In Geography, we have been learning about animals from around the world. In today’s lesson, we used the internet to research a variety of animals in preparation for creating a fact file on a chosen animal next week. We explored key questions such as: “Where do they live?”, “What do Read more
This week, our learning focused on engineering, technology and oracy skills. We began by exploring what engineering is, using sentence stems to understand that engineers plan, design, test and improve ideas while thinking about the user. We finished the lesson with a Kahoot quiz to check our understanding. Next, we Read more
We started off Careers Week by learning all about Bessie Blount, a famous engineer who invented a machine that allowed people who had lost limbs to eat independently without the help of a nurse. We researched facts about her and then completed a Kahoot quiz all about her work and Read more
Today the children had an exciting visit to Erlson Factory where they explored the world of engineering. During the trip, they were able to see how engineers work in real-life settings and learn about the different career opportunities within engineering. The children also discussed the important skills and attributes needed Read more
We took part in collective worship led by the Digital Leaders about Safer Internet Day. This year’s theme was “Smart Tech, Safe Choices – Exploring the Safe and Responsible Use of AI.” In class, we then completed a lesson to learn more about artificial intelligence (AI). Together, we discussed which Read more
This week we have been learning about how to be safe online. We watched a video and talked about how we can make sure we are being safe online. Then this afternoon, the digital leaders came down to read us a story about being safe online.
This week we listened to a story all about Webster. He lied about his identity online and was talking to a stranger who was also pretending to be somebody different. We discussed the importance of keeping safe online. We also completed a Kahoot quiz all about keeping safe online.
We’re proud to receive the Computing Quality Mark! Awarded by the National Centre for Computing Education, recognising our great computing education across the school.
During our computer lesson, we created codes to turn the microbits into steppers to track our steps. We had to do a bit of debugging but we managed to track our steps by the end of the lesson.
For our computing topic this half term, we are looking at ga,e creation. Today, we planned the game we were going to create in relation to our English topic, The Explorer, and then were able to go on to create level 1! The children were able to design their own Read more