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Two weeks ago was Aaron’s blue bears class assembly and he had some words to read out.

He did very well reading them and afterwards, he showed us the work he had been doing throughout the reception year at School.

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Last Saturday, Aaron and Ben entered a football tournament at GOALS (where they play on a Friday night) which was run by the Plymouth Argyle coaches. Nearly all of the Bickleigh Buddies went but, as Aaron is younger than the others, he had to be put in a different age group, so not with anyone he knew. He ended up in the orange team and was OK for the first game where he stayed in goal and generally didn’t do anything. But in the second game, he turned all silly and started crying and didn’t want to play anymore. I think it was because he couldn’t get the ball and didn’t want to do much running about. It was quite embarrassing really but we had to take him off for a bit. I did manage to get him to have another go a bit later on in the 2 hour session, as he wanted a medal and I said he wouldn’t get one if he didn’t play, so he had another go for 5 mins but the same thing happened again, so we gave up. It was a real shame but Aaron tends to be like this for some reason.  He was happy running about with Coby and Toby, kicking the ball on the pitch where we were watching Ben play! Anyway, he did get a medal at the end. His orange team came 2nd in the final standings as well, so I managed to get Chloe (the PAFC coach who coaches them on a Friday and was running this tournament) to give him a trophy. As you can imagine, he was very pleased with this as Ben had also won a trophy for his team being runners up as well. He shouldn’t really have got one though, but it made him happy and I was hoping it would give him a bit more confidence for if we go to a tournament again. He also received a specially made ‘Bickleigh Buddies’ medal along with all the other boys that play on a Friday night, so he came away with plenty of medals and a trophy!

Aaron with his awards

Aaron and Ben with their awards

Over the last few weeks at School, Aaron has taken part in the Balanceability club/lessons to help him learn to ride his bike without stabilisers, and they have worked miracles! After the 3rd lesson, Aaron was able to ride his bike without them! Miracle!

The first two lessons were taught using a balance bike, so that the children could learn to balance themselves correctly, and those that could do this were asked to bring their bikes in, without the stabilisers on. Aaron was one of them that was asked to do this, so we took it in and he has taken to it like a duck to water! Well done Aaron! 😉 The best £25 we have spent since we did this for Ben when he was in the reception year!

Since then he has ridden his bike around Gramps’ house and also up along Mount Batten with no problems at all! He has another lesson to go as well (total of 6), so he should get even more confident on it. He is itching to get out on Drakes Trail now on our next family bike ride!

Next Level Of Balanceability Level

1st Ride At Mount Batten Without Stabilisers

At the end of June, Aaron had his dental check but he ended up crying his eyes out! Tut!

He was fine beforehand and even said that he wanted to go first, but when we got in there, the dentist said that either myself or Kelly had to go first as we were having X-Rays done. So I think this put Aaron off and by the time it was his turn he had gone all silly and wouldn’t sit down in the chair. So we had to let Ben have a go and then try Aaron again, but he wasn’t having any of it.  In the end, he was sat on Kelly’s lap, lying on the chair and would barely open his mouth. Eventually, the Dentist managed to have a quick look and said they were all fine, but Aaron changed his tune when they asked if he wanted a sticker!! Dear me!

This week we found out that Aaron will be in Miss Bowyer’s class at Bickleigh Down School when he moves into Year 1 in September. We are really pleased about this as she was a great teacher for Ben and really nice. Aaron will love her! 😉