This half-term, Year 5 has been exploring aspects of computer programming using a microcontroller called a Crumble. By connecting the Crumble - which looks like what you might call a computer chop - to a Chromebook, you can programme attachments like LEDs and motors to respond to a code. By editing the code, you can change which component jumps into action, and for how long. If you add a forever loop, it will follow the programme indefinitely (or until the battery runs out!).

Codes like this will prove useful for anyone exploring computer programming in later life.