Mondrian Masterpieces on the iPad!
This week in Computing, we crossed over into the art world and took inspiration from the famous Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian!
Mondrian's style is simple but striking: he used only straight lines, squares, and rectangles, painted with the primary colours (red, yellow, and blue), plus black and…
Maple Class Gets Creative: Digital Portraits with Paint.z!
This week in Computing, Maple Class turned into a digital art studio! We explored how we can use an iPad to create brilliant paintings using a fun software application called Paint.z.
The challenge? To create a self-portrait—a digital painting of their own face!
The children loved getting…
Stop animation
The children created flip books showing off their stop animation skills.
Exploring Technology in the Classroom
In Computing this week, the children had a brilliant time learning all about technology. Together, we discovered that technology is anything made by people to help us do something.
To put this into practice, the children went on a technology hunt around the classroom. They worked so well and…
Temperature testing with Micro:bits
Building on their coding knowledge, the class decided to test the temperature in different parts of the school. Some created warnings using their Micro:bits if the temperature rise above a certain level. Very practical idea in the heat.
Some examples of the children’s…
Coding Creators in Class 1
This week, Class 1 stepped into the world of computer programming with a super fun session using ScratchJr on the iPads!
The children explored how to create simple algorithms by programming characters to move, turn and even jump across the screen. They experimented with different sequences of…
Computing: pictograms and tally charts
This term in Computing our focus is on collecting data and information through pictograms. So far, in the unit, we have looked at collecting data through drawing tally charts, we then used our tally charts to answer questions about the information.
This week we have learned about what a…
Exploring Robot Algorithms
Our Computing Unit this term is all about programming algorithms. Class One have enjoyed giving each other instructions and following a sequence of instructions. In our most recent lesson, we used paper bee-bots and counters to explore basic programming concepts by giving simple instructions to…
Computing: equipment in our classroom
In computing, Class 1 explored what technology they can use at school and how to use an iPad. They investigated the buttons to learn how to switch the device on and off, how to turn the volume up and down and where the home button is. Class 1 then enjoyed investigating the different apps on the…