kathleen.johnston

Sorry I haven’t made an entry for a while – it has been a busy time! So, a new year and a new term! As usual, I have been working with my colleagues to plan and team teach ICT. P1/2 are covering Collecting and Analysing. We have started off by looking at why we might want to collect information and how we can use it. First lesson we gathered information in two groups relating to going on holiday. Each group used a yes/no tick sheet and collected the information from within their group. They displayed the results on a graph and reported back on their findings to the other group. Where is the ICT in that, I hear you say, but we wanted to go over the necessary skills involved in gathering and analysing information before we added the ICT bit. Last week we sorted some information using a lovely Kidspiration activity on the Promethean board that Janice put together for us – great fun using photos of the children and sorting them into what clothes they had on that day. We then carried out a collecting and analysing activity using 2Simple – 2Graph. The children collected information about the colour of their swimming costumes and entered the information into a simple spreadsheet within the software. They then created different types of graphs and discussed the results. So that day we were covering maths, language, topic work, science, oh, and ICT. The graphs looked great on the board and prompted some fantastic discussion from the kids about their results. Over the next few weeks we will be going on to use skills to collect information for ourEco
School annual environmental review. The children will be presenting and reporting back these results to the rest of the school. We also have a fun day planned for the end of term with P1/2 and P3/4 getting together to work on a mini research project. The children will be working in small groups and they will be reinforcing the ICT skills they have covered this year. At the end of the activity the groups will present their findings to the rest of the class. There will be an emphasis on collaboration and peer support. I am looking forward to seeing how the children use and share their skills.