Y4 Scratch maze

Feb 012024
 

Video instructions 1

Play this game!  Use arrow keys to control the cat.  Can you get to the door at the top?

What different things have I had to draw and program to make this game?

 LF1 Saving and opening Scratch work

  1. Click on this https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/205492019/editor/
  2. Click: File – Save to your computer
  3. Close the tab!
  4. Go to Scratch
  5. Click: File – Load from your computer
  6. Don’t forget to save!

LF2 Movement controls

Video instructions 2

  1. Scratch cat script
    1. Make Scratch move up, down, left, right when you press the arrow keys:
      1. You will need 4 groups of blocks
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    2. Test it out by trying to get past the Egyptian god!

Video instructions 3

  • Think:
    • How can we make the cat go a bit faster?
    • How could we stop Scratch going through the walls?

LF3 Follow a path

Video instructions 4

  1. Look at the Roman soldier script – can you work out how it works?
  2. RH-click on the Roman soldier and duplicate to get two more – one for each level
  3. Replace the glide blocks by doing the following:
    1. move it to where you want it
    2. select glide blocks (they will have the correct numbers for x and y)
  4. Test the game – make sure it is just possible to get past by going into the tunnels.  Change the speed of the cat and/or soldiers if needed.

LF4 Makes sprites interact

  1. Scratch Cat script
    1. Add blocks so that
      1. When Scratch Cat touches a soldier, it goes back to the beginning (Clue: , green flag, forever, if, touching baddie, go to…)
      2. when Scratch Cat touches the door, the background changes (Clue: green flag, forever, if, touching door, next background)

Video instructions

LF5 Use drawing tools

  1. Stage – Backdrops
  2. RH click to duplicate
  3. Edit the second backdrop to make a new level
  4. You could also draw new backgrounds
    1. Welcome screen = maze with title of game, instructions and a “start” button (sprite(
    2. Game over screen

LF6 Lives

  1. Teacher DEMO
  2. Variables – make a new variable called Lives
  3. Set variable to 3
  4. Add into the block that sends Scratch back to the beginning – change Lives by -1
  5. New set of blocks = forever, if, lives = 0 , change backdrop to game over.

LF7 Coins

  1. Draw or find a new coin sprite
  2. Make a new variable called Score
  3. Use this code for the coin

Scratch self assessment

Y5 How can I create an effective book cover?

Sep 112023
 

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Book covers

    1. Go to “my files”, “shared files”, your class folder
    2. Open Stormbreaker book cover
    3. Use the tools in j2e to copy one of them as accurately as possible.

Decomposition

We will start with the cover background colour and build it up in layers.  Break the problem down – decomposition

1 Cover shape, blocks and colour

  • Trace the shape of the whole book cover with the rectangle tool
  • Do the same for the red bar at the bottom
  • Select each shape and change the colour by using “fill”

2 Text

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Y4 Short film

Jun 052023
 

This term, we are going to create a short film in groups about an aspect of one of your topics from this year:

  • Farm to fork
  • Shang dynasty
  • Romans
  • Shackleton / Antarctica

We will write a script, collect images, film using greenscreening, narrate, edit, add titles and effects.

Week 1 LF Plan a short film

  • In groups, decide on a topic and aspects you want to include.
  • Create a rough sketch/storyboard of your film
  • Start writing the script
  • Find and save the images that you want

Week 2 LF Finish script and practise

Week 3 LF Film with a greenscreen, add backgrounds

Week 4 LF Put images and videos together, narrate

Week 5 LF Edit and add effects

Y3: How do I use JIT to animate? (1)

Jun 052023
 

This term, we will be creating animated stories using JIT.  The first stage is learning how to use animate in JIT to move objects around the screen.

    1. Log into j2e and click on JIT
    2. Watch the first video then have a go
        1. Choose your own background and character
        2. Make sure you move it only a little each frame

You should now have:

  • A character moving smoothly across the screen

Tip – if your animation is not smooth enough, add more pictures in between the jumpy pictures.

Now watch these videos in turn and have a go at each technique.

