Computing: Lower Key Stage 2
Lesson plans and teacher videos to instil confidence in your Computing teaching
Useful resources for teaching Computing
Useful resources for teaching Computing
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Year 3
Introduction to the concept of networks, learning how devices communicate. From identifying components, learn how information is shared and deepen this understanding by exploring examples of real-world networks
Building on the use of the ‘ScratchJr’ application in Year 2, progress to using the more advanced computer-based application called ‘Scratch’, learning to use repetition or ‘loops’ and building upon skills to program; an animation, a story and a game
Being able to send an email is a valuable skill. In this unit, learn how to send emails with attachments and how to be a responsible digital citizen by thinking about the contents of what is sent
Assuming the role of computer parts and creating paper versions of computers helps to consolidate an understanding of how a computer works, as well as identifying similarities and differences between various models
Developing filming and editing video skills through the storyboarding and creation of book trailers.
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By learning about records, fields and data, the children further explore the concepts of sorting and filtering.
Learning about online safety: ‘fake news’, privacy settings, ways to deal with upsetting online content, protecting our personal information on social media
THIS IS AN ARCHIVED UNIT THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE ‘NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET’ UNIT. IT WILL BE RETIRED AT THE END OF THE YEAR
Year 4
Google Docs, Slides, Form and Sheet
Using variables in coding
Website creation and Google Sites.
Editing the HTML and CSS of a web page to change the layout of a website and the text and images
Plugged and unplugged activities to develop the four areas of computational thinking
Researching and storing data using spreadsheets; designing a weather station which gathers and records data; learning how weather forecasts are made and using green screen technology to present a weather forecast
Learning how to navigate the internet in an informed, safe and respectful way
THIS IS AN ARCHIVED UNIT THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE ‘NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET’ UNIT IN Y3. IT WILL BE REMOVED AT THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT REMAINS HERE IN CASE YOU HAVE ALREADY PLANNED AROUND IT
