Bluebirds used technology tools to create effects. There were some brilliant pictures!
Pop Art
Category Archives: Computing
Using Scratch
During Computing, Bluebirds have been coding using Scratch.
They learned about algorithms and how to use motion, repeat, looks and sound blocks within their program.
Bluebirds created their own Scratch program adding their own background and sprites.
Watch year 3’s sprites dance!
Branching Databases
For the last two weeks in Bluebirds class we have been doing Computing in our topic lesson. The children have been using J2E Branch to create a branching database. This software included asking lots of yes and no questions which we did at the beginning of every lesson.
Before we started using the branching software the children started with organising different things into groups. The children worked in pairs and organised things such as sweets into colours and patterns. They also cut out lots of different food types and grouped them accordingly. A lot of the children put them into healthy and unhealthy food groups.
Then it was time to get the laptops out and have a go for ourselves, the children had options of animals, food, dinosaurs and aliens. They have to drag all the objects across and then begin to organise them through asking yes or no questions.
Andy Warhol Pop Art effects
During Computing with Mr Baddhan today, Bluebirds learned about Pop Art and the artist Andy Warhol. They learned about his work and how he made things look interesting using some of his artistic work. We looked at the type of effects he used to make everyday things look interesting and coourful.
Bluebirds used a Pop Art website to add Andy Warhol effects to their own photos. Have a look at the wonderful work they produced to make their photos look interesting.
See our Dancing Sprites
During Computing with Mr Baddhan, Year 3 Bluebirds have been programming dancing sprites using motion, repetition and looks blocks. They also added sound from the library.
The children put together a sequence of instructions using the above blocks to make their sprites move across the stage. They then used the switch costume block to change the dance move of their sprite.
See some of their fantastic work below.
Harvey’s Program
Rawan and Imogen’s Program
Eason’s Program
Introducing ‘sound’ and ‘say’ blocks
During today’s Computing lesson with Mr Baddhan, Year 3 Bluebirds have continued to put their understanding of coding into practise using Scratch.
Today Bluebirds used the “say” and “sounds” blocks to introduce text and sound to their program.
In tomorrow’s lesson, the children will be creating dancing sprites using their knowledgeable in Scratch so far.
Online reputation
As part of Anti Bullying Week, in our online safety lesson we were looking at our online reputation and the things that we should share online and the things that we shouldn’t. We discussed different things that could be shared and decided that anything that was our own personal information shouldn’t be shared with others.
See our Dancing Sprites
In Computing, Year 3 Bluebirds have completed their dancing sprites in Scratch – using sound and different costumes.
The children have been programming their sprites using motion, repeat, sensing and event blocks.
Here are some examples of work from Lexi, Pippa and Seth.
Lexi – click here
Pippa – click here
Seth – click here
Introducing ‘Sound’ and ‘If Else’ blocks
During today’s Computing lesson with Mr Baddhan, Year 3 Bluebirds have continued to put their understanding of coding into practise using Scratch.
Today Bluebirds used the “If Else” and “Sound” blocks to introduce sound to their program. They have started to work on creating a dancing sprite program where a sprite will dance over some sound.
We hope to have some of the children’s work on our class blog this week.
Powerful Passwords
This week, Bluebirds had an online safety lesson to understand how to create a powerful word. They chose their favourite colour, number and food. The children combined these with symbols, using upper and lower case letters, to create an effective password, longer than 8 digits.