Year 1 – Computing

This half term the children have explored “Scratch Jr”. They have began making their own programmes and animating their own characters. 

The children have explored Scratch Jr independently, they have loved creating their own backgrounds, characters and algorithms. They have followed simple instructions and have developed excellent skills.

They started with simple 3 step programmes and quickly developed these into more complex programmes. They quickly learnt how to simplify their programmes using fewer blocks but still getting the same results. 

What The Student Says

"Are we going on Scratch again this week? I love getting the cat to do funny things" 1LS pupil. "I asked my mum to download Scratch Jr on my iPad at home so I could practise their too." 1LS pupil. "It's really easy to do these programmes. I love learning how to make my character do new tricks" 1LS pupil

What knowledge and skills have been developed?

  •  understood what algorithms are; how they are implemented as programs on digital devices; and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions
  • created and debugged simple programs
  • used logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs
  • used technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
  • used technology safely and respectfully

What the Teacher says

I have loved watching the children develop their knowledge and understanding of technology during this unit. It has been a pleasure to watch the children explore the app independently and continue to develop their skills in their own time. The children have been really keen to develop their programming skills and have demonstrated a huge level of resilience throughout this topic. The children have shared their knowledge with each other, each of them becoming mini-teachers during several lessons. - Miss Sunderland, 1LS Class Teacher.

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