Coding whizz kids!

This morning we have been flying helicopters, making castles, making witches fly and making mazes! Aren't we clever?! We have been learning to debug our code when it doesn't quite go right, like when our helicopter flies down instead of left!

Cool coders!

This afternoon we have been using Espresso coding. Our mini digital leaders have been leading the way and supporting their classmates to learn when necessary.

We have written algorithms, using blocks, to make things happen. 

Rohan and Hayden thought it was awesome and really enjoyed creating their castles.

Two Evies showed how they could change backgrounds to make it more interesting.

Some of us used the iPads to use Espresso Coding.

Lewie created a super, multi-coloured castle as a background for his fairy tale characters.

There was super learning with added concentration, perseverance, excitement and enjoyment all the way round the ICT suite today!

Mary Seacole

This afternoon we have been learning all about Mary Seacole. We found out lots of information and realised she is very similar to Florence Nightingale. You can find out more by visiting our learning online blog.

Finding out when and where she was born

Trying out a quiz

Learning about the medicines that Mary made from plants

Algorithm writers!

In maths today we were thinking about right angles, position and direction. We did some moving around in class, then went to the ICT suite to try some computing games that would help us learn to use our skills. We had to do lots of BIG thinking and it made our brains hurt! 

Beebots!

Big thinking

Some of us wrote algorithms for Anna and Elsa to skate, using Frozen on hour of code. It made us really think! You can play here if you like.

 Our digital leaders were really helpful, but even they had to do some BIG thinking! Sometimes their code didn't work, so they had to debug it.

Data interrogators!

'ello, 'ello, 'ello. What have we here then? It's only a data interrogator!! 

This week we have been asking and answering lots of questions. We have used doodle buddy on the ipad to create bar charts to show our favourite subject at school.

 ICT (computing) is very popular! So is history - all that lovely learning about the Great Fire of London, Samuel Pepys and Florence Nightingale methinks.

Today the data interrogators thought of questions that they would like answered, then they went off to different classes to ask their questions. Once they had gathered their data, they used a spreadsheet to create a graph for them.

Research

After we had thought about all of the questions that we would like answered about this shabby suitcase and its contents, we decided that one way of finding the answers was to ask google! We wondered whether Maya was right and that the case belonged to Florence Nightingale. We think it did!

 The digital leaders helped with our research skills. We found lots of information about  Florence Nightingale and made some research notes.