The Ice Monster

General 

Elliott was good after school today and said his day at school was good with minimal Isobel frustration (but still a little).

Activities

After school we went to Sainsburys to do some food shopping. When we got home Elliott did some animating before having pepperoni pizza for tea. After tea he practiced his Clarinet before having a bath and then reading more of "The Ice Monster" (which he's now really happy he can read as his school book) and then going to sleep. 

Sick day

General 

Elliott was really good this afternoon and let me get on with work while he entertained himself.

Activities

After picking up Elliott we went home and he unpacked his Transformers and did some animating. Then he had some ham sandwiches for tea before we went to his swimming lesson (he seemed quite keen to go swimming and was recovered enough). After swimming he had a shower and we went home and he did his Theory homework. Then he brushed his teeth and read more of his "Skeleton Key" Alex Rider school book before it was time to go to sleep.

Hockey Club

General 

Elliott had a difficult day at times at school again as they were talking about marriage in his RE lesson and he said he felt upset and there was some teasing. However he said he'd dealt with it much better and seemed much happier after school so we talked about remembering how well he'd coped with it and how to do it again next time.

Activities

After school I picked Elliott up from Hockey Club and we went home. Elliott got ready for swimming and had ham and cheese sandwiches for tea. Then it was off to his swimming lesson where he did well before he had a shower after the lesson. When we got home he did some animating and then brushed his teeth. Finally he read more of his "Skeleton Key" Alex Rider school book before it was time to go to sleep.

Clarinet Club

General 

Elliott was quite upset after school today as one of the girls had been saying things to wind him up again. We talked about trying not to be upset what she thinks about the things he likes and he did calm down. He said he normally deals with it better but today it just really got to him so hopefully he'll have a better day tomorrow.

Activities

After school we went home and Elliott did his music theory homework before having ham and cheese sandwiches for tea. Then it was off to Whistling Woodwind (Clarinet Club) at Emmbrook school before we came home and he had his bath and brushed his teeth. Then he read more of his "Skeleton Key" Alex Rider school book before it was time to go to sleep.

Woking Hockey Tournament

General 

Elliott was very good today. 

Activities

In the morning after breakfast we set off for the Woking Hockey Tournament. It was a really good performance by South Berkshire B (with Elliott in defence) winning 3 and drawing 1 and I thought Elliott looked more confident in the age group and played really well. He was very pleased with his performance but did say he thought he'd have sore legs tomorrow after all the running around. On the way home after the tournament we stopped at Kentucky Fried Chicken in Bracknell for lunch and Elliott had a popcorn chicken meal for lunch.

After lunch we went home and Elliott watched some Doctor Who on his iPad and posed his Transformers while thinking about how to animate them next. He also practiced his Clarinet and had a relaxing afternoon in general. Then he had ham and cheese sandwiches for tea before having a bath, brushing his teeth and getting ready for bed. Before he went to sleep he read his Skeleton Key" Alex Rider book for about half an hour.