Reception
Typing Skills
This unit of work uses 2Type and is designed to help the children learn the basics of quick and efficient typing. Typing, as with handwriting, needs regular practice and although the unit will give the children a basic understanding regular and consistent practice. Children have been writing their names as well as sentences
Technology at home
This unit encourages the children to consider how technology is used outside of the school environment. Children understand what is meant by ‘technology’. Children have considered types of technology used in school and out of school.
Internet Safety
Children looked at internet safety and discussed how the internet is a wonderful place but it can also have hidden dangers. First we spoke about what the internet is used for and how we can access it.
What is the internet?
It’s what devices are connected too. James
It’s for grown ups. Paisley
It’s something you can use to ring people. Tommy
TVs can be connected to the internet to watch things. Kean
You can use an iPad to get on the internet. Billy
You can get on it using your phone. Nevaeh
Then we read a story called Pop Up Gremlins and spoke about the rules for using a tablet or internet device. Our rules our Stop, Close and Tell
Robots
Children having been looking at robots. They have been looking at how we can control robots and how they are 'programmed' children have been exploring robots on purple mash and and using the 'Bee Bots'. The children looked at mazes and how they could make their robots move.