Olivia

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 * The history of the internet started in 1950s and 1960s with the development of computers. In 1982 the internet protocol suite was standardized and the concept of a world-wide network of fully interconnected networks called the internet was introduced. Since the mid- 1990s the internet has had a drastic impact on culture commerce, including the rise of near instant communication by electronic mail, instant messaging. **

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= = = = = = = Telegram = = In the olden days people would send letters to the post office in morse code. At the post office they would see what you have written in morse code so they would write the letter in english on a telegram and send the telegram to someone else. =

= MOTAT = =On Tuesday this week, we had a nice trip to MOTAT. We spent the whole day looking at old fashioned cars, cottages and churches. We also had a tram ride and the man that was driving the tram was very grumpy because he had to wait for us to get on.= = = =In the education class we learnt that when our great grandparents were young the cameras were very, very big. Over the years, cameras have got smaller and smaller and smaller to the size we can fit into a pocket now.= = = =We also learnt about morse code and how it was used in war time to send messages to other people. Morse code is dots and dashes that can spell out words and numbers.= =This is how my name is written in morse code: ---.-.......-...-. =

= Discoveries = = 50 years ago, people could only communicate with letters or an old fashioned telephone that they had to dial with their fingers. When my grandma was little, letters were sent overseas on a ship not on a plane like they are today. =

= In our world today we have lots more ways of communicating. We have mobile phones which we can use anywhere, and we can email people on the computer so they can get our message as soon as possible. =

=We are lucky to have so much technology, it makes everything quicker and easier to communicate with people.=

= = = = = Sci Tech = =This term we have been learning about bacteria and today we used the agar plates and swabs.You get the swabs and wipe it on the dirty object. For some ideas, you could do a kitchen sponge, keys, coin, bathroom floor, worm bin scraps, door knob, computer keyboard, tongue and a drinking fountain button.= = = =Speech= =My Speech is about Cathedral Cove, which has a big rock with hole through it.= =A good speech has lots of information and is interesting for the audience.= = =

=A Moment in time =

=In the Holidays my Mum, Brother and I went to Hahei and we did lots of day trips.=

=The best part of the holiday was going to Cathedral Cove, which is a beautiful place on the Coromandel. You can only get there by walking or by boat. We walked for a long time, but it was really worth the hard work.=

=My favourite part of going there was seeing the hole through the rock, the cave, the clear water and the waterfall coming down to the beach into the water.=

=We also went to Hot Water Beach and dug a hole to swim in. It was hard to find a spot that was warm. After a while someone next to us left and went to another hole, so we took theirs. There was a really hot spot and my brother sat the hottest spot and it hurt!!!=

=Before we left, we went fishing off the beach and when I first pulled in my rod, my bait was gone! Sadly, we didn't any fish because there's not a lot of fish in the sea.= = = = = =Myths and Legends =

How Kangaroo got his Tail
Based on an Australian Aboriginal Legend

A long time ago, some animals looked different to the way they look now. Kangaroos had no tails and wombats had high, round heads. Mirram the Kangaroo and Warreen the Wombat were good friends. They lived together in a hut that Warreen had built from tree bark. They liked being with each other, but Mirram liked to sleep outside at night and he made fun of Warreen who always wanted to sleep inside. "Come, Warreen, sleep outside with me" said Mirram. "It's much better to look up at the stars at night and listen to the fresh wind in the trees." "It's too cold outside" snuffled Warreen, "and sometimes it rains. I might get wet! I like sleeping in my hut with a nice fire to keep me warm." Mirram the Kangaroo would not accept this. "Your bark hut is dark and smelly. It is much better to sleep out in the clean air under the bright stars!" "No, thank you" said Warreen. "I will stay in my hut where I am comfortable." Mirram was impatient. "You are too scared to sleep outside with me. You are frightened to feel a little wind." "I'm not frightened" snuffled Warreen. "I just like sleeping in my bark hut!" Mirram kept on taunting Warreen, until one night the wombat agreed to sleep outside. During the night he got really cold and waddled back inside the hut. Kangaroo laughed at him. All summer they played together as friends, but Mirram sometimes still made fun of Warreen's hut. Things changed when winter came. The wind became colder at night while Mirram slept outside. At first he didn't mind. He snuggled up to a tree to protect himself, and laughed at the thought of Warreen in his smelly hut. "Wombat would not brave the wind like me" he said to himself. The wind became stronger and colder. Mirram curled himself into a tight ball, hugging his tree. He told himself that the wind couldn't hurt him - he wasn't afraid. When it began to rain, he muttered "a little wind and rain won't hurt me. I'm not afraid." <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">One night, blasts of wind lashed the kangaroo with raindrops that felt like icy needles. Mirram was so wet and cold, he couldn't take it any longer. He struggled onto his hind legs and blown by the wind, hopped slowly towards the bark hut. <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"It is me!" screamed Mirram, banging on the door. "Now, let me in!" "No!" yelled Wombat. "There isn't enough room." <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mirram's teeth were chattering. He became very angry and pushed hard at the door until it opened. "I'm inside now - and you aren't big enough to throw me out!" <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"H'mmph" snorted Warreen. "Well, sleep over there - in the corner. You're all wet and I don't want cold rainwater dripping on me." Wombat stretched out near the fire again and went back to sleep. <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mirram lay down in the corner, but there was a hole in the wall of the hut and the wind and rain came in. He couldn't dry himself or get warm. The fire went out, but Warreen didn't notice. He snored as he slept and laughed every now and again, enjoying a nice dream. This made Mirram more angry. <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In the morning his body was stiff and sore. He hobbled outside and picked up a large rock. When he came back, Warreen was stretching and yawning as he woke up. Mirram dropped the rock on Warreen's head, flattening his forehead and making his nose curl around <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"This is for not helping me get warm and dry" said Mirram. "And from now on, you will always live in a damp hole. Your flattened forehead and cold home will remind you of last night." <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">After that, Warreen and Mirram didn't speak to each other or play together and Warreen planned revenge. <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">He made a big spear and waited until Mirram was busy washing himself. <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Then he threw the spear with all his strength and it hit the kangaroo at the base of his spine. Mirram yelled in pain and tried to pull the spear out, but it was stuck. <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">"From now on, that will be your long tail" yelled Warreen, "and you'll never have a home to live in!" <span style="color: #2828df; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">That is why wombats now have flat foreheads and live in dark, damp burrows underground and why kangaroos have long tails and always sleep outside, under the stars. <span style="color: #2828df; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">The End

= Mask Making = =On Wednesday we brought in some things from home to decorate our masks for our assembly on the first of July. For our masks we are doing a Maui theme. There are groups of six or seven people. I am in a group of seven.Soph is Maui's mother, Josh is Maui, Nathan is Maui and Tom, Sam, Livvie and I are villagers.=

= //Cultural sharing day// = =On Cultural sharing day the class brought in something that is part of their family history. I talked about my Great Great Great Grandfather, Sir Henry Brett. He came to NZ in 1862 and was the Mayor of Auckland in 1878. Sir Henry Brett gave an organ to the Town Hall, which is still there today.= = = = __ **EOTC** __ = = __MARAE__ = =// A few weeks ago the year 5's had EOTC Week. //= =// First we went to the Marae to learn Maori culture.The boys and the girls got split up, //= =// then the girls did a poi dance and the boys did the haka. //= =// At the end, the boys showed the girls and the girls showed the boys what they had learnt. //= = __TREE TOPS ADVENTURES__ = =//On Tuesday we went to Tree Top Adventures. First we got harnessed up, then we did the practise course.//= =//After that we went on course 2, 3 and 4. Course 4 was one of the trickiest course's to figure out.//= =//The most fun part about course 4 was the tarzan swing.//= =//The best part about the trip was the flying fox.//= = __ WAVE POOL S__ = =//On Thursday we went to the wave pools. First me and my friend Polly went in the waves, then we both went in the lazy river.//= =//After that I went on the Hydro slide.After I went on the Hydro slide I jumped off the edge of the pool into the water//,was a lot of fun.=

=<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 170%;">DANCE = =This week we are making a dance for our assembly. We have been practising our dance in groups. My group will perform at the beginning. We will be doing the first part of the story about Maui and the goddess of fire. In our dance Maui puts out all of the fires and all of the villagers complain to Maui's mother.=

=<span style="color: #ac0ce1; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 120%;">A Moment in time =

=In the Holidays my Mum, Brother and I went to Hahei and we did lots of day trips.=

=The best part of the holiday was going to Cathedral Cove, which is a beautiful place on the Coromandel. You can only get there by walking or by boat. We walked for a long time, but it was really worth the hard work.=

=My favourite part of going there was seeing the hole through the rock, the cave, the clear water and the waterfall coming down to the beach into the water.= = = =We also went to Hot Water Beach and dug a hole to swim in. It was hard to find a spot that was warm. After a while someone next to us left and went to another hole, so we took theirs. There was a really hot spot and my brother sat the hottest spot and it hurt!!!= = = =Before we left, we went fishing off the beach and when I first pulled in my rod, my bait was gone! Sadly, we didn't any fish because there's not a lot of fish in the sea.=

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