Blog Author: Richard Jackson

During lockdown, both Tyler and Jack have learnt to ride their bikes, this is a very good skill to learn boys - well done! I hope you are both enjoying long family bike rides in the sun!

Jack has also celebrated his 11th birthday in lockdown and even had a bouncy castle on his special…

During lockdown Faith has had the opportunity to continue with her horse riding, although it might have been a  bit of a different experience with the social distancing rules in place, she still loved being back in the saddle! Fantastic picture Faith!

Have you had the opportunity to…

Mia from Year 6 has been very busy during lockdown and many of her lockdown adventures inadvertently became wartime themed trips, in keeping with the year 6 learning enquiry 'What impact did WW2 have on Britain?'.
 

"We visited Walton Gardens to see the newly opened and renovated conservatory…

Ella has had a very busy few weeks in lockdown, firstly she celebrated her fabulous 5th birthday with her family - beautiful birthday balloons Ella! One of Ella's birthday presents was some caterpillars and for the past few weeks she has been watching them turn into beautiful butterflies!…

Jacob has had a very exciting lockdown - he has been receiving lockdown ‘quests’ from ‘The Sea Queen’! One of which was to dig in his digging area to see if he could find any treasure. Low and behold, Jacob found a white pillow case!

“I reached inside, and there was a special box. Like a pirate…

Joseph from Year 5 has won a competition over the lockdown period; he entered a competition to design the Beechwood Centre’s swim school logo and won! His logo design will be on all swim school merchandise and will be shared on websites, leaflets and public forums! Wow that is very…

During lockdown I'm sure you have all appreciated the opportunity to enjoy your hobbies. Alfie has really enjoyed doing lots of different creative activities during lockdown with his sister; they have decorated plant pots and pebbles for their Grandma and Grandad's garden! What a lovely idea…

Leila didn't let lockdown stop her from having fabulous hair, instead her mum got very creative and used tissue paper to dye Leila's hair pink and blue! Fantastic experiment, here is how they did it...

"We put a piece of tissue paper in each bowl, poured in hot water and left to cool. Once…

Hayden has really enjoyed learning all about his new summer term learning enquiry 'What is marvellous about Mexico?'. Here is some of the work Hayden has created all about The Maya with some help from his Dad! Your work looks amazing Hayden - lots of information and very creative! Mrs Oakes will…

Sam celebrated his 8th birthday during lockdown and one of his presents was a Fitbit! He has put his Fitbit to good use and has been enjoying some quality family time by exploring the countryside come rain or shine. Sam even managed to get his steps up to 34,000 in one day! That is impressive…

Tyler has been very busy during lockdown, his family have made the most of the opportunity to visit lots of different outdoor places such as the Peak District and Delamere Forest. I particularly liked this picture as it shows you can spend some quality time in a safe and fun way in the great…

During lockdown I'm sure everyone has had plenty of time to catch up on their reading. Mia and her dog Buddy have particularly enjoyed 'Slime' by David Walliams. 

“I liked the characters in this book and it is very funny. My favourite chapter is ‘Gunk’ where Ned creates slime. I would…