On Sunday I didn’t do much, just slept in and watched a movie. Then later that afternoon mum and I went to Shaun’s to get Zac, he stayed there for the weekend. And right now I am going to have dinner, bye!

There are many educational games on Tutpup, they cover the areas of Algebra, Maths and spelling. Here is a small chart I have used to rate the games:

• Taking your heart rate then exercising for a minute and taking it again.
• Cutting into the muscles of a raw chicken wing.
• Standing on a special balancing thing to see how good your balance is.
• Testing different drinks to see which one contains the most sugar.
• Throwing a ball attached to a string as hard as you can into a wall to see how fast you can throw.

It was really fun doing these activities, my group was Jess, Grace and I. My favourite was probably the balancing, I think putting your feet closer together helps more.

This is my game:

PIPELAYER

Pipelayer is a game played with two grids of dots that are slightly offset from one another, as shown in the animation at the right. This example has 6×7 and 7×6 grids of dots, but you can use more or less as long as they leave each player with one longer dimension. The long dimension should be one longer than the short dimension. The rules are as follows:

·         The players take turns moving by connecting two dots.

·         No move may draw across another move.

·         To win a player must have a 2 by 2 box all connected without any of the other players lines intersecting.

I hear… chatting kids, talking tour guides, and the movie in the dark Planetarium.

I feel… excited about our camp, happy to be in a fun place, and great to be in an interesting environment.

MCG- I see… lots of different coloured seats, rollers out on the field flattening the new turf, and statues and plaques in remembrance of famous people.

I hear… the tour guide filling our heads with information, people chatting about different findings, and the hooting of the pigeons in the centre of the field.

I smell… the delicious scent of the food courts, the fresh grass people have picked from the ground, and our freshly packed lunches.

I feel… privileged to be able to walk on the ground, frightened of the steepness sitting in the highest stands, and tired of walking up so many small steps!

River Cruise- I see… the gleaming water of the Yarra river, the tall city buildings, and the amazing West gate bridge.

I hear… the motor of the boat, the silence of everyone enjoying their lunch, and the boat driver explaining different sites.

I feel… the cool breeze as we sit out on the back of the boat, terrific to be seeing all of the city, and amazed by the spectacular view.

I taste… the fresh air filling my lungs, my delicious roll, and the tasty lollies I packed for a snack.

Immigration Museum- I see… heaps of pictures of different events, 3 model ships from what they would look like up to 150 years ago, lots of tired faces from a late night the night before.

I hear… the film showing families being re-united after separation, the sounds of the crew and ship which we have to listen to in to model ships, an instructor telling us how we fill in our books.

I feel… sad for those who lived for long periods of time without their loved ones, excited to be learning about how different citizens came to Australia, and happy to know the world is now more of a fair place.

DAY 1

7.00am - It was an early start, mum drove me to the school then went home to get ready for work. The trip was fun, I sat next to Katie and we watched 2 movies.

11.00am - arrive Melbourne – Scienceworks- At Scienceworks we had some free time to look around at the things to do, there was a machine where you could sit in wheelchairs and race. I raced against George and won.

11.30am - Planetarium at Scienceworks- The Planetarium was amazing! We walked in and sat on the seats, we then laid down and you would look up onto the roof which was the screen. When it began it showed a film about the solar system and things that are on different planets and under sea. It was really good and I hope I go back again one day.

12.45 - Melbourne River Cruise into city- This was really fun, we sat in rows of seats and ate lunch then we went out onto the back and took some photos. There were some low bridges that we went under so we all had to duck, the boat was built nice and low so it could fit under.

2.00pm - Immigration Museum- At the Immigration Museum we were given booklets to fill in. We split into small groups and we had to walk around the museum finding information and then filling it in. My favourite part was when we went into 3 model ships and had to listen and spot the differences between the older and newer ones.

4.00pm - check in Melbourne Discovery- All of the grade 6 girls were in the same room on bunks, I was on a bunk above Rachael.E and next to Rachel.C. The rooms were nice and big and we all got along. The showers were on the same floor and we shared with the other schools.

5.00pm – IMAX- We unfortunately missed IMAX because we were running to late and we would have been late for dinner too.

6.30pm - Dinner - Universal Pizza on Lygon st- Katie, Jess, Rachel and I all sat on a table together at one end. The other girls were near us and then the boys a bit further. The Pizza here was great! It tasted really nice, we also got some pasta which was delicious. This is also where we met Jessica Morrison, who works at ICAN. ICAN is a campaign trying to abolish all nuclear weapons so we have a safe world. After dinner the year 5’s went back to Melbourne Discovery while us year sixes went to the ICAN headquarters. When we were there we were talking about what we can do to promote the campaign even more and we talked about the countries that still have nuclear weapons. We were all also given awesome badges, and some stickers and a pamphlet.

8.00pm - Movie at Melbourne Discovery Theaterette (we take our own DVD)- We went into the small Theaterette were we all took a seat and watched ‘Bench Warmers’. After that we all went into our rooms and had about 30mins to write in our journals and stuff. Then we had lights out at 10pm, and slept until about 6:30.

DAY 2

8.00am - Breakfast Melbourne Discovery (cereal, 1 toast, drink)- Before breakfast we all woke up and got dressed and cleaned up our rooms for a room inspection.

9.00am -Travel on - presentation by met travel- The Travel On presenters didn’t show up, so we just walked down to the train station and caught it to town square. There we met Mrs. McCartney and took of for the MCG tour. On the way we passed some great places for photos.

