Me!

Hi I'm Isabelle. I am 9 years old and I am in Year 5 at Hutt Central School. I like playing cricket, netball and touch rugby, baking, and reading books. I like the Ugenia Lavender books by Geri Halliwell and How I survived Middle School by Nancy Krulik.

Sunday 8 June 2014

Isabelle's Auckland Adventure Part 2 - Kelly Tarlton's

Hey, look, a penguin! 

On Friday, 30th of May I went to the amazing and very interesting Kelly Tarlton's in Auckland, New Zealand. 

I went with my mum, my brother Ashton, and Grannie and Bump (my Grandad.)

When we got into the ginormous aquarium we paid for our visit and started our adventure. 

First we had a good search around Scott's hut. Scott was a famous Kiwi explorer. Did you know that the average temperature in his hut in Antarctica was -6 degrees celcius? Brrrrr! 

We wanted to move on to the penguins, but first we had to cross the bridge. Now this wasn't any old bridge. It had fake ice burgs that looked like they were spinning around you and made us fall over. It was an optical illusion! 

The penguins were next. I was so excited to see them. I had waited all day long and now I couldn't believe my eyes. There were penguins of all different shapes and sizes. There were two different species of penguins at Kelly Tarlton's, Gentoo and King. 
The Gentoo penguins have a white mark on their heads and the King penguins have an orangey yellow bib.

We saw a baby King penguin. He was covered in beautiful brown feathers that will stay on him until he is 10 months old. The feathers reminded Mum of for the delicate woven Maori cloaks. 



One funny penguin was scratching his back with his beak and when we looked at him, it seemed like he had no head! 



Next we went to the cafe and had some lunch. I had half a banana chocolate chip muffin and a little bit of my Grannies diet coke. They were DELICIOUS! 



After that we went on the moving walkway and traveled through the tunnel. This tunnel was made of glass and had fish and sharks swimming all around us. The glass was size inches thick so no fish could escape. I was reassured by that. 
I saw some Pig fish, and also some Zebra fish. When the sharks swam over me I wasn't scared. I was actually quite excited! 








After the travelator we went to Seahorse Kingdom. We saw lots of different of species of Seahorses. My favourite seahorse was a yellow one with a really curly tail. 



Finally we went to the gift shop. I got a penguin for my shadow box. I also got a very colourful badge that says 'Auckland New Zealand.' My brother got a stuffed penguin and named him Waddle. 

I completely loved Kelly Tarlton's and would be happy to go again. 

Answers to your questions Room 9!

We were wondering if the planes fly at night and keep you awake? Tobey
Hi Tobey. Luckily the planes only fly during the day. They are small planes but quite loud. 

Will you get a chance to go on a plane? Grace L
Not here at Pauanui. But on Friday I will be flying back to Wellington on Air New Zealand.

Have you been down to the beach? Isla
Yes! Here is a photo of the beach and the grassy area in front of it. Can you see something in the 2nd photo, that shows you the airfield is really close by?



Did you stop at Paeroa on the way up and have an L&P? Rohan
We came up to Pauanui from Auckland, so we didn't get to go to Paeroa, but I do like L&P!
We did go to a small town called Tairau. It just has one street of shops. We got sausages at the butchers and an ice cream at the shop. We also found a playground. 



Mia would like you to rate how much fun you are having out of 10?
I am having an awesome time. Everything is awesome. I would say 9.5 out of 10... or 9.5/10 (I've been practicing my fractions!)

Ella would like to know what its like having planes land so close?
It's really cool, because I can see them close up. It's exciting when they take off. They whoosh past us and we all say "plane!" and it's really funny!



Thanks Room 9 for all your questions. See you soon! 

Monday 2 June 2014

Are we there yet?

Yesterday, on the 2nd of June I drove to Pauanui, New Zealand. 

Pauanui is in the Coromandel region and is around 3 hours out of Auckland. 


I am staying at Mum's friend Sue's house with my mum, my dad, my brother Ashton and Bump (my Grandad.)

Every now and then some planes come and land or take off on a BIG airfield just outside our house! The planes are really loud as they roar across the grass and finally take off into the brilliant blue sky. 
Here is a plane parked beside our house!


We are staying here for 11 nights, and I reckon it is much nicer to be staying here than to be staying in a hotel!



Tuesday 27 May 2014

My Auckland Adventure - Part One

Monday 26th May 2014

Today I drove with my family from Wellington to Taupo. We left at 2.30 in the afternoon because I was doing the Jump Jam leadership course at Upper Hutt School.

