Y5 Computing
E-Safety
This term our focus has been on E-Safety. Mr Campbell has been teaching us about the dangers of the Internet and how to keep safe when using online programmes, games and apps.
We have produced leaflets advising others on how to keep safe. A couple of examples are attached for you to look at.
We have produced leaflets advising others on how to keep safe. A couple of examples are attached for you to look at.
Spread Sheets
During the spring term we have been using Microsoft Excel to create spread sheets. We collected some class data on height. Next, we entered the data into a spread sheet and then created formula for the cells, which enabled us to create graphs.
Last half term, we had lots of fun making a film trailer using iMovie with the alien masks that we created for homework. This half term, we are using a program called Scratch to create algorithms. We hope to be able to invent and program a game which sends a rocket into space!
Our Y4 Work
Autumn Year 4 Pro-Bots
The Year 4 children have been using Logo programming, as well as learning robotic control, by using Pro-Bots. Pro-Bots are turtle robots, cleverly disguised as racing cars. Pro-Bot can hold a felt-tip pen in its built-in mechanism, allowing it to draw as it moves, much like the Logo turtle on the screen. The children were challenged with developing a program to draw a square, rectangle, and triangle and then consider how to construct a repeating pattern around a point for the Pro-Bot to follow, using a set of arrow and number keys mounted on the back. They had to consider directional language, lengths in centimetres and the angles that were required for the Pro-Bot to turn. The children also edited their programs when they made errors and retested them.
Our Year 3 Work...
Maths & Coding
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We have been learning how to input codes to make the Pro-Bots move and turn, creating squares and rectangles by turning right angles.
We also plotted a route for the Pro-Bot to take, instructing it how many centimetres to move and whether to turn left or right for a right angle turn. 
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E Safety
We worked in groups, discussing different scenarios that could arise while using the computer and shared ideas about how to deal with them.
