Lockdown Newsletter May 2020

BUTLERS COURT
SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

22nd May 2020 ‘LIFE IN LOCKDOWN’ FREE COPY

Dear Parents, FACE MASKS FOR THE NHS

Its nine weeks so far since school closed and I I have been helping my brothers and my Dad to
hope that remotely we have managed to stay make face shields for Wexham Park hospital and
connected. This bumper edition of the newsletter our local Doctors surgery. We have made nearly
makes me very proud of our school community. 500.
The staff, parents and children of Butlers Court
have pulled together and through these articles I Nathan (6PR) and Hayden (3BA) Dodd
can see that the children have had lots of
positive experiences. Butlers Court Remembers

In years to come you may remember some of the Coming to an end. The war is done.
pain, difficulties and stresses of COVID19 but I Hitler is dead. The war is won.
hope our children remember it as a special time Unexpected public holiday.
they spent with their favourite people. I hope they Running street parties. That’s the British way.
remember endless sunshine days filled with lots Celebrations in the street.
of quality family time. Carry on creating happy Having sandwiches and something sweet.
memories with them; you are all doing an Imagining life back on track.
amazing job. Longing for our boys to come home and unpack.
Love, laughter, loyalty and liberation.
Have a wonderful half term and hopefully we may
get the opportunity to meet in the coming By Zach 5JM
months.

Stay well and stay safe

Jeanette Marshall

Art at home with Mrs Habgood

For the last four weeks Years 1-6 have been
learning to sketch and shade using my online
videos and I feel so proud that I had to share some
of their work with you! I have been blown away by
the effort they have all put in and the talent I have
seen – it has been lovely to have the chance to
respond personally to so many children about their
work. Keep up the good work everyone
You will find this lovely art work dotted around
the newsletter.

YEAR 3 A day in School
FOREST SCHOOL

The children in Year 3 have been making the most After a very different style of Easter holiday
of the warm weather this term by getting outside Butlers Court was open again for the children of
and doing some forest school activities. They key workers on Monday 20th April. We started
have created dens, rock piles and habitats as well our day by getting active with a PE session from
as making rock pals! Joe Wicks – the EYFS teachers were pretty
good too!

Next, it was time for us to use the ICT Suite to
complete the work our teachers had set on the
Google Classroom.

We were blessed with lovely weather, so after a
picnic lunch we decided to get creative with
cooking and art.

Butlers Court is a very different place to be at
the moment, but it’s proving to be fun
nonetheless.

Lily Pollard 5ML
Easter Making and Baking

Time in Lockdown

Lilian (Y6) and Ivana (Y3) Ilieva

We have been completing our
school work, but have learnt some
new skills and enjoyed having time
for some old ones too. We love to
draw. We are missing our friends
and school

The drawing of the girl is by Lilian.

Ivana took on practicing Contortion
from online videos and she is
getting better every day.

At the start of lockdown I felt scared. What's happening? Where are
my friends? A few weeks in I understood why we were in lockdown,
but I still didn't like it. Me and my mummy went on walks at night. I
realised it wasn't that bad and tried to keep a positive attitude. In
lockdown my favourite thing to do is practice dancing, contortion and
tumbling. I would dance inside and outside but tumbling only outside.
I would do contortion inside too. I would dance anywhere. It never
failed to cheer me up. I work hard every day trying to do a new skill. I
find it quite hard in lockdown, but as I go on it gets more fun each
day. I get more time to spend with my family, more time for movie
nights, more time to read, more time to get better at art and of course
more time to dance. If you're struggling in lockdown, don't think of it
as a disadvantage, think of it as an experience like a fun obstacle
course because it's not all that bad. Try and keep a positive attitude.
We are all in this together even though we're apart! Work was much
better at home. My dad didn't have much work as he worked in a
restaurant, so he helped me a lot. I really appreciate it. I think I
learned more at home than I would have at school! I found it quite
hard working at home in lockdown but it is a great example that you
should always have a positive attitude even in the hardest of times.
My mum and dad always helped me so I got there in the end.

