Dad, isn't the beach cool?

In the weekend my family, cousins and I went to the beach. We went in my uncle's big grey van. There was a big park for us to play on and there was a beautiful fountain.

My brother and I played on the monkey bars while my cousins played on the swings. Then we all went for a swim after we changed into our swimming togs. There were two changing rooms. One of the changing room was for the girls and the other was for the boys. I went in the girls changing room with my cousins Emi, Jess, my brother and my cousin P. J into in the boys changing room.

After we have all changed, we all went for a swim. When I got into the water, it was cold like ice. Then my older cousin Jess and I had a swimming competition. I won because I was faster swimmer.I was happy and proud of myself.

Next we taught my little cousin Emi how to swim because she was scared and she did know how. After a while it was time to go home so we ran out of time to teach Emi how to swim.

I had a lot fun going to the beach with my family and cousins. I hope we can go to the same beach again soon because there are also big rocks that we could climb up on and park to play in.

Learning Intention: We are learning to use descriptive language to make my writing more interesting.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my weekend at the beach.

My awesome picnic at the beach!

On a cool sunny day, my family and I went to the beach. We filled a basket with some lovely food and we also took our swimming togs with us to Mission Bay.

My dad placed a mat on the sand and put our basket with delicious food on. After that my brother and I put some sunscreen on to protect us from the sun. Then I went for a swim. It was cold swimming in the sea so I swam very quickly back. After a while I got out of the water and joined my brother on the beach.

Then my brother made sand castles, while I picked up some beautiful seashell.

After a while, we we felt tired so we went to our parents to have some sandwiches, some fruits and some cold lemonade. When I was eating the fruit it just melted  in my mouth and it was yummy. It was very refreshing when I had the drink.

When we finished swimming, my mum took both of together a show.

Then we decided to go to the park. I sat on the swings and played on the slide. After a while, we decided to go for a walk and my dad bought us some cold ice cream. Then we had a lovely drive home with not too much traffic.

It would be a wonderful to go to the beach again soon. Maybe I can ask my parents to swim with us next time.

We are learning to understand and use descriptive language.

I know I can do this when I use appropriate adjectives to describe my weekend.