In computing this week, we enjoyed learning more about online safety features and risks, and the symbols that represent them. We had lots of fun playing a game on Purple Mash where we collected the safe symbols and avoided those that represented a risk. As a class, we discussed the Read more…
Year 5 are becoming confident game-creators in our computing lessons and are really enjoying designing and creating their own Egyptian themed games. We have reviewed games other children have made and used these evaluations to help with our own designs. Today we began creating our own by adding scenery and Read more…
To begin our topic last week we went on a minibeast hunt in Kayden’s garden. However as it was very wet outside we only managed to find a few Minibeasts hiding. We saw worms, beetles, woodlouse and flies. This Week we have been learning all about bees to write Read more…
We have been very busy this half term completing lots of different activities during our Wednesday dinner time club. First we have been interviewing children about Purple Mash and the use of ICT in school. We were really pleased to hear that lots of children love using Purple Mash and Read more…
To end our topic we have been discussing what different things we would like in Heywood and how we could make these places look really fun and brighten up Heywood. We had lots of fantastic ideas from toy shop to museums. The children then worked really hard creating a design Read more…
Year 5 had a fantastic time taking part in the hour of code session last week. We have been learning about coding in computing lessons and we were able to use these skills to produce some amazing computer programs. The children loved the Star Wars theme and enjoyed testing the Read more…
Children in Willows had lots of fun practising our coding skills! We had to direct the bee to the flowers using left, right, forward and backwards. We also learnt how to print our pictures!
This week St Luke’s is taking part in ‘Hour of code’. Year 3 began their lesson by looking at some of the vocabulary involved in coding such as output and algorithms, which they had to match the correct definitions. They then moved on to using coding to make various sea Read more…
Year 3 have been working their coding this week. They have been using their problem solving skills to help complete coding challeneges. here are some pictures of our lesson
This week is hour of code. We have been playing a Mind craft coding game. We looked at a PPT at the start of the lesson that the School’s digital leaders had created. This told us all about coding. We talked about algorithms and debugging. We had lots of fun! Read more…