11.30am - MCG - general tour and national sports museum- This was lots of fun. We split in half, sixes and fives and started the tour. We were shown all around the MCG and told about different stands and seats. We saw the change rooms, special seats for family and friends, gyms, cafeterias. The museum was lots of fun, there were fun things to do, read and look at.

3.30pm - Shrine of Remembrance- It was a bit of a walk from the MGC to the Shrine but we got there. Once again the classes split and took off on the tour. We watched a movie first, about war and we were given poppies. We went and looked at the medal gallery, most of them weren’t real, they were just copies of the real ones. We also saw a special medal which a man won, it had survived a big fire from a school that burned down, and then it was given to the Shrine.

5.30pm - Dinner - Trios Southgate Food court- When everyone saw the falafels, (which the majority had ordered), people thought they would be disgusting but they turned out to be delicious!

7.00pm - Eureka Skydeck- Mostly everyone who hadn’t been up Eureka before were really scared, my friends were but I told them that they have nothing to worry about and they would be fine. The elevator went up 9 metres a second! Everyone’s ears were popping and we had butterflies in our stomachs. But when you get to the top you aren’t even scared, just amazed by the terrific view. When we were up there it was dark, and the night sky was beautiful, you could see all the lights of Melbourne. We went out onto a balcony which was covered by metal, it was cold but a great option to take pictures. After we came down we went to a small ice-cream parlor, we all got small cups of ice-cream, and they were DELICIOUS!

DAY 3

8.15am - breakfast (pack up rooms and bring bags down to the foyer) - We had about an hour after we woke to get changed, packed and ready for the last day. We packed our bags, cleaned our rooms and took all of our bags into one room. After breakfast we began our journey to the Old Melbourne Gaol.

9.00am - Old Melbourne Gaol- We sat outside in the grassy part of the Gaol which used to be the hospital, and we kicked the footy until we were ready to start the tour. Once again, the classes split going on 2 separate tours. We began ours by our guide telling us about where the men were kept and where women were kept, they were in the same jail but separated by a large wall. Then he told us about their daily routines, women made clothes, and men worked. After that we went over to the Ned Kelly part of the jail, we were told about his story, then shown the place where he was hung. It was quite sad, his mother was in the room beside where he was hung, and she knew the time too. An interesting thing was that there were over 100 men hung in jail but only 4 women, due to men committing more serious crimes then women. After that we went into a small cell and our tour guide told us 3 stories about different people. The room was small and the windows were blocked so there wasn’t much air, I started feeling sick, but when we came out I was ok. We had some free time to walk around the jail and look at the cells and stories.

11.30am - Queen Victoria Market- Everyone had been looking forward to this, saving their money. We split into four groups of our choice, so they were pretty much friendship groups. I was with Jess, Rachel, Katie, Tzigane, Bailey, George, Harvey and Josh. Our teacher with us was Ms Murnane, we would all stay in one isle and then gather at the end to go into the next. These are the things that I bought: Lollies, Hand cream (for mum), body butter (for Kylie), a big set of clickity balls (for Shaun), and for me, 3 lasers, and a big blow up chair. At the Old Gaol I bought Zac some small handcuffs.

12.30pm - depart for home- On the way home I sat next to Jessica. We stopped in Inverleigh to have lunch then kept going. We watched ‘School of Rock’ and ‘Kangaroo Jack’. We got home at about 4:30.

Highlight of camp: Eureka Tower

Downlight of camp: Missing IMAX.

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That’s right… 13 hours, 18 minutes and 17 seconds until we take off to Melbourne. We have to be there bright and early for a take off at 7:00am exactly, stopping on the way and arriving at about 11am. When I got home off the bus mum was there with the dog and we walked to IGA so I could buy some lollies to take!! So now I am all loaded with sugar!!! It will be fun eating them on the bus, I got my favourite ones. Wish us luck on our trip, I am sure we will have a great time, see you after Friday!!!!

For those who haven’t seen the itinerary, this is it…

DAY 1

7.00am - bus leaves Hawkesdale College - we will have a stop in Inverleigh for toilet and snacks

11.00am - arrive Melbourne - Scienceworks

11.30am - Planetarium at Scienceworks

12.45 - Melbourne River Cruise into city

1.00pm - own lunch on board cruise

2.00pm - Immigration Musuem

4.00pm - check in Melbourne Discovery

5.00pm - IMAX

6.30pm - Dinner - Universal Pizza on Lygon st

8.00pm - Movie at Melbourne Discovery Theaterette (we take our own DVD)

DAY 2

8.00am - Breakfast Melbourne Discovery (cereal, 1 toast, drink)

9.00am -Travel on - presentation by met travel

10.00am - Scavenger Hunt

11.30am - MCG - general tour and national sports museum (3.5 hours)

1.00pm - Packed lunch (from Melbourne Discovery)

3.30pm - Shrine of Remembrance

5.30pm - Dinner - Trios Southgate Food court

7.00pm - Eureka Skydeck

DAY 3

8.15am - breakfast (pack up rooms and bring bags down to the foyer)

9.00am - Queen Victoria Market

11.30am - Old Melbourne Gaol

12.30pm - depart for home

Calendars include fixed periods such as days, weeks, months and years. Ancient Romans used what was called the “Julian Calendar”. They thought that there were 378 days in a year. They had dials on stones that shone sunlight on the time of day and year. Once a year there would be a special week called “Market Week” which consisted of an 8 day week. In Ancient Rome the days were named after famous Ancient planets.