Learning objective
- To use conditions and sensors to control what happens in a Scratch game.
Success criteria
- I can use an if, then, else block
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
- Design,
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Explain that the children will create a mind map to help them remember what they learnt about how the game Scratch - Catch the doughnut from the previous lesson works. Hand out whiteboards and pens and display the Presentation: Mind map.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Should write their code on a whiteboard before programming it into Scratch; could rewatch the Pupil video: Conditional statements.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should create different questions and think about ways to make sure responses are interesting for the player; could think about how a variable could be added to the project.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying conditional statements in the code
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Vocabulary definitions
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if statement
A rule that makes something happen only if something else is true.
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if, then, else
A type of statement that tells the program to do one thing if a condition is true and something else if it is not.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 4th December, 2025
Lesson 1: Exploring variables and conditions
Exploring how variables and if statements work by playing and investigating a simple game.
Assessment – Computing Y4: *New* Further coding with Scratch
Assessment quiz and Knowledge catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit...
Lesson 4: Programming a game
Combining variables, if statements and sensors to programme a multiplication game.
Lesson 3: Planning a game
Planning a game in Scratch to include variables and conditional statements.
