Thursday, 9 June 2011
Amazing 3-d shapes
We constructed pyramids, cubes, cuboids and many other shapes using matchsticks and marla.
SOAK IT UP
We tested various materials in water to see if they were absorbent or waterproof.
We tested cotton wool, cardboard, plastic, tin foil, kitchen roll, newspaper and a sponge.
More Robotics
We followed the tutorials and made many interesting things.It was challenging but we loved it.
We made two twirling birds that rotate, a crocodile who's mouth opens and closes and a boat which rocks back and forth!
A Visitor
Tony Reidy is a secondary school teacher.His class do the First Lego League every year.Tony showed us how to program his LEGO robot. We found out that it is very similar to our Junior LEGO league!
Robotics
We are getting very good at following the instructions,assembling the lego and programming it on the computer.
Sunday, 8 May 2011
ROBOTICS
Our school has been extremely lucky to have been chosen as one of the first ever schools in Ireland and the UK to have been introduced to the Lego WeDo robotics.We will be making lego structures and then programming them on the computer to perform different functions.We had our first lesson today with our kits. We could programme a motor to work.It was a lot of fun.We worked well in our teams.
CHARACTERS
We studied characters from different stories and came up with many different characteristics.We loved drawing the pictures too!
HOW TO WRITE A STORY
An author and illustrator came in to talk to us about how to write your own story and draw the pictures too.
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