Robotic Vehicles

 Four Crumble robotic vehicles - Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Echo - have been assembled ready for Year 6 new robotics unit in Computing next half-term. Welcome to the team!

Elm Class Coding

This half term, Year 2 have began their coding journey. They have completed Level 1! They have learned how to give the computer instructions to make objects move around the screen and how to add 'start events' and 'click events'. This means some objects will start to move automatically when they run the program or they will move or disappear when they are clicked on. The children also learned how to change the scene and the objects they wanted to use. It's safe to say, they have really enjoyed learning how to code.

Year 1 Beebots

Year 1 this half term have been looking at coding and algorithms. We have used an app on our ipads and beebots to give instructions on how they should move. It was a great activity and we will be setting obstacle courses for the beebots next term!

Y1 Apple Field Trip

Year 1 had the opportunity to go and experience a coding workshop at Apple Southampton in WestQuay. The children worked with two members of staff to control and move the Sphero robots. The children learnt how to drive the robots using controls and program them to follow a particular route and maze pattern. We had a fantastic time and learnt lots of new coding skills.

The incredible Year 5 Jude's Ice-Cream Finale

We can't believe this day has been and gone ... Jude and Charles came today to judge our final pitches to win our Jude's Ice-Cream challenge. They we astounded by the children's hard work and dedication to the project. Well done to the winning team 'The Ice-cream Incredibles' and all the other fantastic groups hard work. What a show you all put on!! A special thanks to Jude and her fabulous team at Jude's :)

Jude's den

Forget the dragon's den, this afternoon Year 5 have been putting all their hard work into action and have pitched their ice cream businesses to Jude and Aiden (from Jude's ice cream). Year 5 worked in groups of 4 or 5. They had to: design the product; undertake market research and create a market research report; design a logo and packaging; research charities to donate the profits to and create a persuasive charity speech; create a board to inform Jude all about their business; create a presentation and finally pitch all of this to Jude and Aiden. It was a tough decision to decide between the groups (the teachers are glad they didn't have to decide) but the winners of the Oakwood Jude's challenge 2017 are.... Summer Delight!

Learning about Time in Year 1

The children in Year 1 have been learning to tell the time.

First of all they found out what they could do in 1 minute. Completing activities such as:
* How many beads they could thread,
* How many pegs they could put in a board,
* How many times they could write their name,
* How many pieces of multilink could be fitted together
* How many numbers they could write down.

Some were quite surprised by the results.

The children have also explored time practically through puzzles, computer games and using clock faces. Many children are now feeling confident to recognise O'clock and half past.

Year 6 English

Some of our Year 6 children had a fantastic time this morning discovering the 'virtual classroom' on ICT. They managed to log in, watch a short film and complete a task - all on ICT! We are all very happy that our POSITIVE mindset has enabled us to do new things!

Year 2 Computing

This term in computing, Year 2 have been learning about coding.

The children have designed programs to instruct a character to do different things.

They have really enjoyed this and grasped it very easily.

Maybe we are seeing some budding computer programmers?!

Year 2 Arctic PowerPoint Presentations

This term our topic in Year 2 has been 'The Arctic'. The children researched arctic animals in small groups and gathered lots of information ready to use in their ICT lessons.

The children used PowerPoint for the first time to present their information about either; Orca whales, Harp Seals, Arctic fox, Reindeer or Polar Bears. They imported photos of the animals, used slideshow effects and chose different design patterns and colours for the slides. The finished products were very good!

Both classes had the opportunity to share their presentations with their buddy classes in Year 3 and 4. The children had fun sharing it and both classes (including teachers!) learnt lots.

The children should be really proud of their work!

Coding at Oakwood!

We are getting into coding at Oakwood, which means the teachers have to learn first...!

Here's a quick game one of our teachers made today using Espresso Coding... When you click a balloon, a new one appears. Which colour gives you the most points? Which colour balloon takes points away?!

You've only got 30 seconds!