Ben's Blog

A few weeks ago, Ben had his class assembly.  This year he had quite a few words to say, in fact, it was two long sentences!  He did really well and spoke loudly and clearly so everyone could hear him.  He also played the Ocarina, along with the rest of his class, and showed some of his work off. It was quite interesting to see what they had been learning about during the school year.

Ben also received his green belt and certificate from Karate, and also his latest swimming certificates.

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Here are the words that Ben had to speak in the assembly.

The words Ben had to say in assembly

Last Friday was the Summer Fayre at the boys’ school. We went for a couple of hours with Grandma and Ben had a great time. He won several packs of sweets and chocolate from various stalls, and also the odd toy!  We had pizza there, that was provided by Papa Johns, which was very nice! Ben had a great time going around the stalls and playing with his various friends that he bumped into, and finished off by going on a large bouncy castle slide with Aaron! The weather was dry and sunny as well, so we all had a great time.

School Summer Fayre

Last Saturday, the Bickleigh Buddies took part in a PAFC Football Tournament at Goals, which is where they play on a Friday evening.  Unfortunately, it was a horrible morning weather wise as it didn’t stop drizzling and being foggy between 10 and 12 when the tournament took place.  However, that didn’t stop Ben from having great fun! The Bickleigh Buddies were split up with other children (there were lots that turned up!) but Ben managed to stay on the same team as Jack and a couple others of the Buddies. They did very well and ended up being Runners Up for their age group (7-9 years) so afterwards he was awarded a lovely trophy, certificate and medal from Goals and PAFC. He was very pleased with that so no doubt he will want to go back and do it again!

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This year was Ben’s 3rd Sports Day at School. He was in the same team of Lynher and Aaron was in his team as well as they try and keep siblings together to make it easier for parents to follow them around the field to do the various events.  The events were the same as last year and included football dribbling, egg and spoon race, pirate treasure and small hurdles.  Ben did very well in them all and their team won all but 1 of the events! Ben also came third in the running race, which was much better than last year! Overall, his team won the competition again so he was very pleased!

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The latest dental check up went fine for Ben. He was happy to sit down in the chair and opened his mouth properly and the dentist was very happy with the state of his teeth. Phew!