Pupils in S1, S2 and S4 in today for the first meeting of FHS Computing Club for this session. Everyone happily creating games in Scratch.😃
Mrs Alexander-Doyle
@fhscodeclub.bsky.social
Computing Science teacher at Falkirk High School. Lover of technology along with weird and wonderful creatures.
S2 pupils have recently been learning about the components of a computer system. The BBC Micro:Bits are great for this as they have different input and output devices. Here, pupils are using the light sensors and LEDs.
We recently polled our S3 classes on the type of activities they prefer for starts and plenaries. There was a very clear winner with WayGround being popular. "Wayground is more fun and interactive then any of the other options." "It's fun and interactive, you can get on with it yourself easily"
S1 wider achievement are working with Sphero robots in today’s lesson. We are using our numeracy skills to work out the number of degrees they have to turn to create different shapes.
2CN3 have beaten Mrs Alexander-Doyle's other S2 classes to rob the most money from Strathclyde bank using their skills on a command line interface. 2R1 came a close second and this activity is hosted by cyberskillslive.com Well done folks!
At the vets with one of my pet snakes and I'm seeing a potential N5 database question on this sticker. 🤣
Mrs Alexander-Doyle’s senior Digital media class we’re having fun with green screens last week. They are working on editing their footage during this week’s double periods. :-D
Our fabulous pupils getting me through parents evening.
Mr Lind and Mrs Alexander-Doyle are hosting the second FHS STEM family learning event this evening. @falkirkhighschool.bsky.social
Pupils in Mrs A-D’s S3 class using AI tools to format a document into a text file that can be more easily read. #aiforgood
S3 pupils are making use of @wayground.bsky.social’s new passage feature. Pupils can view a passage of text with accompanying diagrams and answer questions.
S1 wider achievement have been designing their own computer games characters and creating these in Scratch 3 over the past few weeks.
S3 pupils using their binary conversion skills to create bracelets that represent their initials in ASCII. What a fun activity for the end of the week!
Using the power of AI for good! It was nice to see that the first three suggestions Co-pilot came back with were things we already do in Computing Science.
S3 Wider Achievement are developing their skills in working with computer graphics this morning!
At the STACS connected event in Glasgow, some awesome speakers including our very own @fhscomputing.bsky.social
Safe to say that S1 pupils have enjoyed their time in wider achievement computing this year. 😍
S3 Conputing Science pupils enjoyed an ASCII/binary scavenger hunt during their last week in the class. All teams gave it a good go but we'll done to Adrian, Josh and Jack who were the first team to finish!
Well done to Homachi who is being nominated for Mrs Alexander-Doyle's pupil of the month for her year group. Other nominations are Harris from the S1WA class, Kerr from S2 and Muhrin from S5. Great work this month everyone!
A thinking task to get Mrs A-D’s S3 class started today. Their job was to interpret the HTML code on the board and draw what they thought it’d look like in a browser.
Dylan in S1 Wider Achievement class has made this fantastic little animation in Flip a Clip. Great work Dylan!
Mrs Alexander-Doyle’s S3 Computing Science class are getting a taste of the National 5 course this week as part of faculty fortnight. Pupils are trying out procedural programming with Python and making short quiz programs.
