It is important to note that TEAMS is available to all classes including the learning below. Additional tasks, videos and face to face meetings all take place there. Make teams your first place to look for learning.
Here are the Home Learning Documents for this week.
Guide to Supporting Learning at Home
Parents may find this support guide from Edinburgh council useful
If you need support to read this webpage or online letter via translation into an additional language please contact the translation service using this link https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/languages
Now head over to Scratch and try to put these skills to use. I’d like to see a game where a sprite performs using a sequence. This is probably best done with a loop.
But what can you do with your loop? You could use the sense functions so your character is looking for water like the Kangaroo in the video. You could even make the crocs search for Kangaroos.
You don’t have to use that story though. Get creative and if you want to link or drop the scratch file to Mr Bennett’s tech channel for him to share some examples then do it!
If you need support to read this webpage or online letter via translation into an additional language please contact the translation service using this link https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/languages
Hopefully learning at home will be easier for those whose younger brothers and sisters are back to nursery and school this week.
It is important to note that TEAMS is available to all classes including the learning below. Additional tasks, videos and face to face meetings all take place there. Make teams your first place to look for learning.
Here are the Home Learning Documents for this week.
Guide to Supporting Learning at Home
Parents may find this support guide from Edinburgh council useful
If you need support to read this webpage or online letter via translation into an additional language please contact the translation service using this link https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/languages
From this week we will be doing a Mr Bennett Tech Tuesday for those still home schooling.
If you want to learn how to make your own apps and games this is the place to learn the skills!
All of these tasks are extra fun things to do, not must complete tasks, so only attempt it if you fancy it after your other work.
P1-P4
My Grown Up is a Robot
Ask a grown up or a big sibling to be your robot for an hour.
Robots can only do what they are told.
Get them to also help you pick a task to achieve. Maybe walking from the front door to the kitchen.
Maybe getting a glass of water.
Or something more complicated like using the swings at the park.
They will only respond to the exact instructions on how to move though. Just like a real robot.
A really tough task is the one in this video about making a peanut butter and jelly (jam) sandwich. I don’t think you should try this with your grown up robot (unless you don’t mind wasting a lot of food) but watching it gives you an idea of how your robot grown up might act.
Was that tricky?
What mistakes did they make?
How will you need to make your instructions?
Then you need to give the robot grown up your instructions. If you are in P1 and P2 this could just be your saying the instructions.
If you are in P3 and P4 maybe you could go further and write them down.
All videos you want to share (no need to do this if you don’t want to) are welcome either in your class tech channel as an upload or on twitter to @tweetsbennett
P5-P7
Storytech
Did you know you can use scratch as a storytelling programme?
If you are feeling really fancy you could try the audio options too. Find the animations that can talk tutorial here https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=all along with all the other tutorials you could need.
You can use the included sprites and backgrounds or draw your own. It’s up to you.
If you want to share your story then either save the file and upload it to Mr Bennett’s tech channel in your class, or set up sharing in scratch (please ask a grown up for permission here) and share a link to the Mr B tech channel once you’ve shared your story.
Please look out for news from the First Minister this week which will either confirm or postpone the return to school of some years from next week.
Our plan and information will follow this announcement, later in the week.
It is important to note that TEAMS is available to all classes inc;uding the learning below. Additional tasks, videos and face to face meetings all take place there. Make teams your first place to look for learning.
Here are the Home Learning Documents for this week.
Guide to Supporting Learning at Home
Parents may find this support guide from Edinburgh council useful
If you need support to read this webpage or online letter via translation into an additional language please contact the translation service using this link https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/languages
The first day back is Shrove Tuesday. This is the day before lent, a time of fasting in traditional Christian cultures, begins. Certain foods are not allowed during lent. One way to use them up was making pancakes.
So why not get practicing during February break.
Great Dalry Bake Off
Get your bake on and show us some showstoppers. If you want to post any pictures to the school twitter account feel free.
We’ve all done most of the walks available to us, but there are ways to make them more interesting…
Pokemon GO: Pokemon go is an app game on phones. If your grown ups don’t mind and are happy to go with you why not try hunting for Pokemon around Edinburgh. (DOES COST TO DOWNLOAD)
Frisbee Golf: Take a frisbee, how many throws does it take to walk around your local park. Least throws is the winner.
Orienteering: We recently shared a post about orienteering courses in Edinburgh. Click here to see it.
Colour Walks: Go on a walk even around town but take photos of a nominated colour for the day. When you get back make a collage (on phone/computer/ or print and do in real life).
Buy one or some these books and try to get them completed (especially this one).
Gardening
It’s a busy time of year in a real garden. You need to start preparing it for spring. If you have a vegetable garden that means lots of digging.
It can also mean lots of preparing of seeds to grow.
Why not try growing potatoes in a bucket or bag or try growing a herb box this spring.
You could make a digital garden in games like Minecraft or Animal Crossing if you play them. Grab some screenshots to show us if you like.
The most important thing though is…..
Have fun and take a break from school. It’s been a tough term. You deserve to choose your own stuff to fill your brain with.
Enjoy!
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