Year 5 Computing – To use the count tool to answer hypotheses about common letters in use.

In Computing this week, Year 5 investigated how to use spreadsheets for literacy. Prior to the children putting their knowledge into practice, we recapped ‘Advance Mode, ‘How Many?’ Tool and Variables. Using this knowledge, we made a vowel counter spreadsheet that enabled us to test if ‘e’ really is the most popular vowel.

After this, the children improved the spreadsheet with consonants and conjunctions; testing the most popular one and comparing it to some research.