My Dad is going to have an operation on his arm. The only surgeon who can do it is in Auckland, so that's why we're driving up the North Island!

We stopped in Levin at an awesome playground. There was a big wheel - it looked like a Hamster wheel. I ran inside the wheel with my Dad and my brother Ashton. 



We drove on to Taihape, where we stopped and got some dinner. We had McDonalds! Then we drove all the rest of the way to Taupo. 

We stayed at the Taupo Top Ten Holiday Resort in a cabin. I had the top bunk. It was like being at school camp. We brushed our teeth and went to bed. 

Tuesday 27th May 2014

In the morning, it was freezing cold! 

The grass had frost all over it, and I could see my breath. It was -3.2 degrees outside. We had milo, bananas and hokey pokey biscuits for breakfast. Then we got a big jump on the giant bouncy pillow. It is the biggest in New Zealand. 


We drove to Auckland next. It took three hours to get there. When we got to Auckland we checked in to our motel and went to Butterfly Creek. 

We went in to a boiling hot room where the butterflies were kept. They were flying around and drinking a kind of sugar syrup.
The butterflies came from Asia and South America. Some of them only live 14 to 15 days, the others can live for up to 2 months. 
My favourite butterfly looked like a tiger. One butterfly landed on my t-shirt! 



Then we saw some crocodiles. They were babies but they didn't look like it! There were two big gigantic salt water crocodiles. One had his mouth open and we could see his huge teeth. 

We went on a train ride, and saw lots of dinosaurs - fake ones! Some of them moved and roared. 


We also saw a rabbit, some lamas, and a talking cockatoo at the Buttermilk farm. 

We were exhausted when we got back to our motel, so we had some dinner and watched a movie. I watched The Lion King. It was funny when the monkey banged his stick on Simba's head. 

Wednesday 28th May 2014

This morning I was tired. We had some breakfast and packed up the car again. We went to the Airport and met Grannie and Bump. They are my grandparents. They have come to help look after us and Dad while he is in hospital. 

We had apple juice and a hashbrown from McDonalds, then Ashton and Bump caught the Airport Bus into the city, while Mum, Dad, Grannie and I drove to the North Shore to find our motel. We are going to be staying here for 4 nights. 

Our motel has a tv right in the room where I will be sleeping! 


Friday 14 March 2014

My first four!

This morning I played cricket with my team the Hutt District Knights. 

We played at Petone Rec against the Hutt District Ferns.


I was the Captain today because last week I got Player of the Day for my excellent batting and bowling. 

Before the game started I tossed a big coin with the other Captain. I won and chose to bat first. I batted last in my team and when I went in there were only four overs to go. 

In the second to last over of the game the bowler came towards me and bowled the ball quite fast. I stepped forward and hit the ball with my bat. It bounced close the ground, and kept going to the boundary, right behind short backwards square leg!


It was my first four! 

Thomas was my batting partner. He knew that I had never hit a boundary before so he had his bat up and he yelled "YEEESSSSS!" I did the same! 

Everyone started clapping. Dad and Bump (my Grandad) were there in the crowd to cheer me on. 

I felt so excited that I was shaking for the rest of the innings. But I stayed in till the end. 

It was the first game ever that no one in the Knights got out.

In the end we won by 22 runs. It was a fantastic morning. 

Here is a photo of me, just after we finished the innings!



Monday 17 February 2014

Fantastical Fun Friday Awaits

On Valentimes Day Hutt Central School had a whole school picnic. First we walked to Petone Rec,and as we were walking I saw my granddad, bump!!!! He was driving to Aunty Hannah's in his van. He waved at the kids. 

Anyway, so when we got to the park we had free time with the P.E gear, a play on the playground and ate lunch. So fun, so yum!!
The playground had stairs that lead up to a little hut. I kept banging my head because the roof was low! I could see the hills from up there. 

I had a chocolate muffin and a ham, cheese and carrot wrap for lunch. 

 After that we walked across the road to Mackenzie pools, [bathes.] We had a big long swim with all of our mates. I swam with Moriah. The pool was really full! 

Mum came and picked me and my cousins up from the pool. We went to the supermarket to buy an ice cream. I had a strawberry trumpet and it was very yummy. 

THE END !!!!

Tuesday 11 February 2014

all about the blogger

Hi, I am isabelle
as you all know I havent done many blogs for a while, and you don't know much about me.So, here are some of my favourite things.

NICK NAME Belles

FAVOURITE FOOD Pizza

FAVOURITE COULOR Turquoise 

BIRTHDAY 19.9.2004

AGE 10

SCHOOL Hutt Central

FAVOURITE MOVIE Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows 



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