Andrew

The History of the Internet
==The internet was invented in 1950 by sevarl people. The internet is used world wide and for many different things. The internet can tell you anything you want to now such as history and much more. The internet is one of the things that can nearly do anything.==

Telegrams
==Telegrams were a way of communicating short messages mainly deaths marriages and births. They were very expensive because you had to pay by the number of letters which is why people sent short messages. Telegrams were much quicker than letters. They were used in world war I and world war II to say if someone had died.==

__MOTAT__
==On Tuesday the year 5's of Meadowbank School had a trip to MOTAT to learn more about globalisation and communication. We were all looking forward to this because there are always cool things and interesting ways to communicate at MOTAT.== When we got to MOTAT we had morning tea and played in the games area. I played with the musical pipes that you hit with jandals we also ran up and down this wobbly hill. After that we went to this special classroom. When you got in the classroom there is a big lego-type farraswheel. First the teacher talked to us about the olden day cameras. I got to see how it would work but I couldn't figure it out because you had to hold the camera by your stomach and look through the small window at the top. Mum couldn't figure it out either. Then the teacher talked about the olden day typewritters. The first one was 100 years old, the next one was a bit more modern and the one built after that nearly looked like a printer. When you pressed the buttons really quickly it sounded like a machine gun. The olden day computers had massive disks like frizbees and you had put in about 10 of those to download 1 work or game. Then the floopy disc was invented which could download a bit more than a big disc. The little memry sticks that we have in our day can download a lot more than the other ones can with 100 discs. Then she showed us the phones. Alexander Bell invented the first ever telephone and it could only go two stores. There was the phones where you had to ring the exchange and the lady had to ask what number you wanted and pull one of the cords out and place it into that persons phone connection. Then there was the home telephone invented not just one for work and you had to wind it around to call numbers which took longer than calling on a cellphone. Then the cellphone was invented and it was like a big radio that you had to carry around. Then the brick phone was invented. It was called the brick phone because it was so heavy like a brick. Then the phones started to get more modern and smaller and smaller and link into the internet and send photos and things. We got to play with all the things and me and mum wrote our names in braille.

After our talk we got a tram ride in Melbourne tram. The Melbourne trams are green and they are much bigger than the ones in NZ which are red. We went past the zoo on our trip and across the road. The driver told us really interesting facts then he swopped ends and said that the trams had a certian amount of time before they had to start working again so if you were late you would miss it. Then we went on the Voyager. The Voyager is a big circular rom that had a screen and a projector in it and it was like a roller coaster because it would show the track on the screen and the room moved around as if it was actually on a roller coaster. Then we had lunch. After lunch we had maps and had to find certain things to finish our tasks. First we had to find the Depot which we struggled with then we had to find things in the Depot like gumboots and other kiwi icons. Then we went to the Village and there were stilts at the Village and we all had a turn and me and my friends could not master it. Then we went to the Edmond Hilary part and saw the real Massey Fergusson tractor that had chains around its wheels to move across the snow and ice easier. There was also a train section and if you pressed a button it made a train go around the room. We also went through the mirror maze which is a maze but all the walls are mirros so you get confused where you are meant to go it was really fun.

We were really disappointed to go home from our excellent fabulous day at MOTAT. I recommend MOTAT to people who are interested in old things and want to study about history. I really enjoyed it and would go again any day!!

__//Globalisation//__
=In the past people used to communicate with letters, post cards and phone. Phone calls were expensive internationally so weren't used as much as letters which were the main way to communicate but quite slow. This is the way people stayed in touch.=

