Bosbury Memories

Year 6 Leavers 2020

'The Lockdown Leavers'

The Year 6 Leavers' group of 2020 were particularly unique in that they left us during the COVID-19 pandemic, and so were sadly unable to mark their last day at Bosbury CE Primary School with a traditional Leavers' Assembly.

Instead, we hope you enjoy reading about all of their lovely memories at Bosbury below.

I have many good memories of Bosbury School, but some memories stand out the most. I remember the time when I first joined the school – I didn’t know what or where anything was, until I met my BFF Jamie who was and still is really fun to play with.

I also remember when I won Bosbury’s Got Talent 2019 by singing the song ‘Never Been Better’ by Olly Murs. The whole school went wild and it was amazing; I also got a certificate for winning the competition.

The best memory of all however was the time when Jamie and I dug a massive hole at forest school and made it into a trap. It worked but in a bad way because we actually got stuck in the trap instead of the other team! It was hilarious and we got covered in muddy water.

- Tommy B

When I started at Bosbury School I first met Toby. He was very kind and funny! I made the boys laugh by teaching them a rude word, it was so funny and we still laugh about it now.

- Segundo B

My favourite three memories from Bosbury School were at Malvern Elements Outdoor Centre when we were supposed to go to sleep and I knocked on the wall next to my bed. Jamie went to answer it but no-one was there, and everyone was knocking on the wall for the next two hours and no-one could get to sleep. The next day everybody was really tired!

My second favourite memory was at Ledbury Rugby Club in a tournament that was a Year Five and Six competition but we were actually Year Four. Year Six couldn’t go because they were on a residential - it was hammering it down with rain for the whole day and we got soaked. Our gazebo had a hole in it and it was like a shower! Mr Smith kept telling us off for making the hole bigger and was asking us to stop! We won most of our matches though.

My third favourite memory was at Bosbury Beach when we went swimming in the river. I went straight in and then everybody else went in but it was really cold!

- Archie B

My fondest memory of Bosbury is when I became the football captain in Year 6. Unfortunately, we did not play many games because of the epidemic.

I joined Bosbury in Year 3 and was excited because of all the sport opportunities it had to give. I've loved the football and running the mile run.

- Owen B

I have loved Year 6 so much. I loved everything but here are the stories that I found the most fun.

In Year 2 instead of the camp-out at school we went to the beach instead. Scarlet got loads of sun cream out all over her and she went and lay in the sand. When she got back on the coach, she looked like a sand monster!

This year Mrs. Bolton brought in some hard sweets and we went to Bosbury Beach. We were all sat on a tree as we all ate the sweets, but then Annie said, “My tooth is stuck in the sweet!” We all laughed and said, “No it hasn’t!” but she showed us the sweet and the tooth was actually sticking out of it!

We then went down to forest school and it was nice and sunny as we all toasted marshmallows. Suddenly it started raining and we had to go and make a shelter really quickly. We made the shelter and then it stopped raining so we went back out, but then it started again! When we all got back to school, we were soaked!

I will miss you Bosbury and all the laughs and smiles. Thank you for everything you have taught me, I will never forget it.

– Esme B

One of my oldest memories from school was when I met Ben and it all was good, until I discovered that he likes STAR WARS! After that all I could remember for about two years was the word, WAR!

A funny memory was also when Jamie, Tommy, Ben, Charlie, Harry and I all decided we were sick of school and were going to dig a hole, hijack our parents’ vehicles and drive to McDonalds. Well… spoiler alert! We got stopped by Mrs Fitzpatrick!

Last but not least, my final memory was in Year 4 when we were practising for the Courtyard Theatre production, but I sprained my ankle so I couldn’t go. In Year 5 however I had the chance to go again, but during the last few days of rehearsals I was sick, so I COULDN’T GO… AGAIN!!

- Luke C

One of my favourite memories was when we went on the Class 4 residential because I was about to have a shower but Ruby went in it before me and she left her wash bag and toothbrush, so when I went in I threw her stuff over the top of the door and the toothbrush almost flew out of the window!

