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A note from Miss Rebecca O'Hara and Mrs Anna-Marie Paul
ICT News
A note from Miss Rebecca O'Hara and Mrs Anna-Marie Paul
This term Ben Venue students have been learning how to code.
Coding or Programming is a vital skill. It requires critical and creative thinking to design digital solutions to problems. Developing and instilling this abstract way of thinking is assisted by the use of robots at a primary school level.
In Term 3, we have been fortunate enough to be working with robots and digital systems in the form of Bee Bots, Blue Bots, Dashbots, Sphero, Lego Essential, Lego Spike, Makey Makey, Micro:Bits, LightBot and Swift Playgrounds, which all require and develop abstract and creative thinking skills.
Thanks to the T4L STEM kit borrowing system, we have been able to experience and use such a variety of robotic devices. The students will be sad to see the majority of these devices move on to the next school at the end of this week, but we have already made plans to borrow these wonderful kits again, in the future.
Kindergarten students are focusing on learning how to record instructions for others to follow.
Learning Intention: We are learning how to program (code).
Success Criteria:
The Stage 1 focus for ICT sessions this term has been to learn how can we record instructions for others to follow and understand.
Learning Intention: We are learning how to program (code).
Success Criteria:
Stage 2 students are focusing on learning are learning about visual programming.
Success Criteria
I can IDENTIFY & DEFINE
I can COMBINE & PERFORM SERIAL SKILLS
I can APPLY & INTEGRATE
I can CREATE & EVALUATE
The Stage 3 focus for ICT lessons this term has been to design and develop a working prototype robot that helps with a specific job.
Learning Intention:
We are learning to think scientifically to suggest, experiment (with a prototype) and evaluate the effectiveness of a design solution.
Success Criteria:
Rebecca O’Hara & Anna-Marie Paul
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