Some children in P2C had a go at some Christmas coding tasks today. Here is the site link below:
https://santatracker.google.com/village.html
They worked well together to problem solve and try to complete each task.
Visit from Almond Engineering and DYW
On Friday Michelle Quinn from Almond Enginnering joined us for our Celebration Assembly. Michelle shared her own personal journey of working hard at school, and then working her way up in Almond Engineering to become the first female Director.
Lauren from Developing the Young Workforce in West Lothian also joined Michelle. Before our assembly, they visited P3 to find out about their ‘Digital Me’ business plans and they were very impressed.
Michelle sent us the letter below, to say thank you, as she really enjoyed visiting our school.
We would like to thank both ladies for taking time out of their busy schedules to visit us.
Digital Tinkering in P2
Fun Time Friday: Camera Club
Fun Time Friday Take 3!
Today we had our third Fun Time Friday of the school year. Fun Time Friday is an opportunity for all our children to select an activity that they are interested in and take part in it with peers across different classes. We had a range of activities to choose from which the children brainstormed at Pumphie Pals last session.
Sumdog Champs!
Congratulations to Primary 6 came 36th and P7 came 37th out of 91 schools in the West Lothian Sumdog Competition.
Also, a huge congratulations to Lucas who came 10th and Alice who came 30th out of 1862 pupils.
Sum Dog Update
With one more day left to go in the West Lothian Sum Dog competition …
Out of 70 classes:
- 32nd  – P7
- 38th – P6
- 48th – P5
- 55th – P3
- 61st – P2c
Out of 1656Â pupils:
- 6th – Lucas – P7
- 16th – Alice – P6
West Lothian Sum Dog Competition
So far in the West Lothian Sum Dog competition …
Out of 61 classes:
- 24th – P7
- 28th – P6
- 47th – P5
- 48th – P3
- 52th – P2c
Out of 1425 pupils:
- 11th – Alice – P6
- 43rd – P4 child
Digital Tinkering in P7
On Monday Primary 7 took part in four different digital tinkering activities. Tinkering means trying things out. For young children, this is the vital play based, exploration and experimentation phase of learning about something. For older pupils and adults it is purposeful exploration and making, often through trial and improvement.
Hour of Code
Children used Hour of Code to develop their programming language develop computing solutions to problems.
Sum Dog
Children used a website to apply and develop their numeracy skills.
Spheros
Spheros are a spherical robot toy. Features of a Sphero are:
- Rolling – Sphero robots can roll at a given speed and heading for a given amount of time.
- Colors – Sphero robots can light up in any color.
- Sensors – Sphero robot’s internal sensors include an IMU and Locator
- Bluetooth – Sphero robots connect to devices such an iPads, iPhones, and Android phones and tablets through Bluetooth.
- Robot Languages – Sphero robots support three ‘onboard’ programming languages. Programs written in these languages are ‘run’ on the robot.
The children had the opportunity to tinker with a Sphero to try and control its movements.
Apps
The children could select one of our media apps to create a book cover for one of their favourite books.
AssessmentÂ
To finish they used an online form in glow to evaluate their learning and the skills they had used.
Primary 4 Poetry
The book we have been studying is George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl. The children have explored the techniques used by Roald Dahl in poetry and compared them to William Shakespeare. They then used tone, pace, volume and gesture to present the poems to a class audience in small groups.