For now I don't know when lockdown will end. Stay Safe:)

Ivana Ilieva 3BA

'Home Learning During the Karl Watson, Giraffe
Coronavirus - One Week In' Lockdown Work

By Emily Tamagni, 4RP Karl has been practising his reading, writing,
counting to 15, ordering numbers, as well as using
We have been home schooling for over a week our new lawnmower, riding a new scooter, planting
now. To be truthful, I am sad school is shut a vegetable patch (sunflowers, carrots, beetroot,
because I don’t get to see my friends and I really onions) and looking after our fruit trees (cherry,
miss them! I also have to work with my younger plum, pear, apple and 2 olive trees) and
sister in Year 2 who needs more help than I do and strawberries, black-and-redcurrants, by watering
there is only one adult available. But at least I have them and adding compost
a big garden with a trampoline and a climbing He also went on a daily 2-hour walk after school in
frame to play on when we take breaks. Even the local woods/ fields, to keep fit, feeding horses,
though we can’t go out to see any of our friends, observing birds/ squirrels, farm animals- ducks,
we can still FaceTime them and that’s fun too. turkeys, chickens.
Google classroom has been a big help because Karl was also launching rockets over a 2m fence
you can socialise with people from your class and into neighbours' garden, throwing blueberries over
check on the work your teacher has been posting. the fence to feed their dog, and containers of water
Home schooling does mean that I have more time from upstairs window (apparently, to make a pool
to do what I like, like baking and playing tennis in the back garden), when mama tried to teach
outside. We can’t go out to the shops but we have online Mechanics lessons, until she came and
stocked up on some food and have a lot of locked the windows. Karl always said hello to
ingredients for baking! The work seems a bit most of my classes, and showed them his toys, his
harder than it would have been at school because magnificent work on doing dots on ladybirds and
my mum and dad aren’t teachers so they don’t writing numbers sums.
always know how to explain everything as well as Karl has been making 3D Lego and jigsaw
Ms Parry would. Home learning has meant that I’m puzzles, playing "Snakes and Ladders", and
on the computer a lot more than I normally am and "Zingo" - key words game, doing online Maths and
that makes a change. I’m not yet bored of home phonics lessons, he especially liked interactive e-
learning but I really hope we can get back to books and Maths games with Carol
school soon! Vorderman. He played with Lego blocks, doing the
activities set by Mrs Green, Miss Hutchings and
VE DAY BUNTING Mrs Lansdown, and Jengo.

Even though we are still in lockdown Freddie and
George Smith-Webb wanted to celebrate the 75th
Anniversary of VE Day. They worked really hard at
home making bunting to hang in the window. Well
done boys, it looks amazing!

Alex (2KL) & Ben (Giraffe) Pearce

Two things we will remember during lockdown is being thankful for others and PE with Joe Wicks.

Alex feels:
Scared in case someone he knows gets
Corona.
Happy to be with his family.
Sad as he is missing friends and school.

Ben feels:
Happy to be able to play at home.
Sad as he misses school, friends and other
family.

. EASTER 2020

Covid,
Flowers in pots,
Virus,
Going on walks.

Sunny Spring,
Golf Course,
Dogs running,
But no horse?

Reading books,
Play in garden,
Making a gallery,
Waiting for soap to harden.

By Jessica Knox – 4JW

YEAR 3
LEARN HOW TO MAKE FIRE

In Year 3 we have been learning about the
Stone Age this term and the children learned
how to make a fire. We acted out how to create
a fire and some of us even started real fires
(with supervision)!

Archie Goodall Giraffe class

Here's a few of Archie's lockdown activities; bike riding, baking, and lots of painting, car washing, a bath
full of balls, excavating dinosaurs with his little brother, and a lockdown birthday with a DIY Disco!

‘HAIR’ RAISING MONEY FOR THE NHS

Arlow (3RN) and his
Dad decided to dye
their hair blue to raise
money for the NHS
charity. They have so
far raised a whopping
£1811!

Mrs Ellerby Y4 Teaching Assistant

As I left school on Friday 20th March, I didn't for one second imagine that I would not be heading back to
school for such a long time. Almost seven weeks later and I’m longing to queue in traffic along Wattleton
Road!

In preparation for a fortnight at home our dining room was quickly converted into a makeshift classroom.
My own children (James is in Year 6 and Charlotte is in Year 5) seemed quite excited to have mum
teaching them. I was armed with my laptop, ready to respond to queries from Year 4 and thankful for the
Google classroom training session I had received from Mr Reynolds before lockdown started!

