Choose your own adventure - JULY

Choose your own adventure – July 2025
 
Hello and welcome to our July edition of CHOOSE OUR OWN ADVENTURE! Today our bloggers have been given the challenge in their blogs to incorporate the words:
 
WHERE – A PLACE
 
WE’RE – WE ARE
 
WEAR – CLOTHES
 
Why is the English language so tricky?
 
 
Todays blog is choose your own adventure and I’m going to talk about my nana.
 
My nana’s name is Yvonne, where she lives is Cranbourne, which isn’t too far from me. My nanna used to be a midwife so she loves babies. She is extremely talented at knitting and her favourite thing to knit is baby clothes, she makes them for babies to wear. I love spending time with my nanna and doing things like going to the shops, having lunch and just hanging out. We’re going to go to the shops soon probably to fountain gate, that’s our favourite place to go. My nanna bought me the key chain for my phone which I love and is personalised , she is always thinking of me and getting me little presents. - This is Annie signing off, see you next week.
 
Today we are blogging on a nice, sunny day. I'm going to blog about my cruise in Queensland. I went on a cruise a few weeks ago with my family in Queensland, it was lots of fun! We ate lots of food! Some of the food we ate was pizza, dumplings, and drinks like Diet Coke and Diet Sprite, they are my favourites. On the cruise, we had Christmas in July, so I did lots of dancing and singing with my family. There were beautiful Christmas decorations, we had a Christmas lunch and dinner; it was delicious. I liked watching all the waves on the boat, it was really cool. On the cruise, I watched shows with dancing and singing; I enjoyed them.
 
On another trip, I went to Queensland, where we went to Sea World and Movie World. They are both favourites because I loved them both. In Sea World, I went on a big, scary ride! It was lots of fun. I saw dolphins; they were so cute; they were swimming in the water, jumping in and out of the water, and doing tricks, it was so cool. In Movie World, there are lots of movies and shows. Movie World has lots of scary movies and rides! I wore 3D glasses, and it was so good. I went on a ride at both Movie World and Sea World that got me wet!! I went down a big slide and it got me wet, and another one that sprayed me with water! I enjoyed my trips in Queensland.
 
I'm very excited because I got new shoes! I love them so much, so I wanted to tell you all! My shoes are blue and purple in colour; I'm wearing them today! I also got a new haircut in Queensland, I feel pretty with my new haircut. - See you next week, Claire.
 

Kumon is a maths tutoring program I did in the past. I want to share what it was like for me and where I used to go for it. I did Kumon at Metro Permata, which was near where I used to live, so it wasn’t far from my house. Most of the time, my housemaid walked me to Kumon on Tuesdays and Fridays. But if it was raining, my mum would drive me instead.
 
At Kumon, there was no strict rule about time—I didn’t have to be punctual. I could come anytime during opening hours. I usually went during the day, before lunchtime, and had lunch afterward. There was also no dress code, so I could wear anything I liked. I usually wore a t-shirt and shorts because Indonesia is very hot. I remember getting a lovely t-shirt from Kumon. It wasn’t compulsory to wear, but I liked it. The shirt was white with blue sleeves. It had a picture of the earth, with children standing underneath it, and it said “I Like Kumon” on top.
 
 
I bought a tote bag with my Kumon homework and a small pencil case that had a grey lead pencil and an eraser. When I arrived, I would write my name and the date on the worksheets and start working. After finishing the worksheets, I had to answer a math question by speaking with the Kumon teacher. If I did very well, the teacher would let me choose a sticker! Do you like stickers? I’m a big girl now, but I still love them.
 
There were lots of stickers to choose from—cartoon ones like Minnie Mouse, Tweety, Snoopy, and Pooh Bear. The teacher would cut them up and keep them in plastic containers for us to pick from.
 
Sometimes, I also got coupons from Kumon. I could use the coupons to get small prizes like stationery, toys, or lunch bags. I remember choosing a Pikachu pencil case once, and another time I picked a cute lunch bag that I used for school. I liked Kumon because there were cute stickers, no strict dress code, and no pressure to be on time like school.
 
But there were some things I didn’t like. Kumon didn’t have long holidays like school, and we always had homework. One time, the teacher made a joke and said “Sleep over here!”—she was just kidding, but I found it annoying. Kumon also got harder, so my mum decided it was better for me to stop in first grade.
 
