YEAR THREE COMPUTING

Hello Year 3, I do hope you are all well and keeping safe. 

SAFER INTERNET DAY THIS YEAR IS "TUESDAY 8TH FEBRUARY, 2022"

ALL FUN AND GAMES? EXPLORING RESPECT AND RELATIONSHIPS ONLINE.  

• Click here for Barefoot 2022 Internet Safety Activities for Parents/Families (Free Registration - great activities) 
• Click here for the ThinkuKnow website which has a selection of great 15 minute home activities (including cartoons) for ages from 4-13.  
• CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST E-SAFETY GAMES FROM THINKUKNOW.Click here for more fun activities,from the UK Internet Centre.
• Click here to go to our E-Safety webpage for more tips on how to stay safe electronically.

ACTIVITIES FOR YOU TO DO

• Click here to learn about Barefoot Computing and to learn some Computing Vocabulary
• Click here for lots of exciting activities
• Click here to play Barefoot's great games
• Click here to do an Hour of Coding (great website)
• Click here to save scrolling down to download SCRATCH 3.0
• Click here for more ICT games
• Click here to create a lovely picture in SILK
• Click here to make a card (you can adapt the Easter card and make a birthday card)
• Parents/Carers click here to download SCRAH 3.0 FREE (please note that you don't have to download it, you can just click this link and then at the very top of the webpage click CREATE, this way you don't have to worry if you haven't got the correct windows version to download it and further more it will allow you to save your work on your device).  

IMPROVE YOUR PROGRAMING SKILLS . . .

PLEASE NOTE, YOU DO NOT  HAVE TO DOWNLOAD SCRATCH TO USE IT.  WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW TO SEE HOW TO CREATE WORK ONLINE AND SAVE IT TO YOUR DEVICE.

LOOK BELOW FOR SOME FABULOUS COMPUTING ACTIVITIES. . .

Barefoot Computing Activities:

Have fun, whilst learning about algorithms and debugging. Click on any of the Barefoot Activities and download the worksheets etc. or go directly to: https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning 

These activities are designed for "Computational thinking which is about learning to solve problems, with or without a computer. These problem solving skills not only support the computing curriculum in primary school, but also play a part in other subjects, from maths to PE, and can even be applied in everyday life! To help you support your child participate in our activities." (Barefoot Computing, 2020)

Learn more about Computational thinking by clicking HERE (remember to click your back button after to get back to the Richmond Website and this page)

Vocabulary:

Algorithm: a precise instruction to make something happen. 

Bug: A problem or error  with the instructions

Debug: when you fix the bug (problem)

Decompose: pull script/code apart

Look below for Barefoot's Activities and Games . . . keep scrolling as there are lots.

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Click any of the 'CLICK & PLAY' buttons below to play one of Barefoot's Games

MAKE AN EASTER CARD!

or change the wording to Happy Birthday!

To open the template in M.S Publisher Click Here.

Watch the video below to hep you make the card.  I do hope you have fun.