In today’s Computing, Year 4 have been learning about how images can be edited using software. We explored how to use Photoshop Express on the iPads to combine two images by removing the background from one. This allowed us to create a very memorable new picture by changing the composition!
This term Year 4 are exploring how photos are editing on digital devices. In today’s lesson we looked at how cropping an image can have a big effect on what is seen, and looked at the tools to help us do this. We also experimented with the other tools available to us in the Photos App and made some interesting compositions!
In today’s computing lesson we explored the difference between count-controlled and continuous loops in Scratch. We created our own Christmas themed animations to see the differences in action!
In today’s lesson we continued to explore code in Scratch. We began the lesson by logging into the Chromebooks and setting up our new Scratch accounts. We will be using these to access and save our work in lessons. We were then challenged to copy a piece of code to see what each part did. We labelled the code to demonstrate our understanding.
In today’s computing, Year 4 experimented with changing code. They were asked a series of questions on Google Classroom and had to answer these by first modifying the code of a program in Scratch. They used their understanding of repetition to find the parts of the code that needed changing and explored the effect that these changes had on the shapes being drawn.
In today’s lesson we continued to think about how repetition is used in code. We logged into the Chromebooks and loaded a program in Scratch that we could investigate. We enjoyed running the code and seeing if our predictions from last lesson were correct. We then went on to investigate the code further. We are looking forward to modifying and making our own code next lesson.
In today’s computing lesson we have been consolidating our learning about repetition. We started the lesson by learning how to login to Google Classroom on the laptops and Chromebooks, and thought about how this is different to logging in with the iPads. Once we had logged in we had to use our prediction skills to try and guess what pieces of code would do when run. We are looking forward to exploring this more next week.
In today’s lesson, Year 4 explored repetition. Repetition is an important programming concept and is used to make sections of code repeat. We were introduced to the term ‘loop’ and wrote our own practical loops to act out. We really enjoyed designing our own algorithms and next week we will see how repetition is used in Scratch.
In Computing today, Year 4 have been looking at the reliability of information online. They explored what is true online, why people may want to mislead and the availability of fake news. We did an experiment to see how quickly fake news can travel around the classroom and thought about how this might happen online too. Finally, we created three rules for ourselves that would make us think about information online and whether it should be believed or not.
In today’s lesson, Year 4 explored the question ‘Who owns the web?’
We began by looking at three websites and considering where the content of these sites came from. We thought about if the content was able to be viewed by anyone, if it could be downloaded and if we were allowed to use it as our own. We found out that different websites have different rules, but that it is important to consider these questions when looking at information online.
Next, we talked about how information can be accessed online and how there are rules to protect content. We discussed copyright and considered where this might be used and why it is important. We looked at websites and explored where the copyright information might be found.
Y4 Computing @ Gurnard Primary School 