Spotlight on Bloom 5

  

As part of their project on the Human Body, Bloom 5 have been learning about the body systems and what makes a healthy body.

Armed with this new information, they split up into groups to design and create something that would promote healthy living.

Recognising a direct correlation between positive mental health in children and having good friends; one of the Bloom 5 groups came up with the idea of creating an app to help young people connect. 'Friend Finder' looked to match up different young people based on their hobbies and interests in order to allow students to find more friends.

Working closely with Mr Marc, the group used Apple's 'Swift Playgrounds' app, designed for early application development. Using the app gave the students a first look at purposeful coding and the incredible amount of problem solving skills involved this kind of creation.

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the form of ChatGPT, Viggo, Lottie and Luna were able to write and edit some extremely complex code to make their app have the aesthetics and functionality that they imagined. They designed every part of how the app looks from its logos to its buttons.

Recognising the complex and ambitious nature of coding an app, the group simplified their idea slightly by integrating a Google Forms as a means of collecting and organising their 'Friend Finder' data.

Taking a different approach to the project, another of our Bloom 5 groups were inspired by their own passion for sport and fitness. The boys decided to create a collection of fitness video in the hope of encouraging others within and outwith the school to get and stay fit. They called their group 'Aztec Fitness'.

After taking the time to plan and record some motivational fitness content, the group used a combination of Canva for creating graphics and iMovie as a means of putting their project together. Check out a sneak preview of their content below.