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.
Sequencing in Computing
Category Archives: Computing
Creating Surveys and analysing the responses.
In computing this week the children have responded to the surveys that their peers created before half term. They then collected their responses and had a go at creating charts to display these results using Microsoft Excel.
Designing Databases
Year 6 have started to use 2Investigate on Purple Mash to create their own databases based on social media sites!
Online Safety: Plagiarism
In computing this week the children have learnt how to cite and reference images and information from the internet. After discussing plagiarism and why it is important to cite work that is used, the children had a go at doing this themselves.
Scratch Programming
Over the last two lessons in computing the children have been using Scratch to have a go at coding their very own times tables games.
The children had fun doing this and demonstrated how they were able to add sound and other features to their games.
Anti-Bullying
During Anti-Bullying week Year 6 took part in lots of different check-ins and activities. We discussed who we could go to for support if we felt bullying was taking place, what kind words had been said to us during the week and more!
We also took part in a special anti-bullying live lesson and a Children in Need mood booster! This was a great way to end such an important week.
Stop-motion Videos
After a long wait, Year 6 have finally started to record their stop-motion videos. This required the children to have lots of patience and perseverance to make the final video smooth and life-like.
Stop-motion Videos
Year 6 have started to make their backgrounds for their stop-motion videos! I can’t wait to see the finished results.
Safer Internet Day
In computing, Year 6 completed their online safety lesson for this term. The lesson was all about copyright and ownership. The children started off watching a video where they were given different scenarios and they had to discuss whether the actions of people were right or wrong. Miss Edwards then demonstrated how to use Google to make an advanced search where you can specify that you only want results which are free to use and share. The final activity for the children to do was then to decide whether a series of statements about online content was true or false.
Using Scratch
In computing today the children have been using Scratch to create and play their own musical sequences. The children had to begin by creating a piano where each coloured key would play a different note. They then used this piano to play well-known songs such as Twinkle Twinkle.
Once the children had achieved this, they had to figure out how to get the song to play on its own with the click of one button. The children had so much fun experimenting and making the program their own!
