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The COMPUTING Curriculum
Staff and children alike rose to the challenge of using Lego WeDo in their year group and were able to also get to grips with using and Mac as well. Installed and running in the Mac Suite, each Year group will have the opportunity to try out this as part of their programming unit this year. Along with the challenge with getting to know the software and a new operating system, with the increase of secondary timetabling in there, we've also had to be flexible with our timetables! Thank you for everyone for being so patient and understanding with this!
Year 5
The first Year group to brave the use of this software in the school, and although the hope is that they advance to the Mindstorms range later on, they started brilliantly with this! They were able to not only construct the models they needed, but were able to design, write and debug their programs to make their 'Monkey' respond to triggers, such as movement (linked to a sensor) and sound. They also used their problem solving skills to refine programs and a little trial and error to come to their conclusions.
Both Teachers and Pupils were brilliant and came away with increased confidence and ability, as well as a desire to know more about programming using the WeDo software.
Year 4
Just a quick introduction into using the motor and then creating a cams system over two sessions as a link to the DT unit we were doing. The use of the Lego WeDo system to put it all together and problem solve was very valuable. Combine that with the enthusiasm and excitement of the children using the Mac suite and you had a very charged and stimulating environment!
Here's a video of how some of them did!
Year 2
Taking Key Stage 1 into the Mac Suite was going to be a challenge! Year 2 are rising to that and are making sure that these children get a great basic knowledge of programming and are able to use their 'logical reasoning' skills to great effect.
You can check out what they did and see a video example on the Year 2 Blog
http://bsaky2.weebly.com/whats-going-on/lego-wedo Other Year Groups!
Watch this space for other Year Groups trying their hand at this, and possibly a few using Mindstorms in our final term! (Fingers Crossed!)
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