Our first morning of working from home and home schooling started with a PE session with Joe Wicks -
the nation’s PE teacher!

I quickly discovered that my children do not enjoy being taught by me (and if I’m honest, I don’t really
enjoy teaching them!) as I’m sure children with teachers for parents will also have found.

Stay at home "During lockdown, we have mostly been
spending time swinging upside down on our
Lockdown started on the 23rd of March. bars....as well as doing our schoolwork of
As people began to draw the rainbow arch. course!".

We all thought it was going to end quick. Emily 4RP and Alice 2KL Tamagni
All of the airports are closing, especially Gatwick.

Please stay at home.

All the roads are empty.
People jogging and getting sweaty.

Schools are bare.
And people needing to cut their hair.

Please stay at home.

All the hospitals trying to help.
Even normal people wanting to help.

People cancelling their holiday.
People staying two meters away.

Please stay at home.

By Ethan Boyne 6PR

A RECIPE FOR A GOOD COMMUNITY

Start with a cupful of care and bottle of kindness.
Add a handful of helpfulness, spoonful of support and friendship and plenty of listening.
Then you'll need a splash of leadership, motivation and organisation.
Mix well and sprinkle with two cups of creativity, a tablespoon of tolerance and a kg of wisdom.
Next add a jug of joy and follow with a drizzle of thoughtfulness.
Then sieve out any sadness, stir in a slice of sensitivity and a handful of harmony.
After that fold in plenty of hugs and hearts with half a cup of courage.
Add 500 grams of determination and a large bowl of communication and understanding.
Finally mix in a cupful of cuddles, five colourful rainbow pictures and some cucumber!
Finish with a stamp of strength and there you have 3RN's happy and healthy community!

Start with a handful of happiness, teaspoon of togetherness and litre of love.
Add a pinch of friendship and a soup bowl full of super sparkling smiles.
Mix together with thoughtfulness, generosity and positivity.
Sprinkle in a plateful of politeness then add a handful of hope with a teaspoonful of family time.
Then you'll need a pinch of kindness and togetherness and an extra spoonful of smiles.
After that scoop in some hard work, two tablespoons of teamwork and a large bowlful of
helpfulness.
Next add a tablespoon of collaboration and a collection of communication.
Finish with one last cheddar cheese smile!
Finally bake in the oven with respect and peace and there you have 3BA's happy and healthy
community!

I like working at home but it is harder because when you have a question and your family are all busy
working you have no one to ask but when you’re at school your teacher's right in front of you and always

ready to help. Sometimes the homework is fun but normally I have to write a lot. l used to think that home

school would be easier and fun but after the first week studying at home I realised how much I miss my

school, my teachers and my friends because it’s much harder than I thought. Now I can’t wait until the

quarantine is over and we are back in school. By Sophia Salamova 4RP

and when I’m back to school.

‘Fruit and Vegetable Garden’

Caelan Tracey, 1KB has taken on a great fruit and
veg project since lockdown started. He has had great
fun choosing which seeds to plant, watching them
grow and watering them every day.

He has written a list of all the
fruit and veg he has planted

Fraser Robb 4JW

These are photos of my Year 4 VE Day project.
By Jessi Knox 4JW

Jeremy Simmonds 6BMS

Life at home in Isolation (with my family)

I have been at home for over 8 weeks as I was really sick before the lockdown started which was hard as I
really wanted to go back to school to see my friends but then Boris Johnson said schools were closing.

Home schooling was really difficult at the beginning but now I think I’ve got into the routine.
I have stayed fit by cycling nearly every day or out running or walking with my
family through the forest and around Beaconsfield, hard to see my friend’s
houses and not see them.

I love doing Joe Wicks every morning with my mum and sister which is
tough but fun.

I’ve helped my mum with some planting and gardening and learning how
to plant and help my mum around the house as she does a lot of work at
home.

I’ve found it very hard to cope with no friends around me but in the evening

I play some XBox and can hear my friends which is really exciting, I look
forward to that. I’ve done virtual football as well with my friends and their Dad’s.

I celebrated my mum’s birthday in isolation and we helped bake a cake.