Now you’ve learned a bit about what Kumon is like. Thanks so much for reading my blog. It means a lot to me. - Love from, - Jacinda
 
 

Choose your own adventure
One day, one of the Umbrella staff and I went out to a pizza shop where we were going to have lunch, and we had a Hawaiian pizza together. The Hawaiian Pizza was delicious.
Delia had chocolate ice-cream which is her favourite, And I had strawberry ice cream which is my favourite. I also went to 7/11 with Delia as well after dinner. I decided to wear my everyday people hoodie. We’re cool when we eat pizza!  Ben2
 
 
 
 
Where is a place I would go to? my own home and this will be beautiful small house and small town where I would build a small house and small stuff. We’re going to have good stuff and good food, wear good clothes, try buy nice clothes on my own and they will be joker shoes and this will be my joker and I will make sure I look good. I will be back to America soon but not sure what day. - Tyson 
 
 
 
Hi my name is Isabella, I’m 11 year old. I’m fascinated about Mermaids. My Grandma gave me one when I was 5 and  ever since then I’ve loved them and any chance I could, I would go into the water of any kind I spend hours in the water. 
 
A few years later, I went on holiday with my family, I couldn’t wait to get  to the lake,   
As soon as I could, I changed my clothes into my bathers and I walked down to the lake which was where most people spend their summer days with their families. 
 
For some reason there was no one there today, it was a bit gloomy in weather, but that didn’t stop me from going into the water. I swam for miles and miles, not noticing on where I was. I poked my head up from the water, looked around. I didn’t see anything familiar to me.
 
I saw an old looking cabin with a fire going out the front, I thought I would go up and ask who ever who was there where I was or how far away was  from my family cabin.
I pulled my hair to one side and rung out the lake water and tilted my head to let the water out.  I stretched my arms to get the heat from the fire. There seemed to be no one around, A few moments later a man in a wheel chair comes out the cabin door.  He’s shouted “Hey, who are you”  I turned around and said. “Isabella, do you need help down the path”
 
“No, I can manage, I will be right down”
He got to the fire, now the weather was gloomy but it was still warm out. The man was wearing a blanket on his lap. 
 
He tugged the blanket to make it cover his legs and hips. But I did see a glimpse of something sparkly and shiny,  We both had something in common. “Mermaids” we spoke about mermaids till the sun set and into the dark.  The amber ashes were flying away with the wind. The guy, said “I don’t think you should go back now, especially in the lake water” I replied “why?” He took a big deep breath and he threw off his blanket and he didn’t have legs, but a teally colour sparkly shiny mermaid  tail. 
 
I was gobsmacked! He was a real merman, I couldn’t believe it, I only thought it was folklore and fairytales. He said “it’s getting late, you can have my bed, it’s the first room to your right, past the lounge room” So I went into the cabin,  he stay out there. In the darkness, with a tin of bourbon in his hand. 
 
I woke up to a sound of splashing, I ran outside to see the empty wheel chair close to the edge of  the sandbank near the water, I quickly took off my clothes and went and couldn’t find him, 
 
I almost gave up. I saw a glowing aurora and a splash, I quickly swam over there, he was there swimming and talking to the fish
He looked at me and  swam to me, he lured me down, I mean so deep I couldn’t see the outskirts of the  sky anymore. I had an out of body experience, my life flashed before my eyes. 
 
He helped me up to the sand bank, I was in shock, no pain no nothing,  I tried to move my legs to pick myself up,  it couldn’t, I looked down  I  saw a purple/pink mermaid tail,  I asked him “am I a mermaid now?” He murmured “Yes, I’ve been watching you for years, every summer, I knew you were the one”
 
I was excited, worried, all of the emotions,  
I was a real mermaid. 
Few years later, we’re still mermaids, we had two kids, both humans until the  moment.  They can turn into mermaids, if they would like to. – Haley
 
 

Dear readers how are you? Today’s topic is choosing your own adventure, and I have chosen to write my blog about a holiday. I’m going on an adventure to Bali in Indonesia with my support workers Cindy, Bernie, and Delia for 2 wonderful fun weeks.
 
We will be flying Air Malaysia and flying first class. Once we arrive, we will get a taxi to a beautiful accommodation place called Double Six and will get upgraded to the Penthouse..
 
Our plan is to go to the Bali Zoo where there are many animals like Sumatran Tigers, Zebra's and Meerkats and ducks and elephants that you can ride on. On day two we are going to the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary where we will have to wear long pants and long sleeve shirts to keep the bugs off us and take our jewellery off as the monkeys are well known for stealing jewellery and bags off you and anything shiny.
 
