Charlotte’s Day at the Waterfront

Charlotte

Charlotte’s first blog post:

Charlotte typing her first blog post

On Saturday the 10th of April I went kayaking with my Dad. We saw lots of fishes in schools but best of all we saw a Giant Ray. The Ray was about as long as the paddle. We found it under the wharf near Te Papa. It was amazing. I was a little bit nervous because I thought the Ray would chase us. My Dad wanted to stay under there for longer.

Dan takes the girls kayaking

We went zorbing as well that day. I saw a piece of small green seaweed under me. It looked all yucky and slimy. It’s like you’re floating on water. It’s a heap of fun.

Charlotte and Sophie zorbing

It was one of the best days I’ve ever had in my life.

THE END

Note from Mummy:
Charlotte was amazing in writing this post. First she wrote the story on paper, then we edited it together before she typed it all in by herself! I only helped with a few spellings, all the rest was her own work. As she typed in the post she made some amendments and I told her that’s just how real writers work – 25% writing, 75% editing and more editing and more editing….

As for the typing, there are fabulous ‘learn to type’ games at BBC Schools – Dance Mat Typing. Charlotte’s just started learning, but I’m sure in time she’ll be churning out expresso blog posts!

We had a wonderful family day. Wellington really is unbeatable on a good day! Dan gave the girls a turn each on the kayak, whilst I watched with Alice. We enjoyed watching the helicopters taking off and landing!

Wellington waterfront helicopters

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13 thoughts on “Charlotte’s Day at the Waterfront”

  1. wow Charli! That Ray sounds amazing, I would have been a bit scared. The zorbs look very cool. I was wondering what happens if you float out to sea, but I think I see them attached by a rope? Great post 🙂

    Sarah, this programme form EdAlive is also awesome, one of the most fun typing games I’ve tried.
    http://www.edalive.com/typing_games/tt/
    Usually the schools get these games cheap, but I’ve seen it at Harvey Normans.

      Thanks Hay. I’m so glad I learned to type years ago – good ‘ole Mavis Beacon did the trick for me. As for the zorbs – they are amazing (and on rope – otherwise the girls would have happily rolled their way out of the lagoon). So funny to watch. The girls were running around like mad hamsters and doing rolly pollies in them!

  2. great photos of a great day
    off to check out those typing sites
    I think its really important that children should be able to type these days

    a giant ray wow!!!
    and zorbs 🙂
    and helicopters
    kayaking
    what more could a girl want

    I want to go to Wellington sometime

  4. Well done Charlotte. A very good piece of writing. The zorbs look like a lot of fun. When Mummy is a bit tired you can write the blog for her and tell everyone what you and Sophie have been doing.

  5. Well done Charlotte on your typing skills….it was so lovely to hear all your news about you and Sophie going kayaking and zorbing …we remember watching you the first time you and Sophie went zorbing and grandad was only sorry he was too big to have a turn!! We loved your description of the seaweed you saw.. yucky and slimey. We could just picture it and you described it very well. The sighting of the giant ray sounds amazing…well spotted!!!

  8. That’s absolutely wonderful Charlotte 🙂 Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging – you should be very proud of yourself.

  10. Hi there
    Love your first post Charlotte! My daughter also loves zorbing – we’ve got them in our local swimming pool but they are called “Hamster Balls” there, how amazing to be able to do it on the Harbour Front!

    11. THANK YOU so much for the lovely comments. Charlotte has had a huge grin on her face every time I tell her she has a new comment! xx

  12. My daughter was reading this page again and she said “oooh I want to go on there!” when she saw the pictures of the zorb! Let’s hope the weather will be good to us during the weekend, so that my kids can give it a go!

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