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Adding Text @RRIS
We are nearly there! The board games are looking amazing but we still need to add the hazard spaces! This week the Digital Leaders learnt how to add text to their board games and how to use the special tool to push text underneath so that it would fit neatly into their spaces of their … Continue reading
Colouring our board game @RRIS
This week the Digital Leaders coloured their board games by using the fill tool in Textease. They used a repeating pattern for the main spaces with contrasting Start and Finish spaces. At the end they filled the background with a fancy fill. They look amazing so far and everyone has really enjoyed it and can’t … Continue reading
Winning Design @RRIS
Drum role please!! The winning design unanimously chosen by all the staff and pupils was this magnificent effort which was announced in Celebration assembly on Friday. Everyone said how much they liked the colours and the very clear design of a computer so everyone would know what the Digital Team was all about. We are … Continue reading
Drawing our Game Board @RRIS
Following on from their paper board game designs the Digital Leaders transferred their board games on to Textease, using the easy snap to grid function. They learnt how to do this easily and get rid of any mistakes they made. “I am looking forward to showing the class how easy it is to copy the … Continue reading
Designing an Esafety Board Game @RRIS
This half term the Year 2 children are designing and making a board game for Year 1 children to remind them about Esafety rules and how to keep themselves safe when using a computer. This week the Digital Leaders used a paper grid, like the one they used last week in Textease, to design their … Continue reading
Designing New Digital Leader Logo @RRIS
Every year the Digital Leaders have a new logo for the website and some new lanyards and badges. In preparation for our designs we looked at some of the winning designs from previous years and talked about what we thought was essential on the badge and everyone set to work. “I hope that my design … Continue reading
Drawing with a Grid @RRIS
To start off the new school year the new Digital Leaders learnt how to use the grid function in Textease to draw Minecraft style pictures but drawing outline shapes with squares or triangles and filling them in. This is in preparation for their board game design they will be doing next week. “It is really … Continue reading
Amending Text @RRIS
Following on from our introduction to MS Word last week, the Digital Leaders learnt how to retrieve the work that they saved into their My Documents and to amend their text. We learnt how to select text by clicking and dragging over it, then amending the font and size, then colouring the text and adding … Continue reading
Introduction to MS Word @RRIS
This week the Digital Leaders started on the journey to become MS Word masters! Word looks a lot more difficult than Textease but at this stage in Year 2 we all felt that we were ready to give it a try. We decided that we were going to write some sentences all about ourselves and … Continue reading
Dance Mat Typing @RRIS
This week the Digital Leader practised their typing skills ready for the forthcoming weeks work. They used all the Learn to Type weblinks on our school website, focussing on holding their hands in the correct position trying to use all their fingers on the correct keys. At the end of the session they were all … Continue reading