During our computing lessons, the children have been looking at the effects of too much screen time. All children in Year 6 completed a survey at home to find out how much they actually spent on their screens (TV, phones, iPads, computers etc). The children then completed a poster on Read more
As part of our Online Safety topic, Year 6 recorded their screen time and activity time across a week. We then looked at creating fields before adding the class data to a database. Finally, we were able to analyse the data by creating a range of graphs and Read more
Year 5 have been working hard in their computing lessons this half term. We have learnt some new vocabulary and thinking about algorithms, abstraction and decomposition in computer science. The children have used Purple Mash to code a simple traffic light system. We also used a football game and thought Read more
For Coding week we have been using Purple Mash to create a program using a given design. We planned an algorithm that included collision detection. We used ‘The Princess and the frog’ to create a set of algorithms. We needed to move the princess to the right then when the Read more
Today we looked at coding and what coding means! We loved trying to make the fish move in the correct direction. Some of us drew the coding blocks, to indicate where the fish would move and what blocks to click.
As part of Coding week, Year 6 looked at creating their own games on Scratch. The children used brief guides and their own coding knowledge to create one of three games: tennis, archery or cycling. They were able to write lines of code using sensing blocks, variables and Read more
This week during computing, Year 6 have been looking at coding. They have explored, investigated and made different games on scratch. The children worked very hard, thought about the schools secrets of success (don’t give up, concentrate and push yourself) whilst using scratch. Well done.
A huge well done to all the children in Ash as you’ve all made such a fantastic start to the new school year. We’ve had a busy week doing lots of Maths games, drawing our favourite teddy, we’ve spent time in Kayden’s garden, sang songs in RE, wrote new prayers Read more
For challenge 4 we created a video to show how a reading app called DigiSmart works. This app is going to be used in Key Stage 2 after half term so each class will be able to watch this video to explain what DigiSmart is and how to use it. Read more
For computing we have been using 2paint a picture to create different pictures using different styles. We have been looking at impressionism and pointillist styles then creating our own pictures. We linked it to our Art topic on Superheroes. We created pictures of superheroes using the pointillist template: