After school we went home for some toast before going back to school again for the discos. He really enjoyed his disco and spent a lot of time dancing and having fun with Kian and Anthony as well as joining in with Isaac, Harry Smith, Sam, and Thomas. After the disco we headed home and he brushed his teeth and then went straight to bed where he read his latest Darren Shan book for a brief period as it was getting late. He promised he'd have a bath tomorrow morning.