Tute

We are always interested in ways in which we can extend our Spanish curriculum and this half term are exploring the use of Tute, an online learning platform in which social technology including an interactive whiteboard, microphone, webcam and chat are used to provide a tailored teaching programme.

Lewis, Charlie, Videet, Lauren, Taylor and Amelia in Year 3/4 are taking part in a weekly online class with a fully qualified Spanish teacher through Tute, in which they are learning about the weather and clothing.

Isle of Tune

Year 3/4 have been continuing to explore how technology can be use to compose music.

They have been exploring Isle of Tune http://isleoftune.com/

Here are an example from our first session...

Lewis and Chit

Year 5/6 Prezi

Prezi, a web based presentation tool, has been the focus for Year 5/6 over the the last half term. 

Year 5/6 have been refining their research skills and then using Prezi to present their information about retro superheroes. Now that they have practised using the tool, Year 5/6 can use Prezi in other areas of the curriculum.

Here's the children showing how their presentations are structured...

Sock Puppets

KS1 ICT Club have been exploring an app on the iPad called Sock Puppets. Sock Puppet enables you to add your own backgrounds. The children used some pictures from our school which they saved from the Dropbox app.

We imagined used some very unusual creatures and people from the app an imagined they had visited school!

Here's a couple of examples...

The record function in the app enables a voiceover to be created too.

Year 3/4 are musicians!

Year 3/4 have been exploring how technology can be used to create music. They have been using Garageband to create compositions to accompany silent film footage, which they first of all viewed on Dropbox. They chose their favourite clip and saved this to their iPad's camera roll. Next, they used Garageband to compose their music and shared this with iMovie, where they then brought the music and film together. Year 3/4 were challenged to create a pulse in their compositions using drum and bass loops in Garageband.

We've been busy....

ICT Club have used photography apps on the iPad (Pic Collage and Shape Collage) then created a poster about themselves in Comic Life.

Year 5/6 have been using iMovie to compare and contrast the Amazon Rainforest and Rio de Janeiro. As part of RISK IT day, they explored how Scratch could be used to programme a game about Henry VIII. They've also been using Comic Life to present information about charities.

Year 3/4 have been programming games using Scratch.

Key Stage 1 have been programming games using 2DIY.

 

 

 

Foundation Stage have been using a paint programme to design their own house.

Our new website!

Check out our new school website!
www.robinhood.leeds.sch.uk

We love Morfo!

As part of Risk IT, Year 5/6 used Morfo to create talking photos!

Here's Henry VIII teaching the 6 times table...

 

and a lesson in the 10 times table.

 

 

Wallace and Gromit Soundtrack Competition

The Key Stage 2 ICT Club are entering the BBC Wallace and Gromit Soundtrack Competition!

This week, we chose the films we're going to create the soundtracks for.

Competition details

Learning Spanish Numbers

Year 3/4 have been using an app called 'Learn Spanish Numbers' to practise their Spanish numbers to 20.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primarylanguages/spanish/numbers/games/ also has great games to play!