Learning objective

  • To write instructions for a digital Bee-Bot.

Success criteria

  • I can use commands to plan the steps
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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Understand
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Explain that the children will work with a partner to remember what they learnt in the previous lesson. Arrange the children in pairs. Display the Presentation: High five! and read it aloud. Allow time for paired discussion.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing support

Should use the Knowledge organiser to help remember what each Bee-Bot command does; could correct mistakes by dragging the digital Bee-Bot to the correct space before reprogramming; should be reminded to check the previous set of commands if the Bee-Bot does not behave as expected.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should add a ‘miss a go’ rule to their ‘Snakes and Ladders’ game when they make a programming error; should challenge themselves to create more efficient routes using fewer steps or repeating command sequences; could explain how simplifying or reordering instructions made their program more efficient.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: breaking down each challenge into steps

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Vocabulary definitions

  • command

    One instruction that tells a computer or robot what to do.

  • error

    A mistake that stops instructions from working correctly.

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