In this week’s computing, Y6 were tasked with making a ‘Chat Bot’ which was an interactive quiz!
In order to make this program, they had to write a series of algorithms which looked like this…
Challenge your child to define both program and algorithm! Here they are in action!
We had to work as a team, constantly checking our code in case there was a bug. The main aim of today’s session was to practise adding a variable.
Ask your child what their variable was and how it worked.
When we found a bug, we used logical reasoning to debug it – it felt so satisfying to finally fix the problem that has been truly bugging you!
Finally, we showed our Chat Bot quizzes to the rest of the class for them to play along, with some really funny results!
Using selection meant that our Chat Bots responded to us differently depending on which answer we’d given – the program chose which algorithm to carry out.
Clever stuff, Y6!
Remember: if you want to practise at home, you can! Have a go on Scratch online.