Code will save us
A blog to document one school's use of GPIO (with Raspberry Pi) to enhance the teaching and learning of primary science.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Science Lab Days a great success.
Science lab days were a great success. Eight primary schools visited ,over the two days, to participate in a variety of STEM challenges.
Engineer, Trevor Olsen, was on hand to lend coding support to the electronics projects.
Medina School attended to demonstrate the sensor potential of the BBC Microbit.
Barton school children acted as technicians to support children from the other schools.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
2 weeks to go!
Dear Colleagues,
We are now 2 weeks away from the first Island wide Primary coding event (fanfare!)
Here are the plans so far. Please contact me if anything is incorrect.
Schools attending Thursday 16th June.Wroxall St Blasius. Honeyhill Brighstone Niton Summerfield
Schools attending Friday 17th June.Wootton Yarmouth and Shalfleet (Godshill Arreton Oakfield Chillerton mixed teams) Bay Primary Broadlea?
Schedule for each morning
9.15-9.30 : arrival and refreshments.
9.30: welcome and introduction.
9.45 : circus of activities begins. Groups of 6 to rotate around a variety of coding challenges.
These will include Mr Trevor Olsen (inventor of GPIO box). Medina School pupils will be demonstrating their early work with The BBC Microbits.
11.45 Feedback and demonstrations of good work.
12.15 finish. Schools are welcome to stay and have packed lunches here. If it's nice we could all eat them on the field. 1 pm event finishes.
Hopefully this should be great fun for everyone. Please don't hesitate to contact me with any queriesAndy Fessey
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Code-it day Friday 17th June.
So far 8 primary schools on the island have indicated they will be sending teams of 6 children to our Science Code-it day.As part of the grant award from the Primary Science Teaching Trust, Barton School pupils will be sharing our learning and resources with other local schools.
Participating schools: yarmouth,Shalfleet, Niton, Wootton,Wroxall,St Blasius,The Bay,Summerfield.
Dear potential code it participants,Thank you for responding to this idea. It will hopefully be fun and a chance to cross pollinate.I am not any kind of specialist but am exploring the potential of new technologies.My plan so far is to have a Science/coding challenge using scratch linked to GPIO boxes.I would also like to have examples of other coding for the children to experience.Perhaps each school could bring something along to share as well? I'm very happy for suggestions.Many thanksAndy Fessey
Great video release by Graham Hastings.
A guide to using Raspberry Pi with the GPIO interface.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQGedyDcfA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQGedyDcfA&feature=youtu.be
Monday, April 18, 2016
Date
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Activity
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Science link
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1-3-16
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Blink
To
write a scratch code that activates the LED on the gPiO box
Connect
wiring to external bulb.
Children
are to try out different inputs
Notes: Trained up Reece and Taylor to cascade this through class.
Difficulties with space to set up all the equipment.
|
Building
on their work in year 4, pupils should construct simple series circuits, to
help them to answer questions about what happens when they try different
components, for example, switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors. They should
learn how to represent a simple circuit in a diagram using recognised
symbols.
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1-4-16
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To
broadcast for varying amounts of time controlled from code
Add a
buzzer as fog horn
Children
are to try out different inputs
Lighthouse code
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Pupils might work
scientifically by: systematically identifying the effect of changing one
component at a time in a circuit; designing and making a set of traffic
lights, a burglar alarm or some other useful circuit.
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What is the password?
Burglar alarm. http://resources.gpio.co.uk
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Pupils might work
scientifically by: systematically identifying the effect of changing one
component at a time in a circuit; designing and making a set of traffic
lights, a burglar alarm or some other useful circuit.
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1-5
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Create simple tunes using sonic pi. Match to tuned (vibrating) glass
bottles.
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Sound
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Design a Science quiz
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1-6
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Day of code- schools invited to attend. A series of challenge
activites for IOW schools.
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June 2016
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Sunday, March 13, 2016
PSTT College Bid
College Fellow/Member name : Gail
Eagar
School : Barton Primary and
Early Years Centre
Email address : gail.eagar@bartonpri.iow.sch.uk
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Background to the project
There are a number of schools in special
measures/requiring improvement, the majority of schools prioritise literacy
and numeracy. Last year, our school (based
in the most deprived area on the Island) was also in special measures. Barton school ensured that Science was
still of high importance. Through good
quality Science teaching and leadership, standards and attainment were raised
in both in Science and other subjects. In May, OFSTED rated us as a ‘good’ school. Now we want to take this achievement one step
further and support other schools to help them raise the standard of the teaching
and learning of Science.
