Practical Application with Google Workspace
This term in Digital Fluency, our students have been engaging in sophisticated projects leveraging Google Slides and Google Sheets, demonstrating significant growth in their digital proficiency. They’ve utilised Google Slides to design comprehensive house slideshows, a project that refined their visual communication skills, content organisation, and collaborative presentation techniques.
Simultaneously, the integration of a significant Term 3 timetable change provided a real-world context for applying Google Sheets. Students were tasked with designing and managing detailed timetables, a practical exercise that enhanced their data organisation, formula application, and analytical thinking abilities within a spreadsheet environment. These projects have provided invaluable hands-on experience, preparing them to tackle complex digital challenges with confidence and competence.
Year 9 Digital Fluency: Vibe Coding With Real Developer Tools
Every Year 9 Digital Fluency student now works in Visual Studio Code and GitHub, using AI to design, test and improve their own games and apps.
Year 10 Design and Technology: From Sketch to Screen
Students are learning Canva and SketchUp alongside hand-sketching fundamentals. The focus spans product design, graphic design, and architecture, from pencil to digital prototype.
Digital Fluency Students Become Video Tutorial Creators
Students became digital instructors, creating clear, engaging video guides on responsible use of shared devices.
Logic, Planning, and Critical Thinking
Students designed timetables, explored algorithms, and learned to spot misinformation using Canva.
From Elements to Websites
Students mapped the periodic table in Google Sheets, then built personal sites to showcase work across core and creative subjects.
Digital Fluency | Student Websites and Blackout Poetry
Students planned, designed and published simple websites. They then turned texts into visual poems in a Blackout Poetry project with English.
Animating Stories and Building Digital Fluency
Students have been using Canva to create animated stories, developing skills in design, collaboration, and digital citizenship.
Thinking Before We Click
Students used iPads and Freeform to map their digital footprints and discuss identity, privacy and the lasting impact of what we post.
