As part of our outdoor learning day,\u00a0Primary\u00a04-7 spent the afternoon combining Language and technologies skills on the beach.\u00a0 The pupils were tasked to apply ‘computational thinking’ without the use of computers, which is known as being unplugged.\u00a0 They had to write an algorithm (set of instructions) for the processes required to make a sand castle.\u00a0 The children had to apply ‘logic’ and ‘decomposition’ to break the task down into its component steps.\u00a0 They then had to use ‘abstraction’ to remove any unnecessary information. Once they had ‘debugged’ any errors through practicing their instructions, they challenged another group to carry out their instructions verbatim to see if they worked for others.\u00a0 We had a discussion on what information was needed\/not needed in our instructions to see if we had written a functional algorithm.<\/p>\n
Just for fun, we used our Craft, Design and Technologies skills to create sand sculptures, thinking about how we used the material of sand to form stable structures using pressure and moisture.\u00a0 The winning group was Jenna, Mia, Katie and Olivia for their raft model.\u00a0 Everyone cooperated well; sharing ideas and tasks effectively.<\/p>\n
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