Our family lives abroad so that is hard as we do not know when we can see them again but now we use
Zoom a lot.

My Dad and I built a den in the garden, he said it was for us to escape.

Ethan Jones - 4JW

STAYING AT HOME

Waiting and wondering when the lockdown will end,
Everybody’s at home missing their friends.
Playing games with the family,
Backgammon and Talisman too.

Playing Lego with my brother and sister,
Face timing my family and cousins.
Getting to stay up late watching movies on Disney
plus.
With popcorn and sweets and drinks too.

Baking lots of food with my family like,
cupcakes, lemon drizzle and Rocky Road too.
Playing sports in the sunshine like,
Football, Badminton and Rugby too.

When will the lockdown end?
Will I be back to see my friends, before we head to
secondary school?
I hope so, Stay at Home!

By Liam Cooke 6BMS

Arty Shadows Ellis Coppock 4JW

Ever since watching and enjoying Mrs Habgood’s
art tutorial videos, we notice the shadows
everywhere we go! This is Charlie Village, 6BMS.

I have been very active, and I have done my first
5km run and a 6km cycle and have been on lots of
different walks. We have made a treehouse in the
garden and we are adding lots of new things. It has
been challenging for our family on lockdown
because there are a lot of us.

Jack-Josias Engelbrecht 1KB

I have been busy helping my daddy dig out a
vegetable plot. I helped move sleepers and pile
them up. Then I put in lots of soil and compost
with my wheelbarrow. I am growing beans, kale,
broccoli, cucumber, pepper, chilies, radishes,
tomatoes and strawberries. This is my sister
Ariadne and me resting before adding more
sleepers.

Lockdown and home-schooling has changed my lifestyle hugely. Improving some qualities, it has helped me
to become more independent. During this time, I have kept up with my learning and completed the tasks set
each day whilst also doing a bit of reading. To help keep fit I try to go out in the garden and do one walk
each day as well as doing a workout. I have coped pretty well with the sudden change in learning but I
would like things to get a bit more normal now.

This is a poem I had to write for class about staying at home:

Staying at Home

At first, it was fine
It seemed like a long holiday

With lots of family time
Doing things a different way
What’s wrong with change?

A little can’t hurt
However, it is strange
The air filled with little pollution nor dirt

Not as many cars ran on the street as they used to
Not as many people walked on the paths as they used to

But now all I feel is shut in a household
Although it is one that I love

I feel as if freedom has been sold
A cage with a trapped dove

On the other hand we are saving lives by keeping inside
Thousands have died from the germs out there
So let’s keep safe in here, just as we’ve tried
Just remember care for yourself care, care, care

Not as many cars ran on the street as they used to
Not as many people walked on the paths as they used to

But it’s not all bad, and this is not a lie
We can watch movies and play games at the same time

Although I don’t have my friends by my side
There is always an app called Facetime
Our community has risen
It has come together to fight

Thinking about this helps me feel far from imprisoned
Because when we all clap for the NHS, it is a beautiful sight

By Charlotte Murray 6BMS

Lockdown Life

By Beth Armstrong

I have enjoyed doing crafts, baking and
gardening. I started growing red onions,
courgettes and tomatoes on week one of
lockdown and look at them now!

Many things have changed dramatically from
everyday life to just buying food in the supermarkets,
but you know you can still have fun at home. That’s
just what I did.

We camped out in our garden one night, it was SO I had a massive struggle with baking, I had
cold! literally NO flour and horror of horrors my
birthday was coming up so I needed flour for
a cake. (Don’t worry this story doesn’t end
with me having no birthday cake!) Luckily my
oldest cousin works in Waitrose. He was
going to work early and he managed to get
flour, PHEW but it was the ONLY bag left. In
the end I had a yummy Harry Potter cake.

Just remember soon (hopefully) we will be out of lockdown and hopefully we can all survive lockdown
and stay healthy, at least I know that I want to go back to normal life.

Noah Strachan 4RP

I have enjoyed going on lots of
walks with my family. We have
found places we didn’t even
know before. I have helped my
Mum and Dad deliver food
donations to elderly people
isolating I really liked seeing all
the teachers today on YouTube .
I miss playing with my friends
and I miss football. I like Ms
Parry story time. I have been
cooking a lot too.

