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Coding collaborative project Cantania

he ESO4 citizenship class good teacher because today he
Thelped the students from showed us how to play a game
Primary 5 learn how to do of coding a robot. We had real
some simple coding. Coding is fun and I've learnt about robots
a process of creating computer today.
programmes that is a much This is the text they wrote the
valued but under-taught skill. second day:
Joan Bañares: We had very
Diego García/Martin Ward/ difficult levels but Diego knew
Golnara Bosty how to solve them and he
So, ESO4 have tried to correct explained us how to do it and
this situation by self-learning and you have to light up the tiles that now I know how to do it and I
then teaching to the younger are in a yellow colour. I had two finished the game.
students. It was incredible to see kids to teach. The kids wrote Joan Cadena: Today I finished
how well both sets of students some sentences the first and the game with Diego. He helped
responded to each other so second day and the last day they me always and I understood it at
positively, constructively and answered some questions. At the the first time. I played at home ste año nos hemos en diferentes conciertos. Los
harmoniously. end they made a certificate with but now I have finished the Eestrenado como escuela padres y público asistente queda
This last 3 weeks, for 3 days, we the the website and they played the game. en el Proyecto Internacional sorprendido por las emociones
4th of ESO class have been going angry birds coding game online, These are some screenshots from Cantania, una cantata para coro que esta multitud de niños,
to the Primary 5 class. We have too. the kids that did the levels. The de niños de primaria y orquesta, acompasados con la música,
helped the class learn coding This is the text they wrote the first one is easy, the second one que anualmente organiza el puede llegar a transmitir. Una
with an app called "Lightbot one first day: is a bit complicated and the last Auditorio de Barcelona. experiencia inigualable para
hour coding". It is an app that Joan Bañares: Today Diego one is difficult. los alumnos de la EIC que, por
you have a small robot and with showed me how to use this I had real fun with the kids and Caterina Blanco primera vez, se enfrentan a una
codes and you have to code the game and today I had fun, Diego I like very much helping kids. I En él se reúnen más de 500 actividad tan multitudinaria y
robot so it moves and jumps and is a very good teacher. would like to do another activity escuelas de Cataluña y del resto de calidad, como es el Proyecto
then when you arrive to the point Joan Cadena: Diego is a very like this. del Estado español, agrupadas Cantania.

Hands on our orchard Primary 6 create

rimary 4 has been very busy spring onions, potatoes and carrots. their own comics!
seed that Berta had along with
Pthroughout this year looking
after our miny orchard. After learning how to grow plants,
we took a chance to visit the year 4´s fter the success of the decided to choose our own
Mr. Iniesta orchard. APuppet Pals-Saint Jordi characters and locations, and
Mariona: We moved the soil to Iker: Mr Iniesta, it's amazing! There Story, in Primary 6 we have we even wrote our own plots.
prepare the garden, then we put is lettuce growing outside the been working with a new app This app is a great learning tool
some water in the garden and some orchard. Look everyone! on our iPads called "Comic that promotes creativity whilst
sticks to feed the plants. We looked at all of the plants and Maker" that has allowed us to working on writing skills and
Mark: Miss Herminia brought some tried to guess what they were. We create our own comics. text features, and that is why
plants and we planted them in the touched some leaves and they we would recommend it to
garden. Mark: Now we are happy because smelled of tomatoes. Iris Pujol anybody who likes comics and
Mariona: We made holes with tools we don't have problems with We all wrote a letter to the year 4´s This app offers the possibility designing.
and then we planted the plants. children. Before there were too to tell them how great their orchard of using different characters Here you have an example
Ainara: Before planting, we planted many ants that ate our plants. is. Some of us suggested to them to and landscapes that are already that was created by one of the
seeds but they died because some Mariona: The gardeners took all the label each section so we know what included in the program, but students in class! We hope you
children broke into the garden and ants and now there are only some they planted straight away. We also as we are very creative we like it!
killed all the plants. and it is better. offered them some spare seeds that
Mark: I felt very sad because we had Ainara: We planted tomatoes and we still had in our classroom.
done a lot of work in this garden. melons. Ciara: We spoke on skype with my
Ainara: Yes, some children stepped Mark: We also planted red onions grandma in England who has lots of
on the garden. and watermelons. plants and she said that sunflowers
Mariona: Now some gardeners We are very proud of our community need lots of space.
have come and put some sticks in work! From this idea we decided to plant

a rectagle to separate the garden. Our adventurous team of year 1A our sunflowers in the ochard.
Mr Allisson told everyone in the and 1B also created their own little This was another successful and
asssembly not to go to the garden greenhouse inside the classroom. enriching experience project shared
because we had worked so hard. Benjamin: We planted a sunflower by different age groups together. By Ana, Laura, Cristina, Naroa & Martina.