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These examples have been provided by schools within our Local Authority.
These examples have been provided by schools within our Local Authority.
Pictures provided by the school of learners have been anonymised.
Pictures provided by the school of learners have been anonymised.
Minecraft for Education
Minecraft for Education
Learners in Year 5 made use of Minecraft for Education to recreate elements that they have been learning about. Learners had to dig trenches, line them with boards and recreate tanks to scale. This reinforced their understanding of the topic and allowed them to evidence their understanding in an engaging way.
Coding using Micro:bits
Coding using Micro:bits
Continuing with their WWII topic, learners used their class Micro:bits to send and receive Morse code.
This allowed learners to apply their coding skills in real life by recreating processes from WWII.
Learners coded and decoded messages which were sent with their Micro:bits.
Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets
The Windrush
The Windrush
Learners used Google Sheets to collate data comparing temperatures and rainfall between Wales and Jamaica during their Windrush topic.
Healthy Me
Healthy Me
Learners made use of Micro:bits to create digital step counters. These were then used during a PE lesson to gather data on learner activity.
This data was then added to a collaborative spreadsheet, which allowed learners to create graphs. In this example, they were able to question an anomaly in the data.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding
Adobe Live Lessons
Adobe Live Lessons
During Anti-Bullying Week, learners followed the Adobe Live lesson to create a poster with layered images and text. This skill has then been used in other areas of the curriculum to create posters.
E-portfolios
E-portfolios
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Podcasting
Podcasting
Learners have created podcasts about their recent Eisteddfod activities. Assigning roles to each learner and making simple notes to guide them through their conversation.
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Game Making in Scratch
Learners planned their games, developing their literacy skills before looking to develop their game using Scratch coding.
After createing their games learners created flyers to explain their games, planning what should be included, their colour shemes, font size and styles to match the feel of their game.
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