In online safety we reminding ourselves of the importance of understanding what is our personal information.

We also talked about what are internet cookies and also the digital age of consent. Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are used to store information about your visit, such as your preferred language and other settings. Cookies can also be used to track your online activity, such as the websites you visit and the ads you click on. In the UK and mainland Europe, the digital age of consent is 13.

Robins today looked at some pre-existing code and decomposed it.

They discussed what each instruction’s purpose was.

They then had a go at creating their own Etch & Sketch game.

Today in computing we had a programming lesson.

We discussed computational thinking and the importance of having perseverance when programming as the instructions we give may not always work the way we want.

We were given the task to create a program that can give a knock-knock joke. The children added two sprites and then added a backdrop.

Have a look at some of our work below.

James had a go using the text to speech coding.

Extension:  Click here to try the project at home. 

In computing we have been looking at how to use if… else if… statements in a new context.

They have been giving the correct instructions for a car to reach it’s destination. The car has to respond correctly to the traffic light colour (which is a variable)

In computing we have discussed ways to collect data. We then talked about how data can be collected digitally to efficiently get the information we need.

we created our own digital surveys and then emailed them out to be completed. We then produced a graph of our results.

Today we recapped online safety focusing on Digital Wellbeing.

We discussed whether it would be ok to play games all night! (As a joke, some said Yes!)

Anren mentioned it wouldn’t be a good idea as it would hurt your eyes, make you feel tired and possibly weaken your immune system.

Alex S mentioned your energy would go down and you wouldn’t listen to class well.

Amudha said concentration would drop, you wouldn’t be able to do your times tables well!

We then thought of important points to ensure we have good digital wellbeing.

Shriya suggested we should set timers.

Amudha suggested playing only at weekends.

James said it was important to get enough sleep and go to bed on time.

Anren thought that it’s a good idea to always have your adults with you to monitor.

Alex R said you need to have good and a good diet.

Finally we made a poster to remind us.

In computing we discussed the importance of online safety and how online bullying/ Cyber Bullying can happen.

Well done to Shriya, Reva and Alex Hill who came up with the following answers
1. When someone tries to be mean to someone online.

2. Tries to hurt someone emotionally online.

3. Intimidates or makes threats online.

We then talked about needing the right tools to fix a problem with online bullying.

1. Elias – Let a trusted adult know
2. Shriya – You could talk to a digital ambassador.
3. Anren – Don’t forget you can always let Miss Williams or a another teacher know.

Finally we discussed how we should never respond to negative messages online and try to take a screenshot of the mean message as evidence.

During Computing , Robins used an iPad app called Hopscotch, where they learned how to program characters to perform an action using instruction blocks.

The app allows children to insert various programming blocks including motion, drawing and repetition.

Today they used their prior knowledge of giving a sequence of instructions in Scratch and Blockly, to code their Hopscotch characters.

Click here to find out more about Hopscotch

Today in computing Robins recapped the importance of computational thinking. Both the attitudes and skills are helpful to us in learning.

Today Robins applied previous taught knowledge using Scratch to another programming tool called Blockly.

Using their skills of decomposition and pattern recognition amongst block coding they managed to work out how to give instructions (algorithms to code) to ensure the man could reach the target.