Class 9 Catch Up 18.4.20

Date: 18th Apr 2020 @ 2:59pm

Hello Class 9,

I hope that you are all staying safe and feeling healthy. I have had some fantastic emails this last week that have really made me smile. Thank you so much to those children who have been in touch.

It would be great to hear from some more of you. Please feel free to email me at [email protected]

I hope you had a fantastic Easter and received lots of eggs. Sadly, all of the eggs that I received were no more by the evening of Easter Sunday – I couldn’t help myself. However, my wife still has a few Crème Eggs left that I can tuck into when she goes to bed.

Have any of you decided to make anything with your eggs? I melted one of my eggs and had it for breakfast – with a few mini eggs added for good luck – it was delicious.

So what have you been up to this last week? I received a lovely email from Harrison who has been busy building a go kart in the garden with his dad – how good is that! Has anybody else made anything using materials found lying around the house? Check out this one below!

I have spent this week trying to be really active and have completed a 5 mile walk most days along the canal. It is a really nice place to walk – especially when it’s sunny. On the days I have not walked, I have done other bits of exercise. On Wednesday, I completed a 5km run as I was nominated to by my friend. Once I had completed it, I donated £5 to charity and nominated 5 of my friends to complete it. Have any of you seen this taking place on social media? Have any of your parents or family members been nominated for it yet? It is a fantastic way to raise money for charity as it also improves each individual’s physical and mental health.

This morning, I completed a Zoom fitness session with some of my teammates from my football team. It was really fun and was a great way to see each other again. Have any of you used social media to connect with your friends or family? Hopefully if you have, it is all done with your mum and dad’s permission.

Has anybody tried the Knowsley School Sport Partnership challenges yet? They are fantastic and really good fun. Some of the teachers have attempted them and have posted some amazing scores. Have a go when you get a chance. All information can be found here: https://www.kirkbycofe.co.uk/news/knowsley-school-sport-partnership-challenges/52233

Finally, have you all been keeping track of Captain Tom Moore’s fantastic charity campaign? What an unbelievable man he is – an absolute hero and role model!

He aimed to walk a hundred lengths of his back garden (which is 25m in length) before he was 100 years old. On Thursday 16th April, Captain Tom Moore completed his final 10 laps out of his 100. This was captured on platforms including the BBC and ITV.

So far, Captain Moore has raised a whopping £22,890,256 (and rising) for the NHS staff and volunteers caring for Covid 19 patients. In fact, as I type the amount has already increased. He children, is a real life superhero.

I think that is a great way to sign off this blog.

I look forward to hearing from some more of you this week.

Keep safe and stay active,

Mr Mawson