We know how much our children enjoy their computing lessons so we thought we’d share some optional activities that could be enjoyed at home.
No screen time needed for the following!*
Early Years
Story Sequencing
Using a well-known story or song, children learn how important it is to put a sequence of events in the right order – the first step in understanding algorithms.
KS1
Human Robot
Transforming into robots and programming each other’s movements is at the heart of this fun and educational activity.
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Creating Patterns
Children spot and create patterns
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House Patterns
By drawing their own house, exploring and identifying similarities between features of other houses, children start to understand patterns
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KS2
Hand Jive Sequence
Using a sequence of hand jives, children break down actions into smaller parts – just as problems are broken down to create computer programs like video games
Suitable for KS1 and KS2
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Pizza Party
Computing in the kitchen? Children will love making their own pizzas while learning to create and debug (fix) the recipe.
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Dance Moves
Children will make up a dance routine and create the instructions for a partner to follow.
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Going Wild
Children programme their homemade bee to move towards flowers by creating a short sequence of instructions (an algorithm).
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*All resources downloaded from https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning
Technology required for the following!
EYFS
Can you work on those mouse skills to dress Lecky?
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
Or maybe make your own Scary Spud?
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
KS1
If you are able to download, these are some apps we enjoy in KS1 and they’re free- available on Apple or Android.
A wealth of resources for KS1 covering all areas of the computing National Curriculum can be found here https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zyhbwmn Perhaps watch a video and complete some of the activities?
KS2
A wealth of resources for KS2 covering all areas of the computing National Curriculum can be found here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zvnrq6f Maybe you could watch a video and complete some of the activities?
We always enjoy creating new projects using Scratch. If you follow this link and you can choose a tutorial. Can make your own animation?
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=all
Our older children have just started to learn about Kodu- why not follow one of the many tutorials? Perhaps you can create your own game? https://worlds.kodugamelab.com/search?query=Tutorial
