Heathrow Primary School
Autumn 1 - We are Astronauts
For the Autumn term, the Year 2 children completed the unit ‘We are astronauts’. For this unit the children were introduced to the computer program ‘ScratchJr’ which enabled them to constructs several simplistic programs based around a space theme. At the beginning of this unit, the children were able to modify and change avatar sprites and the background of their programme’s setting. This progressed into understanding how to program a sprite to move to a certain location and message passing and input. Finally, the children were able to edit the appearance of their created programmes by changing the colour of their sprites and background.
Spring – We are Safe Researchers
As safe researchers, we focused on a particular subject to create a presentation for. We focused on developing collaboration skills through working as part of a group, developing our skills through searching on different web browsers and search engines, being more discerning in evaluating online information and improving our note taking skills. This allowed us to create a presentation about The Great Fire of London or Kenya.