Learning objective

  • To create a program that tells a story.

Success criteria

  • I can use programming to give the Bee-Bot

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Create

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Cross-curricular links

English

Reading – comprehension

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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  • Presentation: Programming a Bee-Bot.
  • Presentation: The Three Little Pigs.
  • Whiteboards and pens (one between two – optional, see Recap and recall).
  • Bee-Bots or Blue-Bots (ideally one between two).
  • Bee-Bot mats from the last lesson (see Lesson 4: Bee-Bot world).
  • Link: Assessment- Computing Y1: Programming: Bee-Bot (optional – see Wrapping up).
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Learning objective

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could program the route one square at a time.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should explain the shortest route as well as the longest route possible.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: programming the Bee-Bot to reach the

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Vocabulary definitions

  • algorithm

    A clear set of instructions to carry out a task.

  • Bee-Bot

    A small programmable floor robot with seven buttons (forwards, backwards, turn right, turn left, go, pause and clear).

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In this unit

Assessment Computing Y1: Programming: Bee-Bot

Lesson 1: Getting to know a Bee-Bot

Lesson 2: Making a Bee-Bot video

Lesson 3: Precise instructions

Lesson 4: Bee-Bot world

Lesson 5: Three little pigs

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Sway Grantham

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Sway Grantham (@SwayGrantham) is a Primary School Teacher, a CAS Master Teacher and Specialist Leader in Education for Primary ICT. She also has a BCS Certificate in Computer Science Teaching (Primary). She has written several curricula and conducted research into the impact of 1:1…
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team

Last update: 14th February, 2024

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