Year 4 visit the Science Centre and participate in a 'Computational Thinking Day'

On Thursday 24 January, 14 of our Year 4 girls participated in a ‘Computational Thinking Day' at BT Headquarters in Martlesham Heath, Suffolk. The focus of the day was problem solving and computational thinking processes, using a variety of software and hardware (including Scratch, Crumble and LEGO WeDo).

The day consisted of eight half-hour workshop sessions during which the girls learnt how to design, test and debug algorithms, convert ‘pseudo-code’ into computer code, make predictions, and use ‘repeat loops’ and ‘conditional statements’ to improve the efficiency of their code.

The girls had an exciting and challenging day, demonstrating excellent levels of enthusiasm, perseverance and teamwork. They were complimented by the organisers for their ability to transfer their new skills seamlessly between different applications and scenarios. 

The remaining Year 4 girls had a wonderful time exploring the complexities of space travel and research. In the morning, the girls were challenged to solve problems as if they were stranded on the moon, and they had to code robot arms while remembering key dates from space history. In the afternoon the girls visited the Cambridge Science Centre and learned about how to control liquids in space and how to operate robotic equipment using teamwork.