YEAR ONE COMPUTING

SAFER INTERNET DAY THIS YEAR IS "TUESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY, 2022"

ALL FUN AND GAMES? EXPLORING RESPECT AND RELATIONSHIPS ONLINE.  

• Click here for Barefoot 2022 Internet Safety Activities for Parents/Families (Free Registration - great activities) 
• Click here for the ThinkuKnow website which has a selection of great 15 minute home activities (including cartoons) for ages from 4-13.  
• Click here for more fun activities,from the UK Internet Centre.
• Click here to go to our E-Safety webpage for more tips on how to stay safe electronically.
• Your child could also make a poster on how to stay safe online

CONTENTS/ACTIVITIES

Click here to learn how to stay safe on-line (e-safety)

Click here for a fun Easter Activity

Click here for the Easter Activity Explanation Video

Click here to make a Flag

Click here for lots of exciting activities and games

Click here for Mrs Cox's unplugged, Leggo activity

Click here for Scratch Junior challenges

KEEP YOUR CHILD/REN SAFE ONLINE

Jessie & Friends helps you talk to your child about how to stay safe online.

www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents

For more links on how to stay safe click HERE

Barefoot Computing Activities:

Have fun, whilst learning about algorithms and debugging. Click on any of the Barefoot Activities and download the worksheets etc. or go directly to: https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning 

These activities are designed for "Computational thinking which is about learning to solve problems, with or without a computer. These problem solving skills not only support the computing curriculum in primary school, but also play a part in other subjects, from maths to PE, and can even be applied in everyday life! To help you support your child participate in our activities." (Barefoot Computing, 2020)

Learn more about Computational thinking by clicking HERE

Vocabulary:

Algorithm: a precise instruction to make something happen. 

Bug: A problem or error  with the instructions

Debug: when you fix the bug (problem)

Decompose: pull script/code apart

If you love Lego - look below . . .

IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE ABOVE TOWER INSTRUCTIONS CLICK HERE.                             

Now you are getting confident, why don't you get the Scratch Junior APP. It's great fun, or you can upload Scratch 3.0 onto your computer.                                                                                                                  

Happy Easter - let's get Crafty.  How about making an Easter Egg?

Mrs Cox has created an Easter Egg Picture Activity for you.  There are 3 pages.  Page 1 is filling the big shapes with a colour. 

Page 2, fill the smaller, more intricate shapes with a colour or pattern.  Or you can click on page 3 and design your own Egg with your own shapes.  Watch my little video on how to do it - 'scroll down'.

Then Please click HERE to open it in MS Publisher.  Alternatively if you can't open it.  Why don't you create your own Easter Egg and fill it with different shapes.  Fill each shape  with a colour or pattern. 

Click on the video below

to see how you do the above activity in M.S. Publisher. 

All you need to do now is open the document and start.  Click here.

Flag Activity - watch the video to see how you can make it in M.S. Publisher (you can also make this in Paint)