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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify the components of a network and describe the roles of routers and servers.
- Identify examples of local and global networks.
- Explain how the internet connects networks around the world.
- Explain the difference between a website and a web page.
- Recognise that websites are made up of different types of data.
- Describe the pathway data takes when a website is accessed.
- Use a search engine and links to find information on the World Wide Web.
- Identify ways people communicate and work together using networks.
- Explain why some areas of a network are restricted.
- Explain how permissions and usernames and passwords allow users to access different parts of a network.
Suggested prior learning
Computing systems: Connecting devices
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Teacher video: Connecting networks unit overview
Lessons
Lesson 1: Components in a network
Lesson 2: Local and global networks
Lesson 3: The World Wide Web
Lesson 4: Search engines
Lesson 5: Communication and collaboration
Key skills
Key skills
Identifying and operating hardware
- Using
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Key knowledge
Networks
To know:
- A network is
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Key vocabulary
component (Y3)
connect (Y1)
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- A small ball of sticky tack ×10
- 10 pieces of string, each approximately two metres long 10
- A3 paper 10
- Colouring pencils ×10
- Dictionaries ×15
- Devices (laptops, tablets or desktop computers) ×15
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Computing Y4: Computing systems: Connecting networks
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Connecting networks’.
Vocabulary display – Computing Y4: Computing systems: Connecting networks
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Connecting networks'.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
- English: Spoken language: Using discussion to explain ideas about networks and develop accurate computing vocabulary when describing components and connections.
- History: Exploring how the internet developed over time and considering the changes that led to today’s global network.
- Science: Working scientifically: Asking effective questions and using online searches to find and check information from different sources.
- RSE & PSHE: Relationships education – Online safety and awareness: Exploring how usernames, passwords and permissions protect private information and restrict access to online content.
- RSE & PSHE: Health and wellbeing – Wellbeing online: Considering the benefits of online communication and collaboration while recognising the importance of using online tools safely and appropriately.
- British values: Mutual respect; Democracy: Developing mutual respect through collaborative discussion and decision-making, and democracy through sharing views and voting on ideas.
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Computing systems: Websites, search and storage
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