In Year 2 we went to the beach instead of camping out on the school field and Scarlet got plastered in sun cream! She rolled around in the sand and when she got back up she looked like a sand monster!

In Year 3 Daisy, Annie and I auditioned for Bosbury’s Got Talent and we did a Cleopatra song and dance. When we were getting into our costumes I was doing my make-up and it smudged and Daisy got really upset and started crying, but luckily Miss Earl (the student teacher) fixed it. Phew! And then we won – YAY!

In Year 5 Annie really wanted to get the part of the genie in the production of ‘Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits’. She was slightly scared and asked me if I would audition for the part of the narrator Alakazam so I did. Guess what though? Annie didn’t get the part she wanted and as Annie is a very good singer and so I thought I wouldn’t get the part, but I did! I was very worried I would forget my lines – I did get a couple mixed up but I did alright apart from that.

In Year 6 it was a bit weird as the virus called Covid-19 had broken out. There wasn’t school for like how long and we had to do ten weeks of homeschooling. As I’m writing this now however we are back in school. It’s really fun but the sad thing is we are not doing the residential, the production, loads of sporting events and more, but we did get to do the Year 6 fun day and I was super excited!

– Eva F

One of my great memories was going to Clissett Wood and taking my friends in my Dad’s Range Rover and using the pole lathe. This was one of my favourite things.

- Jake J

This year at Bosbury School was very strange, but we still had fun!

My favourite memory for this year was when we went to London. I remember getting up really early and going to school, and when we got on the bus, we all raced to the back seats - luckily I managed to get one! I then fell asleep on the way and the next thing I remember is waking up when we had arrived!

My second favourite memory of this year was Bosbury Beach! We went down to the beach and had a picnic on the bank. When we went swimming in the water it was really deep and came up to our shoulders! We then sunbathed in the orchard where it was really hot.

I will really miss this school and I am sad to leave but I am ready to move on. Thank you Bosbury for all your help and support!

– Scarlet L

  
My favourite memory of Bosbury School was when we went to the Westons tag rugby tournament in Ledbury last year. I really enjoyed it because we beat every team in our group and qualified for the final. We finished third overall out of all the schools in Herefordshire, and it felt really good because Bosbury had never got out of the group stages before.

I also loved going to the Imperial War Museum in London. They had a Supermarine Spitfire and a Harrier Jump-Jet hanging from the ceiling. There was also a Hawker Hurricane, Avro Lancaster, T-55 Soviet tank, armoured cars, a life-size replica of a First World War trench, and even an atomic bomb.

It was the best school trip I’ve ever been on!

- Arthur M

My favourite memory is when I saw Tommy all alone on the first day and no-one wanted to play with him. I walked over to him, put my hand on his shoulder, helped him up and then we went over to the trees. We found that we had a lot in common and we became best friends forever.

I remember being in forest school and Tommy and I dug a trench. On that same day it was raining so our trench filled with water, and then all of a sudden a big gust of wind came and blew us into the trench - we were coated head to toe in mud! We both laughed and then the mud started to dry up and we both got mud down our back.

I’m going to miss all my friends and all the teachers and TAs, but I’m going to miss Bosbury School more. Thank you for teaching me everything I know.

- Jamie O

When Luke and I were in Year 1 we used to argue over which was better – Star Wars or Spider-Man! We wouldn’t talk to each other for the rest of the week and this went on for the rest of the year!

I really enjoyed going to the Courtyard Theatre in Year 4. We performed Fantastic Mr. Fox in front of hundreds of people and it was a very fun day.

In Year 6 we went to London for the day. We had to wake up at 5 o’clock in the morning! We got taught how to spot fake news by people from The Guardian newspaper before we got a tour around the Houses of Parliament which was very interesting.

I also enjoyed the American Diner in Class 3 as the food was amazing! Thank you Bosbury

– Ben P

I have enjoyed being at Bosbury, it is a great school and it has been the best four years of my life.

I very much enjoyed spending time with my Class 1 buddies as they were so much fun to play with. All the residentials where so much fun and I had so much fun playing with my friends.