 

You should now have:

  • A character moving smoothly across the screen
  • Something added to the background picture
  • Some effects added to the character

 

You should now have:

  • TWO character moving SMOOTHLY across the screen
  • Something added to the background picture
  • Some effects added to a character

You should now have:

  • TWO character moving SMOOTHLY across the screen
  • Something added to the background picture
  • Some effects added to a character
  • A “mix” page with your animation and a descriptive sentence.
  • ** More than one page – carry on the story…
  • ** Use the microphone to record and play your narration.

Y5 LF Make an radio programme (3 weeks)

Jun 032023
 

LF1 What makes an effective radio programme?

Listen to some of these radio programmes:

  1. What elements make them effective? (Collect ideas then Diamond 9)
  2. Is there anything you would improve?
  3. PMI for radio programmes

LF2 Planning 10 Qs and As

  • Open a new j2e5 page
  • With a partner, write 10 questions and answers about:
    • Anglo Saxons
    • South America / Amazon Rainforest
    • Earth and Space
    • Greeks
  • You could use
  • Read it throough several times to practise

LF2a Planning a mini documentary

  • Draw a bubble map/mind map of ideas for your programme
  • Use your Greek topic work to add detail to different ideas
  • Take a section each (or with a pair) to work on
  • (If you are working with a pair – don’t “chorus talk”)
  • Record as soon as you have enough for a short section

LF3 Finding music

pixabay music

Attribution not required, but appreciated.  It is polite and respectfut to say where you got your music from to credit the composer/performer.

The music is “Forest Lullaby” by Lesfm from pixabay.com/music

LF4 Recording

  • Record short sections (we haven’t got time for lots of takes of longer sections)
  • iPad + iMovie: Just use the video (with the camera covered up) to record parts of your programme.
  • Chromebook + Audio Studio: Open a new tab, click on then
  • Outro example
    • 10 questions and answers about the ancient Greeks was written and presented by [Names]
    • It is a 2019 production as part of Computing at St Mark’s C of E Junior School, Salisbury
    • The music is [name of music] by Kevin Macleod incompetech.com   License: CC BY creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

LF5 Editing

  • 3-5 seconds of music before speaking starts
  • Dip music volume for speaking
  • Make sure volume levels are good
  • Use split then delete buttons to remove sections or mistakes
  • Duplicate music if it is not long enough
  • Clip and fade out any music at the end <10 seconds

LF6 Saving

LF6a Back up photos and videos on iPad

  1. Open the Google Drive app
  2. Login
  3.  Click the + at the bottom right – Upload – Photos and Videos
  4. Select your videos
  5. LOGOUT – click three lines (top left) – click username – Manage accounts – MANAGE – REMOVE all accounts

LF6b Saving your finished iMovie

  1. Click “Done”
  2. Share button (square with up arrow)
  3. Save video – medium
  4. Then upload to Google Drive

LF6c Saving your finished Audio Studio

  • Click then click the File audio link at the bottom
  • In j2e, click then “Choose files” and find your file
  • Go to “my files” , click on the and rename your file

Finished?  

Y3 LF Create an animation

Jun 032023
 

JIT animations

  1. Look at these animations
  2. Create an animation of a positive-value word, eg hope, joy, love, friend(ship), peace, harmony, unity, freedom, justice, service, kindness
    1. Could use JIT drawing to plan
    2. Difference between moving and adding animation
  3. ** Create an animation of a sporting action – could use the example sheets

Success steps:

  • Coloured background
  • At least 20 screens – maybe a lot more…
  • Very small changes
  • Red arrow = copy, add
  • Green arrow = move, replace

Gifpaint

  1. Go to gifpaint.com
  2. Work out how to use it and explore the tools
  3. ** Create an animation of a sporting action – could use the example sheets

Scratch

  1. Log into Scratch
  2. Go to Stick person animation project
  3. On costume tab, right-hand click and “duplicate” to make a new costume
  4. Change it slightly
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to make an animation
  6. Press green flag to test; on code tab change wait 0.1 seconds to slow down/speed up
  7. Save project
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