![]() This stage in my GPP placement is proving to be incredibly hectic - I am currently juggling university tasks, school planning, marking and evaluation, day-to-day file admin, the school nativity play, ongoing CPD and preparation for a looming school inspection! However, it was great to see my Year 1 class use the app PicCollage the other day, as part of their work on Diwali. Children use this app throughout the school, from manipulating shapes in EYFS, to producing anti-bullying posters and science displays in KS2. I led the input of this Computing lesson, using the visualiser and an iPad to demonstrate how to open the app, choose a new page and get started. As before, my teacher and I deliberately let the class work it out for themselves, in pairs. This was an effective strategy, and children were helping each other across the classroom. They learned how to use stickers, add texts and images, take their own photos and change the background colour/pattern. Although we may not have learned too much about Diwali in that session, the children quickly became adept and were delighted with their own work. It is fantastic to see them becoming digitally literate, and their apprehension of technology is being increasingly replaced by excitement and curiosity. Images are included with kind permission of the headteacher.
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