Grooving Greatness with Groove Pizza! SLJ Task – Groove Pizza Kick start

Kia Ora and welcome to Patrick’s Summer Learning Journey, with the Summer Learning Journey. Today I did a task where we had to make a beat on Groove Pizza. Groove Pizza is a playful tool for creating grooves using math concepts like shapes, angles, and patterns. I found doing this very cool because I could make the beat in the form of a pizza by clicking the dots. Since this is music, what is your favorite song or favorite music artist? Mine is Ghost Town by Kanye West.

Watershot vs Lapulapu II! SLJ Task – Superhero Step it Up

Kia Ora and welcome back to part two of the superheroes task of the Summer Learning Journey teaser tasks. Today we had to make a villan to go with the superhero and make a comic about it.

The villan I have created is named Watershot. Watershot is a villain trying to get “revenge” on lapulapu the second because he thought that he was the cause of the bombings from ww2 was all his plans. Due to the bombings, he got into some trouble with some nuclear waste and turned him into a sea creature and he haunts the seas of japan and the philippines.

The comic I made is just a short three squared comic that is quick to read. I also made a character profile for Watershit like what I did with Lapulapu. Here is my comics & profile.

The Great Lapulapu the Second. SLJ Kick Start

Welcome to the first Summer Learning Journey post from your favourite Patrick (That’s me if you are new). For the first task, we had to make a superhero and add some info on him like where he is from, his abilities, their costume etc. We had to option to do it on either Craiyon, Google Drawing or Kleki. I used Craiyon which is AI that generates any image with the words you type in it. I chose this because I wanted to try out something new instead of boring Google Draw. My superhero, Lapulapu the second is a Philippine based superhero who is  mostlyconnected with the jungle. He has many weapons made by him when he was abandoned as a child like a wooden sniper rifle with ammo made with wood, and a self-made spear. Here is my create. Who is your favourite superhero?

 

The Epic Pattyland

Kia Ora and welcome back to my blog. Today I will be showing you my PBL Create about Earth Systems. The Earth Systems we have learnt about was Rocks, Water, Air, Soil, and Biodiversity. For our create we had to make a island, landmass or continent using either Minecraft, make a paper mache, make a map and there were way more options. Once we finished we had to make a blurb to go along with the create.

I have created my landmass using Minecraft. In my landmass, I have a jungle, spruce forest, an oak tree forest, rivers, lakes, oceans, beaches and plains. In my island, I have many life forms like bees which is needed for honey, I have rabbits which foxes will eat, I also added some Camels in the beach, some sea turtles, some Pandas, Sheep, Goats, Llamas and some Chickens which can mostly be found in the plains.

Here is my blurb which also has some screenshots of my landmass. The link to the blurb is here in case it is blurry to read.

Tall Buildings and Towers!

There are many tall buildings, skyscrapers, towers and heaps of taller structures. In reading this week, we have been reading about 2 tall structures. The two structures that I read about were the Burj Kahlifa in Dubai and the KVLY-TV mast in the states.

Two facts I learnt about the Burj Kahlifa was that it holds many records like the Tallest skyscraper to top of spire, Building with most floors, World’s fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h, World’s highest swimming pool and heaps more. Another thing I learnt about the burj khalifa was that it costed $2,491,297,500.00 New Zealand Dollars to build it. That is a lot of money! Two facts I learnt about the KVLY-TV mast is that it once collapsed in 1991 due to the lack of maintenance. It is also the 4th tallest standing structure in the world.

My reading goal was to Make connections between texts and Identify some text events and features, and discuss what they make the reader think about.

For my create we had to make a copy of the doc and put in the differences and simalarities of the Burj Khalifa, and the KVLY-TV mast. Also in the doc we had to write in some features of my tower/building.

  • I made Twin Towers
  • It has a glass floored bridge and an observation deck.
  • It will be 280 stories high.
  • It will have an indoor rooftop pool.
  • We are going to have a waterfall from the bridge.
  • We will have many apartments, offices and restaurants.

Have you been to a tall building before? Goodbye!