==Today people comunicate with; E-mail,skype,facebook,scanning images,digital photos,twitter,mobile phone, phone,letters,post cards,fax and text. Mum says that communication is much faster now, so it is much easier to stay in touch with people in NZ and overseas. It also means you can buy things or research quickly and efficiently on the internet.These new technologies make our lives easier.== = = = = = = =Our project at school = =At school my group have decidid our final product. We are still loking for our ingredints for it. It is enviromently friendly and kills bacteria.= = = =Our Project= =At school on monday we were testing which product/natural product that kills bacteria the best. We are doing this because we are going to make a natural product that is better for the enviroment. So we got our swabs and chose some areas we thought had some bacteria then put it on the agar plates then we got our products and put them on little bits of paper diped it in our products put it in the agar plates. Now we have to wait for to days till we will see our results. = = = =Nataurl products that kll bacteria = =On monday we got our agar plates. Agar plates are plates that can make bacteria expaned and grow. We had to keep them in a cool place or the plates might not work. later we got them out to test them so we put dominc hand in to see if it had bacteria. Then we taped it up and put it in a warm place so it's easy a for the bacteria to expaned. = = = = = =Our group at school= =At school we are learning about bacteria. My group at school made a brainstorm about natural substance that can kill bacteria and how they do it. Some of the ideas were honey,flax goo,achole and vinger.=

My Speech =My speech is about Hogwarts and I'm going to convince everyone that Hogwarts is real. The key points for a speech is that you have enough reasons to convince the person who is listening, and that you have a loud voice so everyone can hear you and make sure you can memorise your speech what is inportent. = = = =My holidays=

In the holidays I went to my uncles farm. I really enjoyed this because me and my brother had to chase the sheep round the paddock. This was cool because they were running as fast as their legs could take them and then when they got to the gate they did this massive leap. When they were in the air they shook their hooves as if they were trying to fly. = = =DANCE= =At dance we are enjoying our dance. This week we practiced really hard and finished our dance. And now we're doing it together and with the music and we are practied with our masks now which makes it even more fun.= = = =Dance We did dance last week. At dance we did our position for our assembly. We did this because this would be our position for our assembly.This week we all so did dance we are all really enjoying our dance lesson and we are all playing really cool games.= = = = Myth from Ireland - the Leprechaun's treasure = =Many years ago in Ireland there lived lots of little green happy Leprechaun. One day some people came in big ships and invaded all of Ireland where the Leprechaun were. The Leprechaun had a meeting and decided to hide all their treasure. But when it rains the rainbow always points to where the Leprechaun have hidden the pot of gold and jewels. So the leprechaun constantly have to move the pot of gold to a different place because if someone catches the leprechaun they have to grant them 3 wishes or give them all their jewels and money.= = = = DANCE! = At dance we have been learning about locamoation and non liocamoation. Loacamotion means moving from place to place and non locamotion means moving but not going to place to place.WE ARE ALL ENJOYING OUR DANCE LESSON!

Dance For the last week we have been learning about dance. We were learning about personal space, genral space, twisted bodys and symetrical shapes. We have been put into groups and we have been performing some of our shapes on the stage in the hall. We have all been ejoying our dances.

Garden to table ==== Today I was gardening and we split up into different groups. My group was putting compost in buckets and planting plants. Then I went up to the end of the hall and got grass to sprinkle over the sunflowers. Then it was time to go eat and the cookers had made a salad and a egg dish and a really nice fejoa and apple pie. ====

Paints
=== Wet on wet is like this first you wet your page and then start painting with your wet brush.Wet on dry is you get another piece of paper and then wet your brush and use more water then paint.Dry on dry is you use more paint the water.We are going to paint indangered sea animals. ===

= EOTC WEEK! = === In week seven of school it was EOTC WEEK! On monday year 5 went to the oraki marae were we learnt the haka and the poi dance. We all learnt about the maori history which was very fascinating. Everyone really enjoyed the day at the marae. ===

Tuesday!
=== We were at tree adventures. Everyone was excited on the long trip there.When we got there we had to wait for ages to get our harnesses and get on the first level. Everyone was scared to start off but after that everyone jumped off the obstacles.All of us enjoyed the day and everyone was trying to get to sleep on the bus. ===

Wednesday!
== We all got lined up to walk to wiatarua reserve for orientering. When we got there everyone wanted start. It was hot and hard looking through the map and really hard looking for them is well. We got back in THIRD!! ==

THURSDAY!! === We were going to the pools. When we got there we first went on the hydroslide which was quick and scary. Then we went in the pool and waves were going which made it really hard to stay above the water and the waves were really big. Then we played in the shallows and fooled about in the obstacles. ===

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