The children in Miss Daly’s room really enjoy working with Beebots. These friendly little robots are a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation and problem-solving. As a “Hands On – Minds On” school these robots allow our children to experience hand’s on maths in the most enjoyable way.
The children in 1st and 2nd class were delighted to code their first Scratch computer game. Scratch coding allows children to become content creators – a skill that is becoming increasingly important. At Togher N.S. we enable children to use I.T. as a tool rather than just entertainment.
During the summer two teachers from Togher N.S. were invited to a workshop on 3D design and printing. This 3.5 day course was funded by EIT-Manufacturing and supported by Stryker and I-Form (University College Dublin) in Ireland; Arts et Metier Institute of Technology in France; and University of Tartu in Estonia. Participating teachers were provided with a free, long-term loan of a 3D printer for their school.
3D printing makes learning active, giving students hand-on experience and brings their CAD (Computer-aided design) projects to life. With the expansion of the applications of 3D printing technology throughout industry, it is important that students start to develop the design and technical skills required to harness this technology while giving them an enjoyable, self- directed experience.
This week we explored computer aided design and set up our 3D printer. We soon printed our first CAD drawings.
DojoMór is a technology fun day for young people where they learn to: create a simple game, build a website, and program some electronics across Ireland in one day.
Free coding workshops from DojoMór 2022, funded by the Higher Education Authority of Ireland, will be running online, from 10am to 1pm, Saturday 22nd October 2022, offering a range of activities to suit all ages and interests. On the day, 20,000 students, from primary and secondary schools around Ireland, will learn to code in a fun and exciting virtual environment.
Coding Workshop List for DojoMór 2022:
We always look forward to celebrating Maths Week in Togher N.S. This year we introduced Times Tables Rock Stars. It is a fun and challenging programme designed to help children master the times tables! We are delighted to use our new iPads.
The children in 5th and 6th have sorted out the Vex Robotics Kits and are now busy building their first Vex Robots.
The children in Second class enjoyed coding with Scratch this week.
Scratch programming allows children to do amazing things by combining colourful coding blocks in interesting ways. As children progress they are able to use Scratch in more and more advanced ways.
Scratch is an excellent, engaging and fun environment for learning some fairly advanced mathematical concepts and the basics of computer science too.
Scratch programming allows children to use computers to express their creative ideas and solve practical problems and empowers children to be digital makers not just digital users. Scratch is free to download here https://scratch.mit.edu/download
School Excellence Digital funding has allowed Togher N.S. to purchase robotics and coding equipment for children from Jnr. Infants to 6th class. The children in Miss Daly’s room really enjoyed working with these friendly little Bee Bot robots this week. Bee Bots are a perfect tool for teaching sequencing, estimation and problem-solving and allow our pupils to experience “Hand’s On” numeracy in the most enjoyable way.
The children in First and Second class enjoyed coding with Scratch this week.
Scratch is an excellent, engaging and fun environment for learning some fairly advanced mathematical concepts and the basics of computer science too. Scratch is deceptively simple with its palette of brightly coloured blocks. The thing about Scratch programming though is that you can do amazing things when you combine the blocks in interesting ways. As children progress they are able to use Scratch in more and more advanced ways. Scratch has a low floor, but a high ceiling.
Scratch programming allows children to use computers to express their creative ideas and solve practical problems and empowers children to be digital makers not just digital users. Scratch is free to download here https://scratch.mit.edu/download
We were delighted with the return of Mangahigh to our school today. Pupils from 3rd – 6th have received their unique passwords to log into www.mangahigh.com
Students earn points towards your school’s total by completing any activity on Mangahigh. This can assigned tasks set by Ms O Connell, recommendations from our virtual tutor or activities they have selected to do independently.
How do the points work?
Earning a bronze medal is worth 1 point, a silver is worth 2 and a gold medal is worth 3 points towards your school’s score.
