Programming BeeBots in Early Years

These numeral cards devised at 15cm intervals provide a good visual context and purpose for programming. 

These pre-purchasable BeeBot grids with 15cm square grids provide an opportunity to incorporate story telling to programming.

Pre-purchasable alphabet mats with 15cm grid are great for incorporating spelling and sounds.

The KK and PP students continued their learning about programming with BeeBots by progressing from programming their friends in an 'unplugged' programming activity to programming BeeBot robots. They used the actions they learned from their unplugged experiences to navigate a robot around various mats that have 15cm grids to guide their programme. The students were excellent at using directions and actions to successfully remember and run their programmes.

Coding Unplugged in Early Years

Using Forward/Backward to Programme Friend Robot on the Grid

Using L on Left Hand to Direct Friend Robot Left on the Grid

The Early Years students learned how to code unplugged last week. In pairs they took turns to be a 'programmer' and a 'robot'. They then programmed their friend using directions and actions forward, backward, left, right to navigate a grid and retrieve the object. The students practiced what the directions and actions were and strategies to remember them. They found it fun to succeed in coding their friend robot! Next they will learn to programme BeeBot robots.

Coding in Year 1 & 2

The Year q and 2 students learned how to block code with Scratch Junior app. They synthesised their knowledge of 2D shapes to code Scratch the cat in a square, rectangle and triangle path. They also used their addition and subtraction skills to code Scratch the cat to navigate a room.

QR Codes in Year 5

A QR Code created as a note

The Year 5 students in Mrs Logue's class have learned how to create QR codes as a Note with the QR reader app on their iPads. They used their descriptive language skills to write describe themselves without giving too much away. They then scanned all the classes QR Code descriptions and are currently attempting to complete a list of the whole class. This list is also accessed and edited via a QR code created by Mrs Logue.

Letters and Sounds with Show Me App

The Year 4's in Mr. Cramer's class learned how to use the digital whiteboard app - Show Me - to develop new word lists with the sound, research a visual of words they are not sure of and then write a short sentence with at least one new word present. The students really valued the in built web browser function to conduct their research.

Digital Recounts in Year 5

A tailored character tells a recount in a real setting.

The students in Mrs Logue's class used the Telegami app to create digital recounts of their holidays. Telegami provides the option to create a character of the students choice and place this character in a real and relevant setting. After recording the recount the app will enact the character performing the recount with expressions too! The students were certainly eager to do their recounts, including writing them and in much faster time too!

Fractured Fairy Tale eBooks

Cinderella now 'Pink Cinderella'

Little Red Riding Hood fractured as 'Little Red Riding Roo'

The students in Mrs Lague's class have been continuing to develop their Fractured Fairy Tale plans with Book Creator app. They will be drawing, writing and reading to create eBooks about their very own Fairy Tales.