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Scratch is a project of the Scratch Foundation, in collaboration with the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is available for free at https://scratch.mit.edu.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Identify Scratch as a coding application and explore its different code blocks.
- Make predictions about what code blocks will do and test these ideas.
- Create a simple animation by combining motion, speech and wait blocks.
- Plan how to remix an existing animation by choosing which parts to change.
- Alter and remix code to create a new version of an animation.
- Test and debug animations to fix problems and improve the code.
- Reflect on the changes made, explaining what worked well and what could be improved.
Suggested prior learning
Option 1: Programming 2: MakeCode
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch
Lesson 2: Storytelling in Scratch
Lesson 3: Planning a remix
Lesson 4: Remixing an animation
Lesson 5: Evaluating an animation
Key skills
- Working towards a given
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Key knowledge
To know:
- Decomposition is the
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Key vocabulary
loop
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Computing Y3: *New* Programming: Scratch
Aimed at pupils, a single page which gives key facts and definitions from the unit ‘*New* Programming: Scratch’.
Vocabulary display – Computing Y3: *New* Programming Scratch
A display version of the key vocabulary from the unit 'Scratch'.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language; Writing – composition.
Suggested next steps
ARCHIVED Year 4: Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch
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