On Saturday afternoon, I raced for City of Coventry Swimming Club, at the Nuneaton league finals.

There was a parade of the final eight teams around the pool, there were 24 teams competing in division one and this was the final!

We all dressed up and had face paint and tattoos with the club logo on, there was music and dancing.
And then we did the fast swimming. We came fifth and we were really happy. We got a medal!

I swam the freestyle 50 metres for my age group and then in the relays.

It was a great day!

On the 14 July 2025, me and my family (including my brother, Arthur, in 3W) went to a place called Pulau Ubin, an island in Singapore. We got a bum boat from Singapore to Pula Ubin. It was so fun on the bum boat because you could trail your hands in the water, and the view was amazing.

When we got to the island, we arrived in a weird village called a Kampong, a rare example of an old Singaporean town. Kampongs are a reminder of Singapore’s past because they are very rustic. Kampongs are nearly extinct because Singapore is more sophisticated now and people stopped building Kampongs so there are very few left in the world. Pulau Ubin only has 25 elderly residents left because only family members of current residents can live on the island.

We wandered around the Kampong and decided that we were going to hire bikes to get around the island. So, we set off to explore the jungle and mangrove forest. About halfway there we encountered a wild otter which swam up to and ran around the beach. There was also a big lizard who lazily hung around on the beach and then swam back into the water. We kept going and found a tribe of wild monkeys. We thought they were so cute until we met a group of other bikers, just like us, on the way back who were surrounded by the same tribe of monkeys. The monkeys stole their bags and ran into the jungle, they took their water and medicine too. I think we had a very narrow escape!

I really enjoyed our adventure on Pulau Ubin, it wasn’t what I was expecting at all!

Last Saturday, my football team played a football match against Balsall Common. We won 13-1 and I scored two goals and was awarded Player of the Match. I am extremely proud and delighted that I received this award. My team, Khalsa FC were amazing and we did really well.

I was very happy to be awarded the City of Coventry swimming club 'Respect' award at the weekend. Whilst I was not at the annual event to collect my award, my coach presented it to me after my swimming lesson. I was very surprised, particularly as this trophy was for the whole of the U13 age group!

Over the summer I wrote a story about how an Axolotl got his smile. My mum recorded me reading it, and we sent it in to Blue Peter. One morning last week, a letter arrived in the post with my name on it... I couldn’t believe it when I saw the badge and a really nice letter from Blue Peter! I can’t wait to use my badge, I really like the MAD museum, so I’m hoping to go there soon.

How the Axolotl Got Its Smile – By Bodhi
Long ago, there was an amazing axolotl who forgot how to smile…
The axolotl lived in a murky deep lake filled with thin sloppy pondweed which felt like a wet blanket that wasn’t fluffy. Every day, a school of brightly coloured fish swam past the lonely axolotl and wondered, “Could the axolotl smile?” But today, the fish will try themselves, to make the axolotl smile. “We have to make the axolotl smile”, said one of the fish. “We should lift up his face to make him smile!”, said another. “Yeah!” shouted the crowd of fish in agreement. So a fish wiggled over to the sad squishy axolotl, “Urghhhh!” cried the struggling fish desperately trying to lift up the axolotl’s frown with his short floppy fins, but it didn’t budge. “Maybe tell him a joke?”asked a long whiskered catfish. “What did the egg say to the clown?”, asked one of the fish, “You’re cracking me up! "Haha!” exclaimed the fish, but the axolotl didn’t smile, not even one little bit.

Suddenly, a young boy was walking past with his Dad when he tripped over a rock, dropping his huge swirly rainbow lollipop in the lake. The axolotl saw the lollipop descending into his dark home “Oooh food!” the axolotl shouted excitedly. With this, his huge frown turned upside down and opened into the biggest smile the fish had ever seen. In one smooth gobble, the lollipop was gone into the deep squishy pit of the axolotls tummy. Out from the depth came a thunderous noise, which sent ripples across the lake. “BURPPPPPPPP!” projecting out the axolotls mouth came a lollipop stick. And from that day on the axolotl always smiled just in case a lollipop came raining down into his enormous wide smile.

I play football for Leek Wootton U10 Vipers and this year I won the Players’ and Parents’ Player of the Season Award! This was voted for by my team mates and their parents. I love playing for my team because we all support and encourage each other and have lots of fun playing every week. We always celebrate together when we do well and learn from any matches that do not go so well, so we can improve.

Our coaches make our training really fun and help us get better all the time. This week we came second in the Tysoe football tournament, which we are improving on each year. I play striker and can’t wait to score more goals for my team next season!

By Ted