Fantastic Apps

This term in year 3F, we got to explore a number of different apps. Today we are going to share with you our Favourite apps.

Sonic Pics - Celeste liked sonic pics because she was able to record her voice.

Martian -William liked this app because he got to create his own Martian. Joshua and Noah liked being able to create their own weird Martians and then take screen shots of them. Jacob thought it was good because he could make the Martian see through or hairy. Patrick liked being able to make outstanding things. Daniel and Finn liked it because you could change the appearance of the Martian. Luke thought this app was good because he could add batwings to his Martian.

Comic Touch – Meg and Lucinda liked comic touch because you can make speech bubbles and you can smudge the image. Maia liked how you could make people’s faces look funny. Axelle liked how you could take a photo of anything and then add your own speech bubbles. Jack thought it was good because you can make your own characters and your own comics.

Epic Citadel –Andrew thought this was his favourite app because you can find cool places. Alex thought it is a nice, beautiful app and he took lots of screenshots ( photos) of the more beautiful scenes in the app. Zacharie liked how you could go over bridges, go in the water and visit the top of waterfalls. Hannah liked this app because it gave lovely views from the bridge. Rory liked Epic Citadel because he could explore the village and inside the churches and towers. Matina liked it because she could go in the waterfall and see pretty things. She also loved the towers. Lucy liked being able to travel through a nice town. Tahlia liked the views and the beautiful castle. Emerson enjoyed this app because you can walk in the water and knock on doors.

Puppet Pals – Simon enjoyed Puppet pals because he could change the size of the characters to make them bigger or smaller.

We also enjoyed using Storycubes and I Can Animate.

This term we have also learnt a lot about using iPod touches like:-

Use the iPod carefully

How to do screenshots to take photos of our work.

How to find the apps we are using.

To enjoy the apps and how to use them.

How to use the camera function to take photos.

We learnt how to use language better.

We have all really had fun with the iPod Touches this term and look forward to using new apps in term 2.

What We Can Do On The iPods!

In class we have been using Dragon Dictation, Sonic pics and Noah’s Ark stories as well as other apps to help us learn and have fun. We have been using the Ipods to learn things that we can't learn in books.


We used the iPods for science. We took photos of plants, living and non-living things. We added our photos to an app called Sonic Pics. Then added our voices and writing to make a plant photo journal.


In religion we used an app call Dragon Dictation. We can talk into Dragon Dictation and it puts our words into text. Dragon Dictation was used to record our thoughts about actions and consequences.


On the Ipods we looked at two different Noah's Ark stories. Each iPod group shared with the class what features they liked about each story. One story read the text to use and the other Noah's Ark story had interactive pictures and text.


We love using the iPods to have fun and learn because they are awesome and educational.

Thanks 7P

Thanks Mrs Peasey and 7P for showing so much interest in our Year 3 blog. We have been using the iPod touches in our Numeracy rotations for about five weeks now. We always look forward to having our turn. We usually use apps that are either connected to the Maths concepts we are learning in class or help us practise our numeration techniques. This means we get to work on apps that help us become more accurate with our basic facts like addition and subtraction. We have used a variety of apps over the 5 weeks. These are a few we have used and enjoyed:

• Clockmaster


• PopMaths


• Apples


• Comp Carl


• Shapes Lite


• Tangrams


• Sums

These apps are easy and fun to use. The children in 3W enjoy using the iPod touches because we are 'learning and having fun at the same time'. Some of the apps present a real challenge because you progrees through different levels.

Hopefully you will keep up-to-date with our blog so you can all see the amazing benefits of using iPod touches in the classroom.

Awesome apps

This week 3F used two news apps in our language group time. These were Epic Citadel and Sonic Pics. Epic Citadel is an app where you get to explore a medieval castle and the area surrounding it. Sonic Pics lets you record your voice behind the photos you take with a screenshot. Here is what the class thought about these apps and what they learnt when they used them.

Hannah and Maia liked how in Epic Citadel they were able to go in the water. Rory discovered how you could jump out the water.

Meg, Andrew, Joshua, Axelle and William found out that in Epic Citadel you can knock on a door by tapping on the screen, but the door still didn't open.

Alex and Zach found out that my using the two circles on the screen, one could be used to turn the angle of the camera around and the other one moved you along without touching the screen.

Luke and Celeste used screen shots from Epic Citadel in Sonic pics to record their descriptions about the photos.

Lucy and Matina found a circus outside the Castle grounds in Epic Citadel. Tahlia, Jack and Noah found out how to go inside the circus tents.

Patrick thought Epic Citadel was the most beautiful, medieval land he has seen.

Daniel found a statue in the castle.

Next week we are not learning about any new apps. We are instead going to create descriptions either in comic touch or Sonic pics about our favourite apps we have used this term.