While we are there, we will visit the temples where you must be respectful, quiet, and dress appropriately to their customs. The next few days will be eating and sitting around the pool and hopefully having many massages and soaking in the spa and many facials. This is Bethany signing off and feeling very excited about this “adventure”.
 
 
Hello and welcome to another blog. Today we’re diving into another choose your own adventure. I had a great time at my brother’s buck’s party on Saturday and I got to wear one of my favourite shirts. I went go carting and then into the city for drinks. I really enjoy getting out and about and spending time with friends and family. I love to wear all kind of out there shirts and clothes. I have a pair of pink tie dye pants. Multiple tie dye shirts and even a tie dye pillowcase and doona cover. I also love surprises and I know I have a couple coming up for my birthday which I’m really excited for. Do you like surprises? Do you find it hard to plan what to wear because you don’t know where you are going?
 
Surprise.......that finishes my blog for the week but keep your eyes peeled for where my next blog will take us and keep being awesome. Ben1
 
 
Dear readers this week’s topic is choose your own adventure 
Let me start by  telling you about  a  made up story and it takes place in Paris where I go for a holiday and I wear nice casual outfits.  My friend Bethany and myself go to a cute little French cafe for brunch were we have crepes and croissants and Beth and myself drink delicious hot chocolate. I’m drinking some yummy cherry juice and after brunch we're going to explore Paris and we will go to Disney in Paris. Our holiday ended. We had so much fun that we didn’t want to go back home but we had to. We were treated to a luxurious first  class fight home and we felt like royalty. We decided to go back to Paris after having such an amazing holiday.
Where would you like to go on holiday?
Written by Charlotte
 
 
Today I would like to talk about my favourite movie called ‘No Escape’ starring Owen Wilson. It’s about an American engineer and his family company that specialises in water systems. Where he goes to an unnamed country although it was filmed in Thailand.

The character Owen is played by Jack Dwyer. First day there he goes to buy a paper and witness a riot between protesters and police. It is very violent escapes but is seen by the leader of the protesters and is followed.

The movie is an action packed, very violent and shows Jack and his family escaping from protesters by paddling the river. They are assisted by two men who are secret MI5 staff who are wearing normal clothes. It was a great movie it would be good as a VR game we are working on it. I would like to watch it again. I would love to be an actor in this movie. - Nick.
 
Today I’m choosing my own adventure to go to a different territory where the sun shine’s every day and every night. We’re my friends and I are having a great time together and I’ll be wearing shorts, singlets and thongs. I can’t wait to wear my summer clothes again. My friends and I will be drinking Great Northern beers, Bundaberg Rum and Jim Beam as well, I’ll be having a blast with my friends and enjoying where we’re staying. – Ash
 
It’s another choose your own adventure blog...
We have challenge words to add to our blogs this week and they are; where, as in where are you? We're, as in we are writing a blog and wear; as in what am I going to wear today? I really needed to get them out of the way first up because otherwise I’d forget.
 
These words can be a bit tricky and can trip up even the most seasoned writer. What are some words that constantly trip you up and make life a bit confusing when writing? I’d be really interested to read your answers in the comments.
 
I have a charm bracelet that has a huge amount of sentimental value as all the charms were gifts to me from important people in my life. It began with a bracelet with one charm from a best friend as a birthday gift and now I have 21 different charms that are small pieces of my heart. Obviously, I don't mean actual pieces of my heart, that seems a bit extreme and possibly bad for my health. There are rainbows, unicorns, a Pegasus, my Harry Potter house, a family tree, a butterfly, paw prints, a dog, a cat, a book that opens, multiple lion king charms, minnie mouse, the cheshire cat, Mrs. Pots with Chip, angel wings, my birth stone, Stitch and a sister charm.
 
Each of these charms were brought with love and have more than just monetary value to me, there’s a story to my bracelet and it makes me feel special to know so many people have contributed to its story. Some by my grandparents, my parents, best friends, my sister and one was chosen for me by my best friends' daughter. One day both my best friend's children will also choose charms to be represented on my bracelet so they too can feel special and have a physical reminder that they are a part of my story and I apart of theirs.
 
I could go on forever if I had the time and space but as with all good stories this one must come to an end. Do you have a special piece of jewellery that you love and cherish for more than its monetary value? Or maybe a childhood toy or anything that means the world to you? I also have a mouse door stop that was my great grandparents doorstop that I have loved since childhood but i will talk about him another time. Yes, that means you must keep coming back!
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