Blog by Tag: Computing

What a busy week we have had this week.  

Mrs Calman came in to sing with us on Monday and we began learning our Harvest songs. Next week we will learn a pirate shanty. 
We enjoyed computing this week, creating a pirate picture using the Pointillism style.  There were lots of great…

A very warm welcome to Beech Class everyone!

We have now had our first full week back at school and it has been a busy one.  It has been lovely getting to know each other and seeing the children settle in so well.  
 

In computing, we logged on and used Purple Mash to create some…

Year 5 RAF Youth STEM Workshop – Bridge Building Challenge

On Wednesday afternoon, Year 5 had an exciting opportunity to take part in a Royal Air Force Youth STEM workshop, where we became engineers for the day!

Our challenge was to design and build strong, stable bridges using a limited set…

We hope you had a lovely Easter break and welcome back to the Summer Term.

This week in computing, we created pictograms about the types of houses we live in.  It is great to see how much the children have grown in both confidence and skill when using the laptops.

On Wednesday, we were…

This week in Beech has been very busy indeed!

We have been trying out different axles for when we come to design and make our own Moon buggies.  It was lovely to see the children decide on the axle they thought would be the best.

Well done to the children that represented us in the multi…

This week we celebrated Safer Internet Day.  This year’s theme was ‘Smart tech, safe choices- Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI.’

We took part in an assembly all about AI and how to use it safely and responsibly but also how to have fun with it.

In class, we completed different…

What a wonderful week we have had exploring the warmer climates of Africa and Australia and the animals they have. We learnt what it is like to be a safari ranger and what the job entails. We heard about endangered animals and thought how maybe we could help them. We loved hearing about the cheeky…

We have been learning all about the animals in the polar regions. We have had some very cold days where we have been able to think about what it would be like somewhere even colder than England. When looking at signs of winter here in Preston we wondered if it was the same in Antarctica. We…

This week in Music we listened to rock.  We discussed that rock music is usually ‘forte’ and can often make us feel strong and powerful. 
We loved listening to ‘We Will Rock You’ by Queen.  We clapped the rhythm and discussed how the song only had one instrument.

In computing, we are learning…

We have been working on our touch typing skills this week to help us type quicker and with more accuracy. 

we have also been learning about column addition in maths and used the base ten to help us.