Our last week before the winter break was filled with some great learning...and lots of fun! The festive spirit continued as we made nutcracker Christmas ornaments and learned about Hanukkah. We read a picture book: Is it Hanukkah yet? and made connections to the story. We gathered lots of fascinating information about biomes last week and this week we learned how to use Office 365 Sway to share our learning. Before getting started we got some helpful tips on how Sway works and then we signed into our Office 365 Education accounts and began experimenting. We inserted text and images into sections called cards and then played around with the design. We loved the “remix!” button that randomly changed the design. There were so many different options! After having fun playing around on Sway, we were ready to focus on using it to share information about our biomes. We were introduced to Ozobots this week - miniature robots that are loads of fun!! Ozobots travel along a pathway and follow special colour sequences that they encounter along the way. The colour sequences are codes that the Ozobot can understand…so when it sees blue green red, for example, it will go its fastest speed for 3 seconds while flashing green and white before returning to its cruising speed. We loved using codes while mapping out paths for the Ozobots to follow. It was tricky at first, but we learned so much simply by making mistakes. We've tested our paths and have shared, revised and retested. It’s been great to see the excitement and the perseverance. One of the last things we did this week was Christmas cards for police officers working on Christmas Day. It was a great way for us to show gratitude and kindness in the community, and I’m sure they will bring a smile to many faces. Wishing you all a relaxing winter break with your families and looking forward to hearing stories in the new year! Happy New Year!
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