Fur, Feathers and Skin
Our Year 2 children have been creating videos about their topic Fur, Feathers and Skin. This is just one of the videos from a small group talking about Giraffes to […]
Category Archives: Computing
Y3 create animated sprites in Scratch
In class 4 today, the children have been creating a maze game, starting with an animated sprite. The children have drawn their own Pac Man styled sprites which they then […]
The Willow Tree Warriors first meeting!
Today, The Willow Tree Warriors had their first meeting together. They began by viewing their Willow Tree Warrior pictures that are inspired by Interland (an online internet safety experience) before […]
Year 5/6 creates maze game in Scratch!
Year 5/6 have been creating their own maze games in ICT today. They had to create their own Pac-man inspired sprite and a stage with walls before creating their scripts […]
Year 3D Creating Animations
Year 3D have been using the Chromebooks this week to create animations on Scratch.
Foundation has been Super!
Children in Foundation today have been using the green screen to do some of their filming for this year’s Willow Tree Film Festival entries. They have been using a backdrop […]
Programming Robots
It has been our last club this week and children have been programming their robots to follow a line drawn on the floor. We didn’t quite get there but we […]
Green Screen Poetry
We have recently installed a green screen in school and we were so excited to try it we put this together. We hope you like Year 6 reading some of […]
Y3S using scratch in ICT
Class 4 have been working with Mr Clarke to create a video animation using the software Scratch. As you can see they have used fantastic team work and resilience despite […]
Building and testing robots
In Computing Club we have been busy building robots and using a Crumble motherboard we have started to program them. We are using our knowledge of coding and algorithms to […]
Using technology to support our learning
We are thrilled to use Chrome Books for our research lesson. This will help us greatly as we write our non-chronological reports.
Class 4 using their oracy skills to give instructions
To support us with our instructional writing this week, class 4 decided to give each other oral instructions. One partner had an image of a finished model and the other […]
Victorian toys and their price
Today Class 5 used the computers to research the names and prices of different Victorian toys. We then discussed the value of money and just how much it has changed […]
Year 5 animation sets
We could not be more proud of the children in Year 5 at Roughwood Primary School this week. They have used the iPads to begin creating their animations in groups. […]
iPad Fun!
In Foundation 1 we have enjoyed learning how to use the iPads. We have had lots of fun playing different games we have been learning how to count and match […]
Children in Year 5 research the history of Lego, in our new ICT suite
Do you know what date the Lego company was founded?
Using our digital technology to educate others
Today we have been using ICT to create educational resources to help people to keep a positive digital footprint. These will look great on display.
Merry Christmas – Snow is Falling
Staff and children have created a magical video this week to celebrate the countdown to Christmas and teh snow which has been falling on Roughwood. There has been lots of […]
Class 6 Maths
We have been taking advantage of our new ICT suite today by using Purple Mash to create bar charts from tables with information in. We will be using these bar […]
Homework Club
Children are busy catching up on home learning in the ICT suite. My Maths to learn about perimeter, TimesTables Rock Stars to help with our mental skills and SumDog.
CodeBug
We worked with Mr Harrison and learnt how to code using code bug 
Programming and Coding in Class 6
Our topic this term is all about farming, linked to our book Fantastic Mr Fox. In our Geography lessons, we are learning about maps and directions (pictures to follow soon!) […]