We had our first week practise with Mr Golding this week. It was loud and loads of fun. Continue reading
February 9, 2024
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February 8, 2024
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Building Buildings
The class are making good progress working on their Famous Building models. Some really creative solutions and problem solving. When making the centre part of the building, we stumbled across a problem with the folds, I used the makedo tool to make folds where I wanted them to be but in the piece of cardboard … Continue reading “Building Buildings” Continue reading
February 2, 2024
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Scratching with P1-2
On Wednesday the Biggies went to Primary 1-2 to teach them a little about ScratchJr. This is a programming app for younger users. The Biggies have experience with coding with Scratch itself, micro:bits and Arcade. Both ethe Biggies and the P1-2 workeked really hard and had a ton of fun. Some of the Biggies wrote … Continue reading “Scratching with P1-2” Continue reading
January 29, 2024
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Last week’s Biggies Highlights
Well last week went a bit too quicckly for me to post this. Famous Buildings We have started another Makerspace project. The class are going to make models of famous buildings. After some research, organising groups and working out sizes and designs we started on Tuesday. The first stage mostly involved cutting big sheets of … Continue reading “Last week’s Biggies Highlights” Continue reading
January 11, 2024
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Cardboard Constructors
Yesterday we had a cardboard construction challenge as a MakerSpace warm up. The challenge was to make something out of pieces of cardboard. The target was to make the tallest or most artistic creation. The limitation was only pieces of cardboard could be used and the biggest size you could use was 10cm. No Glue, … Continue reading “Cardboard Constructors” Continue reading
December 22, 2023
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Christmas Challenge
Primary 5-06-7 had a STEM challenge yesterday. The children had to create a sledge to carry a small assortment of sweets down a ramp. We were looking for the one that could go furthest without losing its cargo and the best looking on. The Biggies are getting really good with their practical skills in the … Continue reading “Christmas Challenge” Continue reading
December 21, 2023
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ScribbleBots
We made some scribblebots this morning as a warm up to our Christmas Makerspace challenge. Continue reading
December 2, 2023
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Steady Hands Stage 2
This week we have been converting our Steady Hand games to incorporate our micro:bits. The micro:bits record the number of touches and tell the player the games is over after 5 touches. We will used these at our Christmas Fayre when we let people play for a small fee. A sweet for the ones that … Continue reading “Steady Hands Stage 2” Continue reading
November 28, 2023
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Outdoor Learning Day
The day started with a touch of frost. Despite this we tackled the Bee hotel wild flower beds. These have become full of grass with no flowers. We have dug out the grass, and will cover them up over the winter. in spring we will seed some more will flowers. We added some sand to … Continue reading “Outdoor Learning Day” Continue reading
November 22, 2023
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