We enjoyed taking part in the special live Scottish screening of “The Promise”, a short animated climate film about how one person can make the world greener and fairer.

We watched the animated film, listened to the book and discussed/took notes. We analysed the imagery used in the film to communicate the main ideas. We identified the supporting detail used to help us understand the text. Inspired by our discussions, we listened to the poem, “A Spell for Acorns” from Robert MacFarlane’s book, “The Lost Words: A Spell Book”, and created our own poems.

This week, from 7th – 11th December 2020, is #CSEdWeek (Computer Science Education week). This year’s theme for #CSEdWeek is #CSforSocialJustice i.e. using computer science to help humans from all backgrounds, focusing on equal rights for everyone. We had fun coding in Minecraft, using A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) to help solve an environmental problem i.e. stopping the spread of wild forest fires.

We have also been busy designing our own Christmas-themed Google Doodles and animating them in Scratch. We hope to share them and more STEM-themed Christmas learning with you soon.