Wowzing Water

This week for reading we have been reading about natural resources. I learnt that Water is a natural resource because Water occurs naturally in the environment and is useful to humans and other living things. My learning goal was to identify several ideas, discuss the author’s stance or purpose, and understand relationships in the text.

I learnt about water. Something I learnt about water is that more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface is covered by water, only 2.5 percent of it is freshwater. Out of that freshwater, almost 70 percent is permanently frozen in the ice caps covering Antarctica and Greenland. Only about 1 percent of the freshwater on Earth is available for people to use for drinking, bathing, and irrigating crops. I chose to learn about water because I really like the ocean and lakes, I also live near the beach.

What natural resource would you prefer to learn about?

Reading Create

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. Today I will be showing you my Term 4 Week 2 reading create, about Antibiotics. For the past week we have been learning about Antibiotics, Antibiotics are used to treat or prevent some types of bacterial infection. Penicillin is an antibiotic. It is used to treat infections caused by bacteria, and did you know that it was discovered by accident! Really cool fact I learnt that I cant get out of my head.

 

We had 2 create tasks this week, #1 being a slideshow where we had to fill in 3 boxes, 1 box said that I had to fill in my initial predictions about the text. The second one said that I had to write down 5 statements you have learnt from the text. And my third one said that I had to add my new ideas and new thinking after reading. The second task was to answer some questions and some solutions to becoming antibiotic resistance. Solutions Slideshow

 

I enjoyed learning about something new, I always do, I found this reading session to be pretty interesting. Have you ever taken Antibiotics? If you have, what was it for?

 

Don’t Sit if you want to be Fit!

Hello everyone and welcome to the most “fantastical” blog. Today I will be showing you, and giving you some context about my reading create based on Don’t Sit if you want to be fit. My learning goal was to Make connections between texts and own life experiences, using more sophisticated texts and identify some text events and features, and discuss what they make the reader think about.

So in this book we did many experiments to do with measuring our pulse. We had to sit down for at least five minutes. Then have a partner time you for 30 seconds as you count your pulse, we then had to record your result, then repeat with your partner. After this experiment, we did another one. We had to stand up for at least five minutes, then measure my pulse again, then we had to record your result and repeat with a partner.

In our create, we had to create a poster about the negatives for sitting for too long and the benefits of moving. We had to also include 3 recommendations to get people moving more. My Recommendations to get you moving more, is that you will be more focused in things you know you can hardly focus on, You will feel more energetic everyday, and your body breaks down more fat than when you’re sitting! Here is my create:

Before I go I have a question to ask you, what would be some recommendations that you would give to get people moving more? Goodbye!

My Trip across Europe!

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. Today I will be explaining and showing some highlights of my trip. The countries I went to included the UAE, the UK, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. I will be telling you something interesting I have done in each of these countries.

 

The UAE (United Arab Emirates)

So in order to get to London, I had to lay over in Dubai, a desert city but very modern and futuristic. We stayed there for about 3 nights at the world famous Palm Jumeriah. It was a really cool place, and our hotel staff were very welcoming people. Some stuff we did in Dubai was go to the Largest Waterpark, Inside the Burj Khalifa, and we went to a cool show in the middle of the desert, with a tourist company called Arabian Adventures.

 

The UK (United Kingdom)

We went on the plane from Dubai to London which took 9 hours. In London, we went to a tourist group and visited Windsor Castle, The Roman Baths and Stonehenge. Our tour guy was such a vibey guy, and was nice to get along with. While we were in London, I also catched up with my cousin, he took us to see Buckingham Palace and Camden town. It was nice to see him after a very long time.

 

France

After London, we decided to go on the train from London to Paris, on the famous Eurostar train. The train goes in a tunnel under the English Channel, and goes 300km. We stayed at the Hilton in La Defense, which was inside a great big shopping mall. While staying in the mall, we also had acsess to the La Defense Tube Station, which was easy to use. We went to the Eiffel Tower and went to the most hghest part where tourists are allowed to go. After La Defense, we stayed at the Marvel themed Disneyland hotel, which was very cool, and had easy acsess to the park. Disneyland was awesome and had so many cool and iconic rides.

