We love hearing about the boys’ out of school achievements each week and so we would like to introduce Junior Journals. This a way for boys to submit news about their endeavours and successes.
To submit a journal, simply complete this online form.
We look forward to hearing about the boys’ accomplishments soon!
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On Friday, 4 April, I walked 10km for Myton Hospice. I wanted to do this walk for Myton because my Uncle Ben was looked after at Myton Hospice two years ago, and they are a great charity. The walk was long but fun. There was a foam machine and lots of glow sticks. The best part though, was that I raised £555 for Myton Hospice!
On Saturday, 29 March 2025, I did a swimathon for Marie Curie and Cancer Research UK. I raised £100. I did it with Joshua (5H). Together we swam 1.5KM. I swam 750m, raising £7.5 a metre. Most of the lengths I did were front crawl, but I did do a 200m individual medley split into halves. My friend also did the same. Thank you to the people who donated.
During the Easter holiday, I finished my first Wolf Run. We ran 3k through obstacles, mud pits, streams and ponds. It was lots of fun and I can’t wait to do it again next year!
On 4 April, I did the Moonlight Walk which was a 5K walk. I did it with my classmates. It was very fun. At the end, I got a medal. Myton hospice raised £240,000 and I raised £164. The route was from Warwick Castle to the racecourse and back. In the middle there was a liquid foam tunnel to walk through. It felt like snow!
From Friday, 11 April to Monday, 14 April, we went on tour with our rugby club, Old Leamingtonians. We travelled to Bournemouth Rugby club, staying nearby and enjoying a fancy dress party on the Saturday night! There were lots of teams, representing age groups from U8 to U12, including three teams of OL’s U9s. It was a huge tournament with matches played all day on Sunday for our age group. Although no official scores were kept, we know that we won every match with some brilliant running, sidestepping and passing in attack and crunching tackles in defence. Everyone played their part, and we had a great time cheering each other on from the sidelines. It was brilliant to play for our team as a group of Warwick boys!
This weekend, I spent Saturday evening and Sunday at the Rugby Open Swimming Meet. I took part in five races. I came 4th in the 50m breaststroke and got a creme egg but I got disqualified in the 50m fly. I was thrilled to get bronze and achieved a PB for 100m breaststroke and I got a silver medal for my first attempt at the 100m backstroke.
I'm looking forward to this Saturday when I will be competing in the first round of the junior league national competition with Theo and Elliot for our Leamington Swim Club. We have done lots of practice and we did well in the first junior league practice at Pingles a few weekends ago, so, fingers crossed!
By Hugo 4W
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On Sunday, 23 March, I went to the Sandwell Open Swimming Gala, in the Commonwealth Games 50m pool. This was my first open gala because I’m only just old enough to enter. I won gold in three events, and silver in two others! I also set four club records for my age group for Leamington Swimming Club. I had a great day out, and I’m looking forward to my next gala!
By Theo 4P
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This week, I want to tell you something I’m really proud of. After loads of practice and hard work on the piano, I’ve finally passed my Grade 1 piano exam!
Learning the piano hasn’t been easy for me. Sight-reading was super tricky, and practising on my own sometimes felt a bit boring. There were times when I got really annoyed and wanted to quit. But I didn’t give up, and now I feel so proud to have reached this goal.
Even though it was tough, getting my Grade 1 certificate shows how much better I’ve got. It’s the first piano certificate I’ve ever earned, and it makes me excited to keep going and learn even more cool stuff.
I think that with patience and practice, anyone can do awesome things, just like I did with piano. So if you’re finding something hard, don’t give up—keep trying!
By David 4GH
At the weekend, I competed in the West Midlands Regional Trampolining Qualifier One at North Solihull Sports Centre with my club - Central Galaxy Coventry Trampolining Club.
This is the first of two competitions against other boys from all over the region. With the top two boys over both qualifiers going through to represent the West Midlands later in the year, at the Inter Regional Challenge Cup Final.
I did two fantastic routines and placed second, taking the silver medal. This put me in a good position going into the second qualifier in March, and having a good chance of making the West Midlands team!
Trampolining is so exciting and fun - give it a go!
By George 4P
I really enjoy fishing, I often go with my dad to the River Blythe where we catch trout, pike and chub. I have my own travel fishing rod to take with me on my holidays and we catch lots of different of fish.
There is a big problem with fishing, it all starts with pollution in the rivers. The pollution is killing the fish and stopping the baby fish from being born. The pollution comes from dirty sewerage and chemicals from farmers fields. Litter is also a massive problem!
If we don’t do something quickly to help the rivers there will be no fish or fishing for us!
If you are interested in helping, you can register with the River Severn trust. I will be doing this with my Dad over the summer!
By James 3BA
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On Sunday, 1 December, I held a small stall at my house with homemade mince pies and other Christmas treats. I exchanged them for wrapped gifts and donations that will be delivered to local children and families that find Christmas time difficult.
I was completely blown away by the generosity and enthusiasm from the people in my village. We collected over 25 wrapped gifts and £30 in donations - which will all go to making a happier and brighter Christmas for local families with the help of Shipston Community Christmas who are going to help me distribute the presents.
By Harrison-James 6RS
Over half-term, I decided that I would like to raise some money for charity. I went down to my local church with a poster and pitch I had prepared and asked James the Pastor, if I could put on a charity cake sale after Church service on Sunday. I explained the charities I would like to support were The Royal British Legion, Pangolin Crisis Fund (as this is Aqua House's chosen charity) The National Trust and The Birmingham Hospice. The church kindly agreed and displayed my poster!
I decide to make different flavoured cupcakes; lemon drizzle cakes, chocolate cakes, Victoria sponge butterfly cakes and vanilla cakes. There were also some kind donations from the congregation.
My sister Isabella, and her friend Sophie, also had a homemade craft stall. They spent their half term making hair bands, earrings and various other crafts to sell.
It was amazing, we sold around 70 cakes and crafts, and managed to raise £200, so each of the charities would get £50 each! In order to pull this off I needed to use perseverance, resilience, teamwork and great baking skills!
I am very happy with how it all worked out and I would love to do something like this again!
By Jasper 5W