Loved it! Many thanks Layla Warfield Connected This is brilliant and brought a
tear to my eye. Rhiannon Scott

Although we couldn’t be together staff wanted to stay connected with you all and made a
Connected’ video linking them with string. Please use this link to view it. Thank you for all your

lovely messages. This is so, so Love this, thanks so much to everyone

Absolutely beautiful! lovely. Thank you! involved, what an amazing thing to do.

ThKainndkryeoguaradsll for lifting our Zoe Winfield Real tear jerker for the mummies too!

spirits. Such a lovely What a brilliant video! Mrs McGrath Brilliant video!!
thought. Sienna Sophie Baber
We all enjoyed it, not A huge thank you to
loved this! everyone involved in
only Steven!
Tracey Murdoch the video. It really
Atanaska Lindsay makes a difference The video was
for the children to be lovely that all
Thank you so much for the Click Here able to ‘see’ all those of the staff
vLaidyelaoW! Tahrfeiekldids loved it and What a lovely video! familiar faces. made for the
it had me in tears. Joanne Village children Krista
Romina Sharrocks Swan

Thank you so much for sharing, Thank you! Thank you. So lovely for the kids to
it has really brightened our day! Pam Bagar see their teachers and the school.
Georgina and Gordon Mitchell Brilliant video. Natalie Fenton
Noah Strachan 4RP loves the video

How I celebrated VE Day in lockdown

I woke up early in the morning and made my bed neatly then dressed up in my army clothes. I drew a

picture of a Spitfire. I rode to St. Mary's church and looked at the poppy display. Then later I helped my

daddy make some scones and I ate them with jam. It was a lovely day! Oliver Lue-Fong 2BG

My Progress in Lockdown

By Tom Robinson, aged 8, class 3RN

During lockdown, all my normal clubs and activities were cancelled. It is important to keep fit so I decided to
start running with my Dad.

I have always been quite good at running but I never knew how good, so we started slowly with a few 3K
runs. We called our route “The Segment Run” but soon started adding to it so that it became the “Segment
Plus”, then the “Segment Plus-Plus” and before long we were looking for longer routes.

We managed a 5.5K run with lots of hills and after that I decided to set my sights on a 10K run. We built up to
it by doing a 7.2K run through the woods. We had to carry water and snacks with us. After that we were ready
to complete our challenge. We packed a bag and looked up a route that would take us from my house to the
Old Royal Standard, through Knotty Green and the New Town, then to the Old Town, round the rugby club,
down the A40 and home. This was an 11.5K run and nobody could believe that I, Thomas Robinson, had run
so far.

But that was not all.

Just three days later we decided to do an even longer run which we called “The Penn Classic”. We ran
through tracks, fields and woods to Penn then back around along the Penn Road back to Beaconsfield and
then back home. This was 13K in total and the furthest I had ever run. I couldn’t believe I had managed this at
age 8 and wondered when I would be able to do my first half marathon!

Running is fun, it keeps you fit, gets you out of the house. It is also a nice chance to talk to my Dad. Before,
after (and during) a long run it is very important to stretch. I have invented my own stretch routine.

So while there are lots of bad things about lockdown, it is important to focus on the good things and one good
thing is that I am now a much better runner than when I started and a lot fitter too!

Isabella (6PR) and Millie (1KB) Robinson

Lockdown

When I first heard the news of Corona, I couldn’t believe my eyes,
Hundreds, no thousands of people, had become really poorly or died.

When I read about lockdown, I was filled with dread,
How would I manage? Scary thoughts filled my head.

The virus was everywhere, it was the talk of the town,
All of our lifestyles were being thrown upside down.
The news was spreading, how long would this last?

Would it be weeks, months, years? Who knew when this would pass?

When we were forced to stay home, reality hit.
All fun was over - this was happening, this was it!
As time passed I waited, for something to go wrong,

But it never did - I was still going strong!

I actually found, that it wasn’t all bad,
In fact sometimes, I felt a little bit glad!
The rushing was over, the panic was gone,
What are the worries I asked myself? ... None!

The thrill of Monopoly and owning the board,
Tom that’s £2000, come on, don’t hoard!

