End of Primary School at Bickleigh Down

Ben’s last year of term didn’t go as planned at all, what with the Covid lockdown closing schools from March until June. Luckily, Ben’s year was allowed to go back to school, mainly because it was a crucial time in their education what with going to secondary school in only a few months!  We did […]

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Covid-19 Coronavirus Lockdown

Well, we didn’t see this coming at the start of the year!   A global pandemic hit the UK towards the end of March which meant that the Government issued a mandatory lockdown throughout the country. This basically forced everything to close, including schools, clubs, shops, pubs, restaurants, leisure facilities and for people to work from […]

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Devon Schools Netball Finals

Unfortunately, Covid-19 put pay to this, which was really upsetting.  Due to the pandemic, all events like this were cancelled, even though there was no lockdown in place.  So Ben missed out on the trip to Paignton, which was a real shame.  All of the netball team and the teachers were upset about it and […]

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Guildhall Trip With School

A couple of weeks ago, Ben was chose, along with 3 other’s from Year 6, to go to the Guildhall with their R.E. teacher to help man a stand about the work they have been doing. So, Ben spent the day at the Guildhall helping to show his and other’s work off to those that […]

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Netball Awards and School Values Certificate

This morning, Ben got his latest batch of Netball awards – a certificate for reaching the Plymouth Finals and his bronze medal.  He also, surprisingly, got a School Values award for ‘always encouraging his peers and showing love’.  We didn’t know he was going to get this one so we were glad that we both […]

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