May 18th. Sixty days of lockdown. I have been reading my earliest lockdown journal entries. It still doesn’t seem real. I remember how I felt then. I was scared, and very sad. I remember thinking it might be three weeks, and now we are 60 days. I don’t feel as scared anymore, it feel quite…
May 13th. I did two FaceTime calls today with younger childrenfrom school. Firstly my friends Charlotte and Alice (they are 3 and 5). I read to them, and then Alice read to me! It was SO CUTE! Then I did the same with my friend Lily Rose, she’s 6. She read to me too, she…
May 12th. For my English today, we had to write a presentation on Shakespeare and present it in an unusual way. I dressed up like one of my teachers and videoed presenting it. Here on YouTube. It was very funny (and educational!!).
May 3rd. I did another Live Stream Bedtime Story this evening. It was SO much fun. You can find it on my Ava Reads page, or watch a replay of it here: https://youtu.be/UbskruAFFMI. If you want to watch live next week, let me know and we’ll send you the link to the Live Stream! It is nerve-wracking being…
May 2nd. We watched Karate Kid! We had an 80’s movie night and watched Karate Kid from 1984, nearly forty years old! It’s about a young boy that has his world turned upside down by moving from New Jersey to California, and it really unsettles him. But he fights back, and overcomes the problems his…
May 1st. Today we had a visit from Batman, Spiderman and……another superhero I didn’t know! OK, it was really my friend Oli the Choc and his friends, walking the streets to entertain people during lockdown, and raising money. My daddy donated some money, and I’ve put £5 from my piggy bank to his total too.…
April 30th. A couple of weeks ago I dropped in some brownie ingredients, and a protein bar to our friend Holly. This morning I woke up to a massive gift from her; loads of really cool gifts! Water bottle, notebook, chocolates, pen, oat bars, and a really nice letter from her. It really made my…
April 29th. Inspired by my Ava Reads series, today my whole class got given a ‘buddy’ from Reception to Video Call to read a story to and have a conversation, like we do some days when we are in school. I got to hang out with my friend Shepard (and his brother Otis). It was so nice…
April 28th. Forty Days of lockdown! We all sat and talked about it. It’s actually been mostly OK. School has been OK, it hasn’t felt like we’ve been stopped from going out because the weather has been OK so we’ve been out in the garden, and out on our bikes, I’ve been able to talk…
April 27th. After school today I FaceTimed my friend. It’s so nice to be able to have happy conversations with my friend, but this one was after she messaged to say she was sad and fed up of Lockdown. We spent an hour and a half on the video call, we laughed and we cried. I’ve…
April 25th. I had a lazy day! I got a lot of my Egypt project written, talking about the River Nile and it’s impact on the Ancient Egyptians. My Daddy and I sat and watched some episodes of a TV programme all about the Nile, it is really fascinating. I would love to visit, and…
April 23rd. Today is St George’s Day, the English patron saint. I didn’t really know much about it, but I looked him up on Google. There were lots of stories but the famous one about him fighting and beating the Dragon seems appropriate at the moment. I guess we are all fighting the Dragon at…
April 21st. Back to school. It was really normal. Everyone was still filled with tales of what they had done over the holidays, the boys were still annoying! I should have been going back to school today having just got back from two and a half weeks in America, half with my cousins in Chicago,…
April 20th. My last day before going back to school, but not at school. It felt less upsetting than usual knowing that I was going to be home-schooling, and home schooling already seems to be quite normal. I’m actually looking forward to going back. We went on our last Daddy-Daughter bike ride of the holiday,…
April 19th. Today was……eventful. My dad and I went out for a distanced walk with some friends, dressed up! My dad was Bananaman, our friend Jon was dressed a Dinosaur and another friend, Jack was dressed as the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine! We all walked around Wilmslow to cheer people up. Hundreds…
April 18th. The weather was miserable today, grey and showery. It made me see how bad Lockdown could have been! I was stuck inside all day; it was very boring, the day dragged on forever. At least before, we could have fun in the garden and enjoy our ‘one a day’ exercise. It made me…
April 17th. Today, we collected more Easter Eggs from my friends to give to the NHS. It was amazing seeing how many eggs were being handed to us from our friends! We then went to collect chocolate from Mail Box Etc who acted as a drop-off point for us, they had to put all the…
April 16th. My Dad and I went for my ‘One a Day’ exercise. We cycled to a path around Manchester Airport, and found what felt like a hidden world. Lots of tiny paths, often riding right next to the runway, and even found a massive secret tunnel under the runway. It is amazing what is…
April 14th. I’ve decided to give the rest of my Easter Eggs to the NHS doctors & nurses who are fighting the Coronavirus. My Daddy is an ambassador at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity so has set it up though them to reach the Doctors and Nurses on the frontline. I got the idea from…
April 13th. I sat and videoed a few more stories today for Ava Reads, and read through all the comments from my younger friends. Thank you. Some of you asked what I was like when I was KG/Reception age. So I asked my Daddy to find some pictures. I hope you like them! I also…
April 5th. It was my Grannie’s birthday today, my Daddy’s Mum. Of course, we couldn’t see her, but instead my Daddy arranged for a Zoom call with us, them and my family from Chicago. He arranged for a bottle of Champagne to be sent to his parent’s house so we could all toast my Grannie…
April 4th. We should have been going to Chicago today. And going to Disneyland Florida while we were there. My cousins have lived in Chicago for over 8 years. I don’t remember them not living there. I only get to see them once a year, sometimes twice. I look forward to our trips SO much,…
March 28th. Our first lockdown weekend. Today, my daddy and I went out for our ‘one a day’ exercise. As we went passed our local Waitrose, there was a queue all the way around the carpark. Same with our butcher. People were wearing masks, and everyone was spread out across the pavement keeping 2 metres…
March 26th. Today was very similar to yesterday. Our new normal. It felt even more normal. At least it was still sunny. You could see it helped everyone’s mood and mental health, especially when we were doing our ‘one a day exercise’, everyone actually looked happy and said hello. So nice. Even nicer, my daddy…
March 25th. This is the new normal. Don’t go outside unless it’s absolutely necessary….or for your ‘one a day’ exercise. It’s already a bit like Groundhog Day. Wake up. Look at the news. Eat breakfast. Take vitamins. Log on ready for school. Do School. Finish School. Do my daily exercise. Eat Dinner. Talk about our…
March 24th. My first day of full Lockdown. Everywhere was so quiet. It didn’t really change what we did, my family hasn’t really been going out since school got cancelled last Friday, but it feels different. I did my school lessons and my Daddy worked. It really helped that it was warm and sunny, so…
March 23rd. Today was my first day of online school. We have a full day timetable, with morning break and lunchtime (but no School Dinner, which may be a good thing 😉 ) It was very strange and quite good fun, I was with my class, chatting with them, and the teacher, but whilst sat…
March 22nd. Today was Mother’s Day, although it didn’t feel like it. We usually see my grandparents, but at the last minute decided we couldn’t as they are in their 80s. We were stuck inside the house for most of the day, with just a short walk with the dog to get some fresh air,…
21st March. I am feeling a little bit better today, better than yesterday anyway. We went to the supermarket with my daddy to get some food for my Mummy’s parents; they’re 83 years old and shouldn’t be going out. We arrived at M&S; the car park was almost full! The shop had only been open for…
20th March. Today was my last day at school before the Covid-19 break but it shouldn’t be. We should still have two weeks before the Easter holiday. Instead we are off school, with almost no notice. I still don’t believe it. Even worse, it could be the last day of the academic year, which means it…
An 11 year old on Lockdown 