Computing
Spreadsheets
Maple have been working on producing spreadsheets on their laptops this afternoon. We inputted some data and used to 2calulate to produce some line graphs and bar charts. We used the graphs to answer questions about the data.
Computing
Hour of code
This week has been Hour of Code, we went on Space Monkey and had to give instructions to the monkey so he could get the banana’s. https://www.codemonkey.com/hour-of-code/space-adventure/
Art & Design
Fun first week back
We’ve had a fun first week back playing games and learning about pirates. We had a great time making pirate hats and eyes patches during our pirate party. The children have all settled into Year 2 really well and have behaved exceptionally. Images to follow…
Computing
Game Creators
In computing this half-term, Year 5 have been creating their own games. They have analysed other games, designed settings and themes, designed characters, changed animations and sounds that their character makes, written instructions and evaluated their peers’ games to help future designs. We are really impressed with their completed games! Read more…
Computing
Year 3 Birch – Computing
Today in Computing we have learnt about online safety and what we should and should not share with people through email. We discussed why sharing our personal details with people we don’t know could be dangerous and why we shouldn’t share them with our friends either. Read more…
Computing
Year 3 Birch – Computing
Today during computing, we discussed the positives and negatives of different ways to send messages (for example: emails, texting, orally). We played Chinese Whispers to demonstrate how it can be difficult to relay a message orally if it goes through lots of people!
Computing
Safer Internet Day
Yesterday was Safer internet day, within our online lesson we talked about the dangers of the internet and looked at different scenarios deciding on whether we would check the information we see or trust it. Erica created a brilliant poster, which included some really important rules for us to follow Read more…
Computing
Hour of code
This week we had fun on hour of code playing a mine craft game. We had to set algorithms to complete each level: Visit hour of code website for lots more fun game https://code.org/learn
Computing
💻 Juniper’s hour of code 💻
Today Juniper completed their hour of code for hour of code week. The children had to create a Grinch themed game by creating algorithms. There were various levels to pass which included programming a drone to collect presents to take back to Whoville and riding the Sleigh, with various obstacles Read more…
Art & Design
Science investigation
This week we have been learning about different materials and which materials float or sink. We have also been doing some fantastic plates art work:
