Category Archives: Computing
Computing
Completing our final products
Eagles have been through the process of designing and making the exterior of their night lights, today Eagles worked carefully to understand and use electrical systems in their products . To make their night lights work they first connected up their Crumble Microcontrollers
They then had to apply their understanding of computing to program, monitor and control their products.
They did this buy writing their own code using the Crumble software and loading it onto the Micro-Controller. Notice their use of repetition, careful sequencing of instructions and inputting the correct variable.
To ensure their product was working as desired they tested it in a dark room.
Interested in Crumble Micro-controllers? Click here for their official website
DT Project
Year 6 have started a brand new DT project this term. The children are working in small groups to design and make their very own night lights. So far, the children have looked at a set of code for a nightlight and discussed what it makes the light do and have designed what they want their night lights to look like. They are super excited to start making them!
Online Relationships
~Online Fraud
In PSHE recently Year 6 have been exploring online fraud. Over a series of two lessons the children looked at different types of online fraud, decided whether scenarios were likely to be online fraud and even had a go at sporting some fake emails and websites! The children were all very good at this and definitely know what to look out for!
Sequencing in Computing
Today in computing Year 6 created their very own musical sequences using Scratch. The children had a great time programming their piano keys to play different notes and then playing well known songs like Twinkle Twinkle.