Most dances are based on sequences (procedures) which are repeated (loops). A great fun activity is to let the children get into groups, put some loud dance music on and let the children create ...
Aim Use the cardinal points of the compass and simple coordinates to locate an object in a grid Create a 5 x 5 grid on a piece of laminated card. Make a smiley face on a disc that will fit in a ...
Start off playing Simon Says. One child is nominated as ‘Simon’ (teacher should be Simon for the first few rounds) Tell the children that IF Simon says they should do something, THEN they do it ...
7 years ago with Comments Off on KS2 Creating algorithms for playground games in Advanced, Algorithms
This is an activity suitable for older children – we used it with 9-11 year olds. Print off these algorithms and in groups of 3 or 4, ask the children to look at the flow charts and tell them they are algorithms for some simple playground games they ...
9 years ago with Comments Off on KS2: What is computational thinking? in Beginners, Using logic
Computational thinking is about looking at a problem in a way that a computer can help to solve it. It is increasingly being used as an umbrella term to cover logic, algorithms, decomposition, ...
9 years ago with Comments Off on FP/KS1 Introducing Algorithms 3: ‘AND’ in Algorithms, Beginners
Rather than repeat the background information, if you have hit on this post for the first time, we suggest that you look at the FP/KS1 Introducing algorithms 1: 'IF' and 'THEN' and FP/KS1 ...