Een prachtig boek over een robot zonder hart en een vogel zonder huis. Ik wist wel dat ik dit boek zou liefhebben, de cover alleen al is geweldig en de blurb maakt het nog mooier. Het boek gaat over een robot wiens hart is verdwenen, de andere robots proberen hem te helpen... maar zoals ik al had verwacht liep dat niet zo goed (al vraag ik me af of ze ansich eens met een hart hebben geprobeerd), hij wordt naar de schroot gestuurd (arme robot helemaal moedersziel alleen op die nare plek), en dan ontmoet hij een vogeltje. En die zorgt ervoor dat alles weer zingt, dat hij vederlicht is, en meer. Ik waarschuw wel, het einde daar moest ik toch even bijna huilen want was dat verdrietig maar tegelijkertijd prachtig en mooi. A discarded robot offers a home to a cold bluebird. He finds his own value and worth, along with a new heart, by helping the bird migrate to a warm home. A sweet and touching story that students in Kindergarten and first grade will easily understand. Some of the prior attainment (retrieval) task at the start are based on previous books the children have read based on our Rise of the Robots topic and these can be changed to match your previous books. We have included five different resources for this activity so you can choose which best suits your KS1 class. The Robot loves the warmth and life the Bluebird brings to him and he offers to carry it through the cold lands to the warm south. When the Robot reaches his destination he is exhausted.

tender, touching and hopeful... this modern fable about the power of love to regenerate unfolds at a gentle pace and to great effect.’ Julia Eccleshare, GuardianIn this activity, your class will read through the extract from the book and identify the nouns, verbs and adjectives. Reading Path: salient features of an image give us this, it ranges from most salient to least salient Vectors: connections between one element of an image to another, hence they lead us around the image Reading Path Vector From my first look at the cover of the book, I thought "tin man" from the Wizard of Oz. I don't know if it's my mood or what, but the message in this book seems too blatant and "in your face". I love the illustrations, and the whole idea of the bird giving life to this robot who is missing his he...... Lucas produces his most meditative work to date in a tale that reads like a mechanical improvement on Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince.” When a robot’s heart breaks unexpectedly he is sent to the scrap heap to wait out his days, until one cold night a bluebird lands on him. She can go no further on her journey south and takes up residence in the robot’s empty chest. The robot offers her a permanent home there, and when she explains that she must travel south he offers to take her. The trip proves too much for the old robot, however, and when they finally make it, his last words to her are, “Make your home in my heart,” which she does, along with her fellow birds. A quiet beauty permeates this old-fashioned story. The illustrations convey the robot’s simple dignity, color, perspective and sequencing neatly choreographing the tale’s emotional trajectory. (Picture book. 4-8)

Your class will explore how the feelings of both the robot and the bird changed throughout the story. A Glimpse of Excellence! Highlights prepared by Jena M. Rainey. Building the Robot. In the beginning…. Robotics Team Sponsors : Ms. Jena M. Rainey and Ms. Jacqueline C. Rhodes. Have fun logging on to sketchpad which we will be using in class. This can be found on https://sketch.io/sketchpad/ The slides are created using dual coding strategies to reduce the children’s cognitive overload and hopefully support children with SEN and EAL. Science- Explore different materials in your house eg. plastic, cardboard, wool. Can you recycle the materials and create a collage of your own choice eg. your perfect pet, or self-portrait, etc.Your class will add the words or the pictures from the word mat to complete the sentences. They can also use the word mat to help with spelling. Your Year 1 / Year 2 class will read the entire story and then answer the questions as best they can.

He asks the Bluebird to make its home in his heart. Now he stands forever, his rusted arms outstretched, while families of birds make their nests inside him and perch on him to sing. We would just like to say a big thank you to all parents / carers and their children for creating some amazing homework last half term. You were very creative and it has a pleasure for the children to share their home learning with the class. Well done children. The Autonomous navigation Robot. By: 1- Aws Al- Nabulsi 2- Ibrahim Wahbeh 3- Odai Abdallah Supervised by: Dr. Kamel Saleh. Overview. The main idea of the project is to create an open source hardware and software robotic platform that can be easily adapted to do several tasks.Go on a walk around your local area. Write down or take a photo of three human features that you can see and three physical features that you can see. I wonder who can find a feature that could be either human or physical? Computing -This half term we are using the computers. We are using a paint programme to get the children used to using a mouse, selecting colours and changing their brushes. Any support at home would be appreciated. What do we do with Tin Men who have no heart? Well, we kindly show them that no matter whether the organ is there or not, this is not where kindness and love truly reside. As with Baum’s Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz, Lucas presents us with a Robot without a heart (it starts off broken) and he is left to rust because of it. On a huge scrapheap he remains open to the elements, gradually loses his sheen and rusts. It is only when a bluebird, tired from journeying, takes harbour in the space with his heart once was that his life and purpose changes. This encounter begins a touching journey and a legacy of friendship that is deeply beautiful. Very sweet, and I think, sad story. Broken-hearted Robot finds a new sense of purpose when he finds Bluebird in need. This one should be discussed, not just read: Why did Robot do what he did? Did he "die" happy? (Did he die at all?) Why do people need a sense of purpose? Is it more important to... ...more Abduction, Induction, and the Robot Scientist. Ross D. King Department of Computer Science University of Wales, Aberystwyth. The Concept of a Robot Scientist.

A very simple story with a profound message. The metaphors within this book are numerous and none of them are forced. I would read this book with any child between the ages of one and ten and I think they would find the beauty in the text. In my opinion, this is one of the best picture books to b... ... Maths -Create your own numberline (up to 10 or 20) using natural objects eg. 1 pine cone, 2 leaves. We are very much looking forward to brighter and lighter days so we can get outside more so roll on Spring. If you need to speak to us please catch us at the gate or speak to Mrs Bartlett in the office.tender, touching and hopeful . . . this modern fable about the power of love to regenerate unfolds at a gentle pace and to great effect." (Julia Eccleshare Guardian)