Scratch – Banton Biggies

Highlights of the Week 10 Mar 2023

The Biggies did a great job working with the primary 1 & 2s in our ‘makerspace’ this week. Last week they helped the wee one design a mythical creature and this week we got to tether to create cardboard versions. We shall makes these into 3D creatures in the next couple of weeks.

In maths we had a Scratch Challenge:

Scratch Shape Challenge

Josh did a great job, including working out how to use messaging to stop sprites deleting other sprites drawings:

We saw a different sort of shape with this triangle in the playground:

Scratch Challange

This week we had a scratch challenge.

I asked the children to make a sprite in scratch that would draw a random rectangle every time it was clicked. Bonus points for asking what the Area was and then checking the answer. Lots of us managed to work out how to draw random rectangles, but Kaitlyn was the first one to get a working solution. She used lots of skills, using variables, comparison, repeats and operations! She show she was a problem solver and and independent learner.

The Green flag will give you a new question.

Christmas with the Biggies

Yesterday we had some challenges in the playground, make a sleigh, some decorations and a fairy grove.

Today some of the class worked in Minecraft on some the same tasks and a giant Santa:

Some of the Children worked more on their CodeClub Jazzy Jumpers:

And

Save The Sharks COP 26 Code Along Project

The Biggies joined in the @digilearnscot and @CodeClubScot COP 26 Code Along Project. We joined in a Teams call with Schools from across Scotland to create a game in Scratch. This week we added some finishing touches to the games and published them. You can play them by clicking the thumbnails below.

by Hollie

by Kaitlyn McCulloch

by Skye

by Elise

by Rhuraidh Gordon James

by Joshua Luka

by Alfred

by Rhuaridh

by Grace

by Hazel

by User deactivated

by Lara

by User deactivated

by Charlie John

by Kristy

by User deactivated

Butterfly Gardens

Yesterday the Biggies joined in with 3000 other children learning Scratch from an expert. This was part of @digiLearnScot and @CodeClubScot’s #COP26 ‘Code-Along’ you can click on the thumbnails to see the results.

The topic was around the importance of polinators like butterflies and beets.

This was a great refresh of our Scratch skills, covering random and forever loops.

You can see some of the children’ animations in action by clicking the thumbnails.