Learning objective
- To understand what abstraction is.
Success criteria
- I can explain what abstraction is.
- I can give
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Understand
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Cross-curricular links
Geography
Geographical skills and
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Explain that the children will reflect on the last lesson when they wrote algorithms to navigate a bunny around a maze. Display the Presentation: 3, 2, 1 and arrange the children in pairs. Allow time for paired discussion as each slide is shown.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Should discuss the key features to include before they start.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should discuss whether the level of abstraction used is too much, too little or just right.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining what abstraction is; creating a
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Vocabulary definitions
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abstraction
To pick out the important information.
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key features
Important parts of something
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 12th September, 2025
