Blog by Tag: Computing

Year 3 have been learning how to take an image and change it through word.

Using a painting programme and typing text using capital letters, spacebar and return keys. The children were able to save their own work and print it off. 

In Year One we've been using Safe Search Kids to find images of animals safely online. 

SMART online decisions!

In Year One we have been learning about being safe online. 

Year 4 have enjoyed looking at the new unit of Computer Science work linked to coding - writing and debugging algorithms. 

Year 2 have been using "Create a Graph" to input data about weekly rainfall. 

Knowledge: I can use data to create a bar chart

Skills Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content

Vocabulary: bar chart, title, y axis, x axis,…

In Y6, we have been using "Google Earth" to search exciting places around the world. We have been tracing the voyage Charles Darwin made on the HMS Beagle in 1832. We have explored the Galapagos, Tierra del Fuego and other interesting places on his 5 year expedition which helped formulate his…

Year 3 have been building dens to protect their Lego (stone Age) man from the elements.

Year 3 have also been using Scratch to create their own Stone Age game.

All in all we dig the Stone Age!

Y5 have applied their knowledge of the Mayan Civilisation to develop skills of internet research.

We used search technologies effectively, appreciating how results are selected and ranked.

We know that key words help to refine our searches.  

Year 6 have created some marvellous powerpoints all about the history and evolution/revolution of computers.

We have learnt knowledge as to who invented the first computers, how computers helped in World War 2, the rapid recent developments in technology and we have also speculated as to the…

In Year 1 we explored programming bee bots, giving directions to make them move around the map.