Website Wizards

Move over, professional web designers! There's a new generation of website creators in town and they've been busy putting their digital skills to the test!

This half term, Year 6 are stepping into the wonderful world of web design as they learn how to create their very own websites from scratch.

Before diving straight into the creative process, we began by putting on our research hats and exploring a variety of webpages. We even took a closer look at our very own Southill website to identify what makes a successful webpage. After some careful investigation and discussion, the children agreed that a great website needs to be eye-catching, informative and easy to navigate. After all, there's no point having a fantastic website if nobody can find their way around it!

Armed with their newfound knowledge, the children were introduced to Google Sites and the real fun began! First, they had to decide what their website would be about. With complete creative freedom, the children certainly didn't disappoint when it came to choosing their topics!

From darts to dance, horse riding to Remembrance and Liverpool to labradors, we've got quite the collection of websites taking shape! It's safe to say that no two websites are going to look quite the same!

Once their topics had been chosen, our budding web designers got stuck into creating their homepages. So far, they've designed eye-catching banners, written introductions to welcome visitors to their websites and started inserting images to bring their pages to life. It was fantastic to see the children making thoughtful design choices and beginning to develop their own unique styles.

The session absolutely flew by! In fact, I think a few of our website wizards would happily have carried on designing well beyond the end of the lesson!

And the best part? We've only just scratched the surface!

Next week, we'll be taking our websites to the next level as we learn how to embed videos, create buttons containing hyperlinks to other pages on our websites and add image carousels to showcase a collection of pictures.

The children were rather excited to discover what was coming next and I have a feeling we're going to see some seriously impressive websites by the end of this unit!

Watch this space! Our Southill web designers are only just getting started