Or just seeing more of Ollie and his cute little smile,
That just loves me... loves me... for a while!

I went out on runs, with mum and with dad,
And felt the sun on our backs, blazing like mad.
We were more relaxed and chilled out- not rushing to school,

And no one was running around, like a fool.
However, I am human and not totally crazy,
And although at times - I can be a little bit lazy!
I do miss my friends, and my extended family too,
Laughing with pals - while playing Guess Who.

Speaking online is just not the same!
Despite the fact, we are playing a game.
Knowing all the time that people are dying,
Families all torn apart - desperate, and crying.

We can’t go to clubs, like football or tennis,
And we can’t go on holiday to Spain, France or Venice.
I miss playing with Grandpa and cuddling Granny Sue,

And doing fun things with my Nanna Jane too!

Now, when we think about what we can do,
There’s a world of possibility waiting just for you!

When this is all over- it won’t feel so bad,
Perhaps, a small part of you, might even feel sad?

By Joshua Robinson 6PR

William Scott’s (5JM) Account of Life under the Coronavirus

At first when I was told I wasn’t going to school because of the Coronavirus I was really happy. I had hoped
we weren’t going to have to do as much school work or wouldn’t be told off as much. I assumed we’d be
able to have lots of breaks and snacks and spend most of the day on the computer.
But the reality was nothing like I thought it was going to be. Yes, I can have snacks in the middle of my
lessons but the lessons are hard and I am finding it difficult to do the work without getting distracted by video
games and other stuff. I have got used to it now but I wish that I wasn’t so distracted by my games. I am
starting to do pretty well and it has got easier by doing various tasks with my classmate Yusuf.
It is different but really nice to be in the house with everyone in my family because normally I don’t spend
the whole day with them unless it’s a holiday or the weekend. We got a ping pong table during the
Coronavirus and I love playing with my mum or dad. I also love the garden and playing on the trampoline a
lot during the day.
I hate it that I can’t see my friends and most of all, my cousin Henry. One of the things I miss most about
school is being able to walk around the playground with my friend Oliver Sendall and now we hardly ever
get to talk.
Another one of the biggest things I miss is football. Footie was my life and I played since I was two. It has
been so hard. I’ve always really enjoyed playing football on the school’s astro and on the playground.
Instead of football, I go with my mum on a dog walk every day. On one walk we ended up at a football pitch
and went back with my dad which I absolutely loved.
At the weekends my dad comes over and sometimes he takes us on walks and on a bike ride. I love riding
my bike with dad and my sisters.
I’m getting used to lunch at home. My average lunch is a toasted salami bagel, salt and vinegar crisps, mini
meat chunks and a muesli bar. My breakfast is the same, but my dinners I enjoy more because they are
more creative and different. I miss some of the things about school lunches like burgers, omelettes and ice
cream rolls. I also miss being able to sit with Ollie and eat lots of seconds of ice cream or the following day
lots and lots of salad.

Darcey Scott 3BA

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING FEATS;
An interview with Mr Sutton, ex Deputy Headteacher and experienced
Mountaineer.

As a fitting conclusion to our Mountains Topic, eight lucky pupils from Year 6 had the privilege of
interviewing Mr Sutton about his illustrious Mountain climbing career. On behalf of their classes he was
asked a range of questions about his mountain climbing experience.

They discovered that mountain climbing had always been a favourite past time of his. He first went as a year
6 pupil to the Lake District for a two-week walking holiday with his parents. Then at secondary school he
met a teacher with a passion for the outdoors who inspired him. He had always loved rock climbing and
would spend three weekends in four of the school term climbing! Whether it was the Alps or the Himalayas,
he found climbing a great antidote to the pressures and noise of working in the school during term time!
Conducting the interview through Google Meets, the children involved were able to conduct the interview
using a calm, relaxing style. Well done to Rory Melrose, Jeremy Simmonds, Eliana Charalambous, Poppy
Thomas, Edward Grinhaff, Harry Peart, Beth Bouquet and Amber Hughes.

