Computing!

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Kestrel enjoyed taking part in a range of computing activities today.

We discussed the importance of e-safety and then created a informative poster.

We then made our posters digital, using the iPads.

Once completed, we were challenged to log into our email accounts and send our completed poster to the Year 6 email address.

We moved on to look at algorithms. Some of us identified they needed to be debugged to make sense.

We tried to debug another algorithm, this time rewriting instructions, before getting our partner to follow them.

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Computing Day – Eagle Class

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We have had a lot of fun today! We started by creating posters or pamphlets for e-Safety. We then got the i-Pads and we were asked to recreate our posters digitally using whichever app or programme we wanted. This was great fun and we all achieved this in one way or another. The difficulty came when we were asked to e-mail our work to the Year 6 account. Some of us got close to doing it, but there were also problems like being able to save our work, not being able to access the e-mail account or the i-Pads freezing.

We then looked at algorithms. The first of these was to make a paper aeroplane using certain instructions. The difficulty was, there were some bugs in the instructions which needed to be taken out. If you see some crumpled papers, you’ll know that one of the bugs said ‘crumple your paper up’.

The next algorithm told us how to draw a house. Again, though, there were bugs. The children ironed out the bugs then past their new algorithms to a partner to test out. Some algorithms were more accurate than others as you will see.

Computing Assessment Day

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We have several activities planned for today which include all the strands of computing from Year 5. These are:

. Programming – algorithms and debugging
. e-Safety
. ICT
. Communication

Task 1 – algorithms and debugging:

On the right is how you would like the house to look. However, you suspect there might be some mistakes in the algorithm.
The task is to use logical reasoning to work through this algorithm to detect and correct any errors – to debug it.

Task 2 – real life algorithms:

From the instructions below, make a paper aeroplane.

What challenges did you face and how did you overcome them?

Task 3 – design a pamphlet or poster which tells people how to:

  • use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly
  • how to report a concern if a stranger contacts you
  • protect your privacy and respect the privacy of others.

Task 4 – turn your paper design into a poster or brochure using a suitable programme.

Task 5 – e-mail your finished piece of learning to the Year 6 account: year6@selsdonprimary.org.uk