Category Archives: Computing

Dots and Boxes!

November 8, 2021Computing, Login, On Screen Control, Uncategorizedyear1ps

We have done brilliantly learning how to log in and get to the Year 1 blog. Can we do it without any help from Mr Connolly?

When we logged in we had to navigate to the blog before we could play the games. (Mums and Dads although we are playing games we are using many other skills without realising…

reading and comprehension to work out how to play the game.
Fine motor control – Mouse control / touch pad
Hand to eye coordination – a necessary skill with ever present screen technology.
Number value – high scores!
As well as tactics

All these things learned when they are younger and more engage with technology is one major reason they will beat you beat you easily at FIFA 2024 If not before! Sorry.

https://gametable.org/games/dots-and-boxes/

ICT Reading games- 12/5/20

May 12, 2020Computing, Readingyear1ps

Have fun finding out all about Bats.

Click on the link to start learning about bats
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/nocturnal/index.html

Challenge– Make an information poster including some of the information you have researched about bats. Make your poster look interesting and exciting for the reader by using bold lettering and bright colours. You might like to draw some pictures too!

Daily P.E lessons

March 23, 2020Links, Physical Educationyear1ps

Everyday at 9am, Joe Wicks will be live streaming P.E lessons for children of all ages. Why not start the day off with 30 minutes of exercise before you carry out the work from our Year 1 blog. The teachers in Year 1 will also be joining in!

Here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos

Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day?

March 11, 2020British Value, Computing, Linksyear1ps

Today in computing we are finding out all about a special day celebrated in Great Britain – Mothering Sunday or is it Mother’s Day?

Espresso Film about Mothering Sunday.

Read about it on Espresso.

CBBC Radio – Mothering Sunday
How we could make the day special.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/make-your-mothers-day

BBC News round Mothers Day

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/43364325

Something a little bit trickier to read…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/17343360

Let’s write… or type!

January 15, 2020Computing, Word Processingbackspace, Clicker 7, Space baryear1ps

This week in computing we are learning how to write on the computer in Clicker 7. We are practicing using space bar to add spaces between words and backspace to delete mistakes.

Hour of Code

December 11, 2019Computing, Hour of Code, Programmimgyear1ps

Knowing how to program a computer will be a really useful skill for the jobs of the future. Hour of Code helps to give all children a chance to try some coding. At Holbrook we already do a lot of coding over the years you are with us but Hour of Code has some great resources that are loads of fun and teach skills that we can use in our own programs later.

This week in Year 1 computing lessons we are coding!

Computer driving licence

October 30, 2019Computing, Login, On Screen Control, Uncategorizedyear1ps

http://espresso.covlea.net/espresso/modules/t1_computer_driving/index.html?source=subject-Computing-KS1-Computing-Resource%20types

Finding out about harvest.

October 16, 2019Computing, Internet Safetyyear1ps

Computers are a great way of finding out lots of information. Today in computing we are using the skills we have learned this half term to log on to the computer, use headphones and click on a link from the blog to find out all about Harvest time that happens during the autumn.

Discovery education can only be used in school.

Harvest.

At home.

If you want to find out more at home click the links below.

CBBC Harvest Machine.

Cbeebies Down on the Farm.

Autumn – Down on the Farm.

It’s not real!

October 9, 2019Computing, On Screen Control, Simulations, Technologyyear1ps

After doing so well learning to log in we are going to look at how computers allow us to try things in the real world we couldn’t usually do or that might be dangerous. These have a special name – SIMULATIONS

So that we can properly play the SIMULATION without disturbing our neighbour we are going to learn to use the headphones all on our own! There are three things that can stop them working properly!