Towers of Paine, in Patagonian Chile Approaching summit of Mt Khuiten in Mongolia

Life in Lockdown

I have had a good time being at home but I miss school and my friends. We have been on walks and I
have started running with my Daddy every day. I love jumping up and down on the trampoline and hanging
upside down on the bar. I'm also learning to DJ with my brother, Seb. I'm sometimes better than him!
Elsie Bocquet, 1SCW

I am sad to be missing out on school
because I really was enjoying Year 6.
Being at home has been fun though. I've
learnt how to do a front flip 180 on the
trampoline and I can bake great cakes.
Beth Bocquet, 6PR

‘Our Thoughts’

Home schooling
'Actually when I am doing home schooling..... I
actually like home schooling, because when I am
at school I miss my mum and dad.'

Klara Barnett, Giraffe

Covid-19
'This lockdown is very complicated and you are
not allowed to go out to many bars and you can't
really understand what is going on because it is
not your normal life.'

Edie Barnett, 2BG

Lockdown as a Key Worker Child

"Lockdown has been on for quite a while, now. I'm
still going to school but there aren't many people
there. But I don't go to school all the time as
sometimes my mum and dad work from home so I
do google classroom at home. Because of corona
virus, we have to wash our hands a lot. We can't
see our friends or have play dates. Since one of my
friends lives on my road, I wave to her when I go
past her house. I miss going to my grandparent's
house and seeing them. I miss seeing my cousins. I
miss going to the park. I miss my friends. I miss
going to the cinema and other nice fun places."

By Alisha-Thea Panigrahi 2KL

Our Lockdown Experience

By Tom and Hannah Doyle, 4RP

We have had fun in lockdown doing work, playing, baking and doing exercise.

On weekdays our mum gets up at 7am (too early!) and makes us go for a walk. She says this is like
walking to school. We have seen a lot of Beaconsfield walking every morning and our dad joins us at
weekends, when he is not working. We have seen a lot of wildlife in its habitats, like Skylarks in fields,
Woodpeckers in woods and we found and visit 16 baby ducklings on a pond, with their mum and dad every
week.

After breakfast we have to get ready for school, tidy our bedrooms and clean our teeth before we get to go
on any electronics.

We start our school day at 9am and read the emails our teachers have sent us.

We have really enjoyed PE with Joe Wicks, baking and wellbeing Wednesday, when we get to build a den.

Here are some pictures of what we’ve been doing:

We have made shortbread and cottage pie :

Our Lockdown spring.

Lockdown has brought a mixture of new experiences, happy ones playing together and sad ones missing our
grandparents.

Iona says “on my birthday I woke up to find a tent in the garden full of presents, it was a birthday I’ll never
forget. I had a special lunch of my favourite meal macaroni cheese and I had an amazing cake in the shape of
a number ten. We played party games, had a chocolate fountain and a sleepover in the tent. My family from
around the world zoomed to sing happy birthday. It was the best birthday ever.”

Ada says “On Easter Day I woke up to find lots of eggs and a chocolate bunny. I wrote a note to the Easter
bunny the night before asking him to send me a picture of himself, which he did. A bit later in the morning I did
a virtual Easter egg hunt with my granny looking for letters around our house which led us to a giant egg in the
shed. It was a big surprise I was very, very happy. I have done my ballet on Zoom with my teacher and after
my ballet I make my own pizza with my granny on Zoom and then eat it with my granny watching and eating
hers too.”

Asher says “during lockdown I have played games
with my friends on zoom which has been fun and
learnt to do somersaults on and off the trampoline.
I’ve been on lots of very, very long walks and had
virtual guitar lessons which are lots of fun.”

Iona 5ML, Asher 3BA and Ada Giraffe

Acrostic Poem – LOCKDOWN! Staying at home by Hania Mageed

Learning at home with Mum and Dad I woke up tired and fed up,
I thought I was going to erupt,
By Alice Tamagni 2KL It is so boring here at home,
I just wish I had something else to do,
Outdoor meals in our sunny garden I slowly made my way down the stairs,
Hoping that things would have changed,
Calls with friends on Facetime But it was all the same…

Keep washing my hands! Only minutes later I began to become more calm and tranquil,
Everything was all right,
Doing gymnastics around the house I looked out of the window to see the shining light.
What a beautiful day,
Outside swinging on the trapeze bars! To go outside and play,

Writing in my Red Book for 2KL Staying at home can be boring,
NHS Clap Our Carers! However at times it can be fun,
I just have to work hard at get all my homework done,
I often call my friends,
But that depends,
I feel like all my friends ignore me,
They act like I’m not there,
This is making me sad,
It sometimes makes me mad!