I will miss Bosbury, thank you everyone!

- Ruby P

My best memory was when we were on the residential in Year 4 at Malvern Outdoor Elements Centre. It was lights out time and Mr. Ponter came into our room, telling us all to go to bed. As he walked out of the room, somebody asked what we should do if we needed the toilet. He replied that we should just quickly go to the loo without waking anyone up. Hayden then asked if we were not to shout if we needed the loo and Mr. Ponter replied, “No!”

As he closed the door and walked off, Tommy stood up and shouted, “Guys I need the loo!” and everybody started laughing as he walked out of the room and went to the loo. We did this for an hour all going to the loo several times, until eventually we fell asleep at what must have been 2am in the morning. I then heard a whisper in my ear, “I need to go to the loo!” and I didn’t get to sleep for the next hour… thanks Tommy!

Thank you for all of the happy, exciting and fun memories you have given me.

- Toby P

On my first day I was excited to see my new school. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was there at the gate welcoming me in and I felt so grown up. I quickly made friends with Jas, Jess and Dolly. Dolly and I always raced to see who could get the most stamps in our stamp books.

In Year 2 we went to the beach at Barry Island. The sand was boiling! I dug a massive hole in the sand but then fell in it! Sophie then went into the sea and was soaking! On Sports Day that year I was crying because I didn’t want to do the bean bag race. Mr. Thompson said I could cheat by putting it under my cap but I didn’t do it anyway.

The day before I went into Key Stage 2 I was scared, but everything turned out fine. For Bosbury’s Got Talent in Year 3, Annie, Eva and I did a Cleopatra dance, and we won! I felt like such a ‘big kid’. We also went to the circus and had candy floss, but it didn’t last long!

In Year 4 we did Fantastic Mr. Fox and I was Bean. It was so fun but I remember the nerves before going up on stage. One time at forest school Annie, Eva, Jas and I got paint on our face and Mr. Dunn said it wouldn’t come off! I started crying but luckily it did come off. We also had a water fight and Annie and Eva put their pants in the hand dryer! On my birthday we went to Clissett Wood and it was so much fun!

I did my first production in Class 5 – it was so fun! We were doing ‘Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits’ and I was a maid and a bandit. We had a buffet that year as well and I was allowed to go first because I was a vegetarian!

My Year 6 was changed because of Covid-19, but I was able to come back in June. We still had our water fight and our Year 6 leavers’ day. We went to Bosbury Beach and Annie got her tooth stuck in a sweet!

I will miss you Bosbury, thank you for everything. If my time at Bosbury has taught me anything, it is to not take anything for granted.

- Daisy R

My favourite memory was performing in Fantastic Mr Fox at the Courtyard Theatre in Year 4. It improved my confidence as I had fifteen lines to remember.

I will miss my friends and all of the teachers. 

- Jessica S

I couldn’t pick just one memory from Bosbury, so here are a few of my favourites:

I remember my first day at Bosbury. As I walked into the playground which felt so giant, I was in such a rush to get to my new school that I forgot to put on my glasses! The next day I remembered them, and everyone thought that I was another new girl!

In Year 3 on Sports Day I was wearing a hat in the running race – I was in the lead but then my hat flew off my head and I lost the race as I had to go back and get it! I was really embarrassed but it didn’t really matter as our yellow team won Sports Day in the end!

When I was in Year 4 we went on our first ever residential! I felt so grown up even though I got home sick on the first night but it was really fun after. There was some creepy writing on our bunk beds and we tried to solve the mystery like we were detectives! I also remember in Year 4 all the boys started a craze to tie their hair like pony tails! We laughed for ages! I was also really proud of myself when I was nominated for the Eco Council during that year.

In Year 6 most of my time was spent at home during the Coronavirus pandemic when we were on lockdown. I missed my friends but I was glad to go back to school after three months of being stuck at home. We still had to social distance at school though, and we had to use antibacterial wipes and spray on EVERYTHING!

