Computing
Online Safety
As part of our Purple Mash unit, we looked at playing and creating a game to help us understand the dangers around using the internet and social media. We used the information we had learnt, to create the game and then tested it out. We also took a quiz to Read more
Computing
Databases
Juniper have been creating their own databases this afternoon. We have used our new learning to create records and fields within a database and then use that information to ask the database questions. The children came up with some excellent suggestions for ‘fields’ and were able to explain whether or Read more
Computing
Spreadsheets
This half term in computing we have been looking at spreadsheets. We setup a shop on a spreadsheet on purple mash. We had to add a food item at the top and add a price next to it. We then used the add button and equals so the spreadsheet could Read more
Computing
Internet Safety Day
Before the half term, we learnt all about Internet safety. We listened to a story read by the Digital Leaders, it taught us to think before we click and if we see anything unsafe or something we are unsure about we need to tell an adult we trust. We created Read more
Computing
Keeping Safe Online
This week we have been learning about being safe online. We have discussed when we should use our iPads, mobile phones and computers. Then we discussed what we should do if something happened while we were using it. Jessie and her friends, taught us a song to help us. We Read more
Computing
Safer internet day
Year 5 Pine took part in a live lesson for safer internet day. We recapped the rules about keeping safe online. The children discussed how to communicate safely online and we discussed how we would deal with several online dilemmas. The children the invented their own character for the digital Read more
Computing
Safer internet day
This year for Safer internet day the theme is ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’. We started the day with an assembly delivered by the digital leaders who shared the importance of staying safe online. They encouraged children to talk about what they do Read more
Computing
Online Safety
Juniper have been discussing online safety in the classroom and working through some potential real-life situations to see how they would react. They came up with some very sensible suggestions about what to do when gaming online goes wrong.
Computing
Safer Internet
Today year 6 have been deepening their understanding of ‘online safety’ by watching a video all about staying safe online and completing a quiz on purplemash. We discussed our digital footprint and how different apps online and phones and their settings can impact our safety when online. The children had Read more