MrW's Computing Blog

I hope everyone is well and had a happy half term.  Thank you for everyone who has had a go at some of the activities on the blog or posted on Google Classroom – well done if you have used j2e for some of your work.

Here are some Computing activities and websites to keep us going, wherever we are…

Keep learning, keep active and keep in touch!

Quick links:

•     Thinking starters – great for getting your brain going.  I’m also posting them here if you want to share your answers:  Learning Zone
•   Daily search challenge  have you tried one yet?
•   How to do Google Classroom worksheets on j2e5
•  Typing.com
•   Zooniverse – people-powered research – take part in real scientific research on a range of projects
•    #DoGoodFromHome!

Computing in Term 6

1. If you havn’t done Term 5 work, please do that first
   •   Term 5 Computing units:  Year 3  Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
2. Term 6 units
   • Year 3 Animation with JIT
   • Year 4 Animated story
   • Year 5 Networks (Lessons 1 and 2)
   • Year 6 Tinkercad
3. Extra ideas
   • Use j2e5 templates or visual tools to explore ideas in your topic or complete topic work set by your teachers.
   • Learn how to use Tinkercad and design somethng (see Y6 unit)
   • Coggle mind map of your topic (See Y5T5 unit)
   • Create an animation using JIT5, Scratch, Gifpaint or an phone/tablet animation app – see Y4 animated story unit
     • I’m looking for some animations like the ones here, for example 3,4,5,6 to put on a new website
   • Use Scratch or Hour of Code to develop your programming skills.