As technology is at the forefront of Science and
learning, we want to make a ‘Science Technology lab’ for schools on the
Island to use. Recently, a new member
of staff (Andy Fessey) joined us. He has the knowledge, vision, drive and
enthusiasm to support this venture. He
has been trialling different ways to enthuse his students in Science. Using new
technologies, he found that children from disadvantage backgrounds (of which
there is a high percentage in our school) were more switched on and eager to
learn through the use of technology.
He found that by teaching Science in this creative/technological way,
supported raising the standard of not only Science, but computing, literacy
and maths skills. (Evidence of this
available on request).
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Description of your project
Our project idea is to have a ‘Barton Science Tech Lab’. In the lab will be up to date technology to
help children investigate Science using the latest digital equipment. (See equipment
budget breakdown).
The ‘Science Tech Lab’ is a
project that will bring Science to children in a way that is interesting,
relevant, engaging and motivating to Barton them. The project – when up and
running will be child –led, with older children modelling to younger children
and those from other schools.
The equipment will enable
our school and other interested schools to teach parts of the new primary
Science curriculum in ways that we have not been able to do before due to
lack of equipment.
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Impact
Staff lack knowledge of how
to use technology linking with Science.
So this project will enable teachers to receive the training required
to become more confident to use the different technology.
The project will give the
children from Barton the opportunity to be ‘tutors’ to the children from Barton
and other schools. This will help
raise the attainment and enthusiasm of Science.
Using technology (i.e.
ipads) will help the SEN/less able children to record orally and give them a
sense of achievement at being able to speak about what they find out instead
of the frustration of trying to write about it.
Higher ability children
will have the opportunity to move forward with their own learning, by helping
others learn and the freedom of trialling new tech in their own way.
Pupil voice showed that
last year, when the children were taking part in Science lessons using
technology- they were motivated and engaged.
Children (-prioritising
those from disadvantaged backgrounds/SEN/LA will have access to ‘Barton
Science Lab’ once a week after school to help raise attainment in Science.
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Shared Practice
Science coordinators will
be invited to an open evening.
As the Island is quite
small, we will be willing to share the facilities with any schools that are
interested. (We can make a cluster of
specific schools if required).
We will host a ‘Science
Technology’ day which other schools can bring children to sample what we have
to offer.
Interested schools will
come and use our facilities.
When the project is
established – Barton will host child-led joint Science technology projects.
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Evaluation
Staff questionnaires
Pupil voice
Feedback from other schools
Work scrutiny
Progress measures
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Time out of class needed
& Science engineers
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Time out of class to order
equipment & set up the lab (3 days x £200)
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£600
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Time out of class to train Barton
Staff (1 day x £100)
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£200
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Time out of class to
support other schools using lab (9 days x £200)
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£1800
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Expert engineers: (3 days
x £300)
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£900
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Time out of class to work
with engineer so that info can be given to other schools. (3 days x £200)
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£600
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Equipment needed
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Digital microscopes (2 x
£50)
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£100
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Rasperry pi, cases and
external hub (5 x £30) (£50)
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£350
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7 inch LCP monitors with
keyboards (5 X £70)
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£350
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Raspberry Pi cameras (3 x
£25)
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£75
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Connecting leads
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£100
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GP10 boxes: (5 x £70)
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£350
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Mini ipads (30 x £200)
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£6000
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Digital stop watches (20 x
£5)
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£100
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Data loggers (2 x £150)
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£300
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Lab coats: KS2 size (30 x £13)
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£390
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Lab coats: 30: KS1 size (30
x £11)
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£330
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Digital weather station
(2x£30)
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£60
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4 Tronix integrated robots
(2 x £66)
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£132
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Movement sensors 96 x £10)
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£60
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Headphones 30 x £10
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£300
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Total request
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£13097
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Activities and Science links.
Date
|
Activity
|
Science link
|
1-3-16
|
Blink
To
write a scratch code that activates the LED on the gPiO box
Connect
wiring to external bulb.
Children
are to try out different inputs
Notes: Trained up Reece and Taylor to cascade this through class.
Difficulties with space to set up all the equipment.
|
Building
on their work in year 4, pupils should construct simple series circuits, to
help them to answer questions about what happens when they try different
components, for example, switches, bulbs, buzzers and motors. They should
learn how to represent a simple circuit in a diagram using recognised
symbols.
|
Add a
buzzer as fog horn
Lighthouse code
|
Pupils might work
scientifically by: systematically identifying the effect of changing one
component at a time in a circuit; designing and making a set of traffic
lights, a burglar alarm or some other useful circuit.
|
|
What is the password?
|
Pupils might work
scientifically by: systematically identifying the effect of changing one
component at a time in a circuit; designing and making a set of traffic
lights, a burglar alarm or some other useful circuit.
|
|
Day of code- schools invited to attend
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