When we were back at school our bubble went down to the stream and my tooth fell out after eating a hard sweet! The tooth wasn’t even wobbly! When we were stuck in isolation we did a virtual Bosbury’s Got Talent with Esme, Eva, Scarlet, Ollie and I editing a video, and we won!

Although isolation was boring and sad, it helped me to try out new things with extra time on my hands.

Bosbury School has helped me out massively in so many ways. I will miss you Bosbury – thank you.

– Annie S

My favourite memory of Bosbury is forest school. I looked forward to it every week. I enjoyed being out side and using the tools.

Once we dug a big hole and dug our way out of school - we got out just under the fence before we were spotted!

– Harry S

One of my favourite memories was when I had my first day at Bosbury School. I was so shy and I was shaking all over, but after a few days I fitted in and I made friends with Ben and Luke. I moved into Class 3 and the teacher I had was Mrs. Walker – she was really nice to everyone in my class.

One of my favourite memories was when I got chosen to take part in the Year 6 production to sing the songs, which I learned really well. After we finished the performance, everyone in the crowd cheered.

My favourite memory however was when we went to the Malvern Outdoor Elements Centre where I was in a dormitory with some of my friends. We went on all kinds of activities and the breakfast there was really great.

When I leave Bosbury I will really miss it. Thank you for helping me to learn and have fun.

– Tyler T

I started Bosbury when I four                      Class Five
I was so excited                                            Our school leavers year was finally here
I wanted to learn more                                 Seven years of schooling and friendship
School was so much fun                               The best of all was the residential trip
The memories had only just begun               
                                                                     Year 6 will never be the same
Class One & Two                                         We have the virus to blame
I learnt to read and write                             Seven years have been filled with fun
Lots of big words gave me a fright              But now our time together is done
The teachers are so kind
The best you will ever find                           Bosbury is such a lovely place
                                                                     You only have to see the smiles on every face
Class Three                                                  My memories and friendships will last a
I fell in love with art                                    lifetime.
My creative homework                                                                                                                                               I made from my heart                                  - Amelia T

Class Four
We had loads of fun with Mr Dunn
Young voices was so late
Our parents had to wait
Bostival we camped on the school field
With only our tent to shield

In Year 4 we went to the Malvern Outdoor Elements Centre. We had this game where we would knock on another dorm room’s door and then go back to our own dorm before they saw us. It turned into everyone doing it to each other until people kept their doors open!

In Year 5 we went to the rugby tournament and we came third place out of all the schools in Herefordshire. We also went to the Imperial War Museum in London in Year 5 and we had to come to school at 6 o’clock in the morning! It was worth it though as we got to see a lot of cool stuff at the museum. The next year, we went to The Guardian newspaper building and we got to look around in the the House of Commons in the House of Parliament.

In Year 5 we also went to the Redridge Outdoor Centre and it was fun as we went rock climbing and artificial caving.

– Charlie W

When I first came to Bosbury School I was very scared, but everyone was nice to me and they showed me around the school.

The next day, Eva and I played Shopkin and Polly Pocket. I have lots of friends who are very lovely and nice. The lockdown is taking over our lives, but we got the chance to make rockets!

– Scarlett W

I remember when…

I remember in Reception                                    I remember in Year Four

We had lots of fun                                              Playing in forest school

Running around, playing on equipment            Dragging sticks and making dens

Shouting at the top of our lungs.                       Which was very cool.

I remember in Year One                                     I remember in Year Five

We started to read and learn                             Having an epic water fight

With the amazing Miss Williams                       Getting drenched and having fun

Who taught us to quickly run and turn.             Then drying in the warm bright light

I remember in Year Two                                      I remember in Year Six

We were practising our finger spaces                The dreaded Covid-19

Still in Key Stage 1                                             No SATs or production

But only smiley faces.                                         Covid-19 is so mean!

I remember in Year Three                                   I’ll miss you Bosbury…

When I won the lucky dip and got some goo     Thanks for everything.

On the playground with the big kids

Finally in Key Stage 2.                                       - Jasmine W