Today we learnt about a tool that allows us to make a computer do the things we want it to. We started with a simple program called Scratch Jr. (thankfully there is a Chrome Store App for this and we can use it on our Chromebooks)
Here are some of the things we learned :
I learnt how to make my cat small then big – Emma
I learnt how to change a background – Jordi
I learnt how to program my cat – Tom
I learnt how to change my sprite – Sophia
I learned how to turn to the right and left – Ebony
I learnt how to change my background – Ava
I learnt how to add characters – Niamh
I learnt how to program a different way to what I knew – James
I learned to change my person and make voices – Rose
I learned how to make sounds – Lucas
I learnt how to make a cat invisible and visible. – Sienna
I learnt to change my cats direction – Siena
I learnt how to get big then small – Elva
I learned that you can make a play out of Scratch – Chantelle
I learned how to change animals and make plays – Matthew
I learned how make a voice – Jennifer
On Scratch Jr I learnt to change the background and add new characters I also learnt to change the colour of my cat – Raphael
I learned how to change my person’s colour – Sam
I learnt that you can make your sprite talk – Caitlin
I learnt how to make it flip, small and big – Annie
I learned to change characters – Hannah
I learnt how to change the colour of the person – Zach
I learnt that you can make the cat move over and over again –Hannah
I learnt how to make him talk and how to turn him into a lizard – Ava
I learnt how to make 2 different pages on 1 project – Sophia
I learnt how too use Scratch – Frances
I learnt how to change characters and delete them. – Declan
I learned to shrink and grow – Mia
On the first video I learnt how to make a car move. On the second video I learnt how to make animals race . – Frances
I learnt how to make a race! – Patrick
I learnt sounds speed and race’s and everything – Emma
It was great I could make a dog shoot a Basketball into a basketball hoop with only using three buttons – Lucas
We also used Google Classroom to shared our resources (our toolbox), our learning and our questions.
It was really exciting to see what we achieved in just one hour. Watch out for more sharing about this fun new adventure.
What a wonderful morning we spent looking at the presentations of the Term 1 Inquiry - Who am I? Who am I called to be? One of the highlights was the choice of a "Habit of Mind" to guide the Term 2 goalsetting. The top choice was "Persisting." Others wonderful choices included, "Creating, Imagining, Innovating" and "Thinking about Thinking."
At Monday morning prayer, the Seniors presented us with "Lent in a Bag." Today we explored one of the objects -the candle - and read from Matthew's Gospel 5:14-16 ..."You are the light of the world!"
Thanks Seniors!
Our Reflections
Declan: Showing other people the way...being the light to other people...being seen as the light like Jesus.
Patrick: We are called to be the light of other people's world. When your friends are in the dark, we are there to light their way. Don't blow out someone's light. It would be like being alone in the dark
Caitlin: The candle means to be a light in the world...make a difference in the world...be the light for someone and make it a more fair and kind world!
Rose: The candle represents Jesus, because jesus is the light of the world. We can light up somebody's world by being Good News and by reaching out in love and mercy!
Hannah A: The light means to show people the way and not to be a bystander. Be the one who helps people...show them the good way, not the bully's way.
Jordi: The candle means to shine your light on one another, to make people happier when they are feeling down. The candle is like Jesus beacuse he is the light of the world. We can also light up other people's world.
What an amazing experience it was watching my 3/4 class exploring Jackie French's picture story book, "Fire, for literary devices. Their excitement was palpable. Here's what they had to say!
Rosie:Dear Jackie French,
Today we read, “Fire.” “I really enjoyed how you used personification, similes and metaphors. Some examples are, "King fire has a short harsh reign" and "earth’s green children have come back, Peering from the word of black. "I also liked "hills bleached gold".
From Rosie!
Alexa:
My favourite thing was all the great personification such as, ‘Earth's green children have come back.” I just could not stop myself from reading it over and over again. Can you please please write a book like this one . Bye from Alexa
Patrick:
Dear Jackie,
Today we read, “Fire”. It was a fantastic book and the part I enjoyed was when used a simile with, “Winding like a small black snake”. I liked it because it went into the detail and fire is like a small black snake. And the illustrations were really realistic ...I loved the illustrations. I also I like how you called fire the "monster" or the "beast."
Zach:
Dear Jackie ,
Today we read the book “Fire.” I really loved it when you used personification and wrote, “Trees licked by tongues of fire, Flames are laughing, higher, higher.” I also loved that simile when you wrote, “Winding like a small black snake.” But the reason why I really loved it was because you really got in there and described it very well.
Thanks to a great Scootle Object, we were able to explore our understanding of emotive language as a device that helps us when writing a persuasive text! Emotive language means words that describe something and make you want to do that thing...Hannah A Emotive language is a kind of text that we use for persuasive writing...Annie
....by Caitlin
When you use emotive language, you are using your emotions to tell someone about something...Emma Emotive language is emotions changed to words...Ava
...from Miles
With emotive language you are persuading the readers to come to the place you are advertising...Declan
...from Jordi
Emotive language is trying to convince people to change their mind...Miles
This is our first movie for 2016! We have been debating the worth of handwriting after finding out that Finland has scrapped the teaching of handwriting. The Years three and four students completed all the filming themselves!
As the year draws to a close, the students from Middle Matters have completed their amazing inquiries into Climate Justice.
This brief snapshot of presentation slides gives a glimpse into how they've made the connections between the facts,the Global Goals, Catholic Social Teaching and the papal encyclical, "Laudato Si."
Furthermore, they have raised awareness amd discussed possible actions that can be taken, even as a primary student!
Our inquiry asks, "How are we Called to Care for our Common Home?" As we look at the call of Laudato Si and its implications for sustainability and the stewardship of creation, we take time to look at and paint some of the wondrous things in our world!
Today, our school held a fundraiser for Sock-tober to help children in Madagascar, through Catholic Mission. We wore crazy socks to school and brought a gold coin donation to help support this great cause.
The day was a success and everyone was happy! -Stephanie and Jamie (Social Justice leaders)
A wonderful aspect of fourth term is seeing a year of learning come to fruition. So it was when the senior classes recently
researched aspects of geometry in expert groups. Over three to four days, the students presented their learning while their peers took notes and gave feedback. Here's the student feedback! Great to see the pros dominate!
Expert Groups for Maths
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what we can do ourselves
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fun to design own learning
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explanations from presenters mightn’t be clear
What does Pope Francis mean by a "throwaway culture?" Today we reflected on part of Chapter 1 in "Laudato Si," highlighting what spoke to us and annotating some responses.
Ciaran: his message is clear-to respect what you have and don't just throw it out when "it's time!' Ben: we used to repair a lot of things but now we just buy something new-we are not upcycling well. Joe: we over-package, we don't upcycle and we always want "new" things! Angus: these days we even make things to be thrown away! Maria: we don't take care of things properly-we take things for granted and don't bother to repair things anymore. Jamie: Pope Francis means that we always want new things even though the things we have work. If we upcycle, people can use things we don't want!
Alexa noted," You will know where to improve the next time you write this sort of text!"
Alexa noted," You will know where to improve the next time you write this sort of text!"
