Computing
Planning and Programming Beebots
This half term we have been programming floor robots to move forwards and backwards and turn left and right. Today, we used our skills to direct the robots around a map to our chosen finishing point. We planned our routes first and then tested them out. We debugged...
Making our Crumble-mobiles move!
We've been working hard to get our Crumble vehicles - our Crumble-mobiles! - to move in the directions we want them to. This hasn't been easy - we've had wheels that needed to go in different directions because the motors were different ways up (!) and also had to...
Crumble Computing
Today we have been learning to programme a turning sequence on our crumbles. We managed to make the crumbles move forward and back. However, crumbles do not have a right and left function so we had to problem solve in order to achieve this. We discovered that in order...
Sequencing in Scratch
Computing with Crumbles in Yr 5 and 6!
In Year 5 and 6 we have begun using Crumbles as part of our programming work. Crumbles are great little mini-computers which can be used to make lights, buzzers, motors and sensors work. We're going to use then to make a moving vehicle from WW2 - keep an eye out on...
Online Safety Guides for Parents
If you find it hard to monitor what your kids are watching online and need a little help, here are a few 'What parents need to know about...' guides to help you out. If there is any topic that you are not sure of, please just send us an email and we will try to source...