Author Archives: Mrs L READ

This week, Year 1 had their first use of our school laptop computers, but first they needed to be able to identify the screen, keyboard and mouse/trackpad.

They enjoyed learning how to turn on and log in to a laptop computer using their QR codes.

All of the children had a turn at developing their trackpad skills by completing a puzzle program. They needed to use the trackpad to grab and drag each puzzle piece… this proved a little tricky and it’s a skill that we will be working on developing more next week.

Year 1 were excited to start their Computing lessons this week, more especially to get their hands on the laptops… but first we had to find out what Technology is.

We shared thoughts about what the word ‘technology’ actually means and we discovered it is anything made by people to help us.

The children then searched our classroom to find items of technology.  The children were able to find many things and say how they help us… Chester told us that “pencils help us write and draw”, while Ivy said “the globe shows us the world and where places are” and all the children were surprised when Elio said his coat was technology as it helps to keep him dry and warm!

Technology is absolutely everywhere in our classroom, so we had to go outside to find things that aren’t technology… trees and the sky aren’t technology as they are not made by people.