Have you heard about the Queenswood Purple Challenge Club? Every few weeks we set an activity or challenge for girls in Years 4, 5 and 6 to complete in their free time, and the winner receives £30 of Amazon gift vouchers. For our most recent challenge, girls had to list three things that brought them joy each day for a week during this difficult time. We’d like to share some of their uplifting messages with you.

I went for a long ride on my scooter…I went to Marks and Spencer and bought my favourite soups…I played with my hamster…I went for a long walk in Regents Park…I am visiting my granny outside her house – we will be waving and speaking on the phone.…If I finish my classroom work, I am allowed to watch the Sherlock series with the actor Benedict Cumberbatch…My godfather is visiting and we'll play Trivial Pursuit…My new jeans are arriving in the post…It’s a beautiful day and the sun is shining…I have no classroom work or homework…I am taking my scooter to the river for a nice walk.

Yoga class…Singing lesson…Made chocolate covered strawberries…1 week until birthday, very excited…Played backgammon with my brother…Dance class  special mention…Lamda lesson really fun…Finished all 11+ interviews…Batmitzvah class, learning about Life lessons…Brother left for uni. Very sad but excited for him…Made pizza for lunch…Dance class, really enjoy it…Exams will be over soon…help to prepare dinner and lay table…Shabbat . Spoke to brother at uni…Queenswood exam -nervous…Relaxed…Made chocolate covered strawberries…Went for walk and hot chocolate…Getting ready for birthday.

I had a live lesson where I saw my class.…I was watching a film with my family.…I was sketching.…I shared my winning artwork with my class.…My teacher had sent me a very kind message.…I was creating a project on Tinkercad.…I was playing a board game with my family.…I had fun cooking with my mum.…I learned about Catherine the Great.…I learned about Mary Anning.…I made a craft.…I had fun learning about how fossils are made.…I was listening to some of my favourite music.…I was joyful when I was painting.…Me and my friends were telling jokes.…I had my most amazing and important test, Queenswood test!…We explored a forest with a lake.…I was reading All Four Stars by Tara Dairman.…I enjoyed hot chocolate with my family in the morning.…Me and dad planned a surprise for my mum’s birthday!…I practiced a song for Howe Dell’s Got Talent show.

Voted house captain…Worked hard…Told my family I love them…Organised toys for charity…Lots more Covid vaccines…Wrote a song…Helped a friend with homework…Recycled…Told myself to be positive…Started a new book…FaceTimed family…Groomed my cat…Good council meeting…Baked cookies…Sent my pen pal a letter…Completed my exam…Made a yummy dessert…Hugged my sister…Helped a stray duck…Great bike ride…Encouraged my grandparents.

Cooking fresh pancakes for breakfast…Getting a nice present from a school friend…Winning a Kahoot game during online school…Sketching a lipstick as practice for my art scholarship…Playing with my pet guinea pig…Face timing school friends after school…Beating Mummy at ‘Genius Square’…Having delicious steak, chips and peas…Getting 20 out of 20 on my spelling test…Playing ‘Pass the Pigs’ with my whole family…Cosy cuddle with my dog before bed…Fun game of hide and seek with my brother and sister…Getting fish and chips for supper…Finished reading The Northern Lights which is brilliant…My little sister wrote me a lovely good luck card for my Queenswood exams…Building a snowman with my brother and sister…Coming out happy from the Queenswood exams…Watching Wonder Woman 1984 as a family movie…Having a walk across fields with a friend…Virtual cookery demo with some school friends…Watching an episode of The Perfect Planet with my family.

Hugging my oldest cuddly toy, Vester…Having dried cornflakes (with no milk) for breakfast...Kicking a football around in the muddy park…FaceTiming my friends…Dinner time after maths questions!…Singing on my karaoke machine…Playing my violin…Reading Little Women…Working on decimals…Writing my story, ‘The Jewel Thief’…Splashing in puddles on a walk in the woods…Beating my brother on a family run…Seeing a pheasant in the garden…Sun coming out after the rain…No school work…Beating my brother on a family bike ride!…Drawing nature pictures…Making pasta with my Mummy…Baking cookies (for after the pasta!)…Sheltering in the treehouse during the rain.

Friends on Zoom call…Coding in computing…Didn’t rain on daily walk…I didn’t stay in hospital…Mum was a good nurse to me…I ended up staying up late…I had to relax…Dad brought me treats…My brother was nice to me…We played Cluedo and I won…I’m better at taking my tablets now…I had a cinnamon bagel…I spoke to grandparents…We had a raclette for dinner…My friends sent me get well presents…It’s snowing!!!!…The exam went well I think…Takeaway for dinner – my choice…Sunday dinner!…My tortoise ate all its food…No more revision.

Virtual school was easier now I'm used to it…I wrote the first chapter of my story…we had wraps for dinner!…I got the Lego out!…Mum bought us ice cream as a treat!…I had a (virtual) clarinet lesson…Me, my Mum and my Dad went on a walk…My cat slept on my bed…A late Christmas present arrived!…It was bring your pets to the Google Classroom call at home school!…I played Among Us with my friend Rebecca…I got to speak with my classmates during home school…We did a quiz in school because it’s a Friday…I met up (outside) with my friend, Eleanor…I FaceTimed a friend who had moved away…I went out for a walk on rollerblades…It snowed!…I made a pretend film trailer about a teddy spy…I went for a walk and met up with my friend, Emillia…I went on a mile run with my Mum.

To see my friend on the screen…To eat pizza…To spend the day with my family…Playing with my pet rats…Horse riding…Spending time with my sister…Speaking with my friend Matilde…Horse riding…Spending time with my family…Hanging out with my cats…Winning a house point…Playing with my sister…Hanging out with my dad…Knowing that the weekend is here…Doing gymnastics…Horse riding…Eating take away…Finishing my tests…Horse riding…Playing with my sister, mum and dad…Talking with my friend.

Me, my dad and my sister played football on our patio…I did some fitness training on zoom with AP Saints after schools…I spoke to my friend Iris during lunchbreak on Skype…My netball hoop for the garden arrived today…We put new garden lights up…I had an amazing salmon and chips lunch…I had fun with my ball throwing with my dad.…I did Just Dance and got new high scores.…I also had a fantastic dance lesson in school.…I played with my cat…I made an avatar of my friend and she liked it…I did an AP Saints footwork session and got exercise…I played indoor mini tennis with my dad and sister…I got my cat on the 'bring your pet' classroom Meet…Tomorrow is the weekend!…I did my Queenswood exam…I watched the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie…We had Dominos pizza…We had another family movie, Pirates of the Caribbean III…I bumped into my friend Amelia in the park…My mum made strawberry apple pie.

Baked cookies with my sister…Completed level 1 of Duolingo French…Half day at school for Year 6 today…Talked to my grandparents…Played with my dog George…The sun was shining…Exceeded my Duolingo goal…Met up with my friend…Played with Lego…I had the stitches in my chin taken out!…I got a new book - George’s Secret Key to the Universe…I decorated gingerbread cookies with my sister…I got good feedback from my teacher…We had a barbecue tonight…I rode my scooter…I had a relaxing bath…I sat the Queenswood exams…I spoke to my best friend in England…We went for a hike with some friends…We went out for lunch…I trained my dog.