Mr. Mayoh

This term, Year 6 have been using programming tool Scratch to create animations and games. It’s a really great piece of software and we’ll continue to use it after half term.

If you would like to download Scratch to use at home it’s really easy to do. Best of all it’s totally FREE!

Follow these instructions to download Scratch at home. (If you do not have the internet at home please come and see me and I’ll find another way to help):

1. Open up Internet Explorer (or Google Chrome, Mozilla FireFox or whatever else you use to browse the internet)

2. Go to this website: http://scratch.mit.edu/

3. Click the orange ‘Download Scratch’ button next to the cat Sprite at the top of the page

4. If you are using a PC which runs Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 (which will be almost all of you) then click the middle link called ScratchInstaller1.4.exe. If you are using an Apple Mac computer, you’ll need to click the top link called MacScratch1.4.dmg.

5. Save the file to your computer, perhaps in My Documents or on the Desktop

6. Double click on the icon that you have downloaded and click Run if you are asked to, even if it says it may be harmful to your computer. We know it’s safe so it’s OK to install

7. Follow all of the instructions and click Next every time you need to and Finish after the last instruction

8. Scratch is installed on your computer. You can now use it to create brilliant games, animations and other creations.

Don’t forget to leave a comment on this blog if you have managed to make something in Scratch!