 

Austria

I was sad to say goodbye to Paris, but we had to continue on the trip. Our next destination was Vienna, Austria. I was excited because I was about to go on an airline that I have always wanted to be on as a kid, Air France. When we landed in Vienna, we got a taxi to our hotel. Something cool about the Aiport Taxis in Vienna is that they are either Mercedes or Lexus branded cars and vans. If I am going to be honest, me and dad basically did nothing in Vienna, besides go to the bar downstairs of our hotel. But the girls got to go to the Zoo.

 

Germany.

Luckily, our travel agent booked us a hotel right in front of the main train station, which we were going to take to get to Munich. Unlike London, there wasn’t a P.A telling us our train have arrived, so we had to head to the platform early in order to see when the train arrives. We found our train, got on it, and started training to Munich. In Munich we hardly did anything, but walk through the streets and go on a hop on hop off tour bus. Anyways afterwards we were going on another train to Switzerland.

 

Switzerland

When we were in Switzerland, surprisingly it was warmer than what I thought. In Switzerland, we took a tour bus to the Rhine Falls, which is apparently the biggest waterfall in the European continent. We also walked around and shopped in the streets. Something cool about the Maccas in Switzerland, is that they have prawns on their menu!

 

Italy

In Italy, we decided to drive from Milan to Rome, which we found out was a stupid and dumb idea. In fact, when we were trying to get out of this really narrow street in Pisa, we started a really big traffic jam, we blame this car who parked right on the turn. We went on a train from Zurich to Milan, which was such a scenic route, we even got bumped to first class on the train because we missed our original train. Anyways whilst in Milan, all we did was go inside of the Duomo Cathedral and shop around it. We even went to Venice for a tiny bit while we were staying in Milan, it was really cool, but the water was very dirty. On the road trip to our next destination, Florence, we went to Pisa, where we saw the leaning tower, and one big traffic jam. To be honest the reason why we went to Florence is to take a break from driving. Anyways we continued our journey to Rome which was a terror. I say that because we missed so many turns and exits, but we made it eventually. Our hotel was amazing because it was a walking distance to the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps. In Rome, I also took this tour where we are riding a horse that goes from the Spanish Steps, Parliament Square, Trevi Fountain and the Colosseum.

 

The way back

On the way to the airport, we had Emirates pick us up in a van for the luggage and us. It took somewhere around 40 minutes to get from the hotel to the airport. At the airport, we checked in, went through security and headed to the lounge. The Emirates lounge in Rome was cool because they had a selection of food and drinks. We also hopped on our plane from the lounge. When we landed in Dubai, we also went to their lounge, which was 10 times bigger than Rome. All I really did was sleep, but there was many places to eat for free. Just like Rome, we could hop on the plane from the lounge. Our plane to Christchurch stopped in Sydney, so we went through transit and went to the lounge, hopped on the plane, and headed back to Christchurch. When we landed in Christchurch, we had Emirates pick us up again and was really cool.

 

I enjoyed my travelling experience and learnt many things.

My Experience at YMCA Wainui Camp!

On Monday September 10th, Kaupeka Year 7 went away to camp. Besides me, This was the day that I came off a 25 hour flight from Rome to Christchurch, stopping in Dubai. I never went on Monday because I was recovering from Jet lag. But I went to camp the next day, Tuesday 11th of September. The drive took about An hour and a half, I slept the whole way. When I opened my car door, all I can hear is the boys screaming as they ran towards the car.

When I arrived at camp, we had breakfast and afterwards some free time before the activities. My activity group was made up of Oscar, Christian, Kellan, Ella, Mikayla, Claudia and Payton. Our activity leader was Andrew, who was Oscars dad. The first activity I did was Archery, which was not really fun and not really boring. I really sucked at Archery, because I kept on hitting either the white or the hay.

I have created a poster to showcase and reflect on my time at camp. I created my poster using google drawings because I am really used to using it and feel more confident with using it to showcase.

Have you ever been somewhere in the Banks Peninsula area? (That can be places like Wainui, Little River and Akaroa)

Camp Photos

Reflection