Over the week we have completed a range of ‘6 Brick’ challenges! This has provided opportunities for the children to develop many skills including creativity, communication, collaboration and team work.
Today Reception talked about different places we could host a show. Then we designed and built our own show using Lego. Next, we looked behind the scenes and talked about different jobs people might have at theatres, museums and galleries. After that, we build objects, tools and vehicles that the people doing these jobs might use. It was so much fun !!!
Who are the people who make a show happen?
Today we have thought about jobs people might do in when they make movies. We had lots of ideas.
We have worked with our friends to build objects, tools and vehicles that might be helpful to people who work on the stage or behind the scenes.
In today’s session we created a team model to showcase our chosen talents and interests. We explored how to use technology in creative ways and enjoyed adding motors, sensors and lighting to our builds. We used coding to make either the motor or light function on our models and tested the programmes to ensure the code did what we wanted it to do
STEM Week Day 3
Today the children discussed how to improve the experience of a performance through the use of visual effects and moving parts. They created a model vehicle and coded it to move forwards and backwards. They used this knowledge to begin planning their own project which would incorporate some movement. They discussed the various hobbies they have and thought about where they could showcase this and began to design their team project.
Year 1 were excited to continue our STEAM week! We talked about museums and what exhibits we might see. The children then worked together to build their own display for a museum.
We then moved on to building our own stage and creating a play. The children showed great communication and teamwork skills .
Today we began with some warm up ‘6 brick challenges’. Then we found out about museums and theatres. We then used the Lego to build our own threatres.
Today in Year 3 we have used motors to adapt models to shine light, move and make sounds. We thought about how technology can be used in the arts to make an impact. We had so much fun!
Today we started learning about theatre technology and museum exhibits. We built a rotating model using the SPIKE app then sent a code to our model to make it move. We explored changing the programme to make the model go faster or slower and change direction. We also created a model with a light sensor and adapted our models to create a scene for a theatre stage or exhibit. We have learnt so much already!
The children were so excited to start our STEAM week. We talked about this year’s theme of the Arts and how we can showcase our hobbies. The children enjoyed building a stage and were challenged to think about how to make a music concert enjoyable. They did a fantastic job and worked so well in teams.