But whenever this happens,
My family are always there to comfort me and be there for me,
They make me feel worthy,
And I am so lucky to have them.

By Hania Mageed

Our ‘Lockdown’ memories in
photographs.

By Eliana 5JM and Isabel 3RN

Going into Assembly Barretto

Chatting to my mates,
C’mon you don't want to be late,

Mrs Marshall waiting,
We can’t stand here debating.

Everyone gathers into the hall,
Year 6 at the back, looking tall,
Children without ties and untucked shirts,
What's Miss gonna say when she stands

there on the stage?

People rushing,
Mrs Marshalls blushing,

A sea of blue,
I mean this isn't a zoo!

Time to sit up straight,
Now to count, 5,6,7,8,
Everyone singing loud and clear,
It really does hurt my ears.

The male teacher then puts something on
the screen,

And it all goes strangely murky green,
Mr Sutton must have,

Pressed the wrong button.

Mrs Moon is giggling,
Reception are wriggling,

The staff are loving it,
Mrs Lynch just wants to knit.

Nearly finished now,

We all start to bow,
Mrs Marshall’s said the prayer,
We don’t speak a word, we don’t dare.

Time to start our our lesson for the day,
It won’t be long until it's time for play,

I love my days at Butlers Court School,
It really is very cool!

By Eliana Barretto, 5JM

Lots more time with my family Trying new things

Mum says when she looks back at Coronavirus Lockdown has given me the opportunity to try a few
lockdown she will think of it as the ‘Monopoly era’! things I have never done before! Mum and I both
I had never played Monopoly before Coronavirus dyed parts of our hair bright pink which was lots of
and now I absolutely love it! Mum, Imogen and I fun but sadly did not last long. I have also got very
have played nearly every afternoon since school strong and fit through daily Joe Wicks workouts
closed and I am always the banker so I can which I do not normally do. My latest new
practice my maths! experience was being allowed to paint our kitchen
walls with a roller! It looks great!
Sam Chicken 3RN
Imogen Chicken 5JM

Hallam Boys’ Lockdown Positives

 Keeping in touch with family, friends and sports team virtually with quizzes, board games and
challenges

 Exploring Beaconsfield by bike
 Celebrating lockdown birthdays
 Surprises through the post to friends and neighbours
 More family time

Benjamin and Lucas Hallam
4JW and 6BMS

The most famous spell in English literature.

Year 6 have been studying the classic text, Macbeth by William Shakespeare. This week, the children
reached the point where Macbeth visited the witches for the second time. This is when the witches cast a
spell over him. The spell is arguably the most famous spell in English literature.

Year 6 had a go at creating their own magic spells using the same opening and closing couplets.

The Witches spell

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
See the rat and the frog as they struggle
The cockroaches in such trouble.
Eyes within the caldron float
Of bulls and cats; fresh liver of goat.
Swirling bubbling wings of bat
Pulling a silver hair from our hat.
Needles still stuck as we pluck
Out each feather of a duck.
Worms slithering, cauldron steaming

As we put them in the thousands gleaming.
Children's hearts; red blood pouring out
Like a waterfall we shout.
Spiders try to flee from their web
‘Pick each of their legs’ sister said.

For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble

By Tully French

The Witches spell The Witches Spell

Double, double toil and trouble; Double, double toil and trouble,
Fire burn, and caldron bubble. Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
A slice of a moulding mouse
into the fire pit within the house Hair of a rabbit,
Body of a maggot, eye of a rat Throw it in, throw it in, oh what a habit!
Slime of snail and hair of a bobcat Tongue of a snake, whiskers of a cat,
Flesh of a flea,antenna of an ant
Blood of a bee, waste of a rotten plan Wings of a pigeon, smell of a bat.
For a charm of powerful trouble, Feet of a tiger, mouth of a bug,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble Heart of a duck, body of a slug.
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Double, double toil and trouble; Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
Chill it with Tarantulas plasma By Charlie Village
Then enchant it to start the drama
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble

By Rory Melrose