Individual poem for the school Eisteddfod (Y5 and 6)

This is the poem for the Year 5 and 6 children to learn for the school Eisteddfod

Eisteddfod individual poem for Year 3 and 4

Here's the poem for Year 3 and 4 children to learn for the school Eisteddfod.

Eisteddfod Group Poem KS2

This is the group poem for KS2 children to learn for the school Eisteddfod

Football Games

Football games

Hi I'm jack and I want to tell you about my favourite football game. My favourite football game is fifa 15 because it has better graphics than all of the other fifa games also there are better players to buy like Messi, Ronaldo, Gareth bale and lots of others. I love playing with the real players at the skill level they are at now.

I'm Ieuan and I sisagree. My  favourite football games is fifa 13. My favourite player is Frank lampard  because he has good skills and he's the one who I always score with. I like fifa 13 more than fifa 15 because Lampard is better on FIFA 13 thanon Fifa 15.

What football game do you like best everyone? Leave ado meant to tell us 😄 ⚽️ 👍



Puppet Edu app review

Recently, we've been working on an app called Puppet Edu. This app allows us to create a video with speech, text and a number of backgrounds of your choice. You're also able to add pictures and music. 

Firstly, you choose photos/backgrounds.  After that click next and add either speech, text or both; click the T on the screen to add text. The raindrop on the screen allows you to change the colour. The zoom feature lets you change how you want the text to appear on the screen. You can also change the font by clicking the different writing in the box. Once you have finished you press save! It's that easy! You can attach this video to a QR code; press copy link and paste the link into a QR code creator. 

That's one way of using Puppet Edu. 

What do you know about fractions?

We're improving our knowledge of fractions this week in class. Why not play this game to see what you know about fractions!!

Hour of Code

Well, what a busy few weeks we've had...the same as every other classroom I guess! The usual Christmas concert practice and performances, Christmas parties, card and calendar making and generally tying up loose ends before the end of term. In amongst the madness of the concert practices and performances, somehow, we managed to find calm...thank you Hour of Code!!

So, in September I made the move from Year 6 to Year 3/4. Immediately, I exposed them to more uses of iPads and IT than they had the previous year and, probably the biggest success yet, introduced them to programming and coding. They're hooked! Firstly, they found a love through apps on the iPads. Subsequently, the Hour of Code came along and worked it's magic! The improvement in logical thinking, sequences of codes and general understanding of imputing commands has been superb!

Some of the children hadn't had the opportunity to work with this element of IT yet have picked up the idea rapidly. The group have completed the 10 levels of 'Flappy Bird', have worked through the 'Frozen' section and  absolutely love the 'Angry Birds' problems. 

 

      

    

They are also eager to get started on other software packages such as 'Kodu' and 'Scratch'. Any free time they have they want to spend coding!!! Now the challenge is to find time to regularly allow children to continue developing these important skills!! Scratch is definitely a candidate to use as a coding club. With such great lesson plans available, the Year 6 Digital Leaders would thrive on delivering it. Time within the classroom is the issue though and how to cover everything. This is for another day and another blog entry.

For now. I'd like to say thank you Hour of Code and a huge well done to the children. Long may your enthusiasm and improvements continue!!

One of my very few posts, 

Mr Stone