Learning objective

  • To recognise when an email is not genuine.

Success criteria

  • I can recognise
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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Why can emails be misinterpreted? (You can’t see someone’s body language or hear their tone in an email.) How can you be kind online and offline? (By showing respect to others, listening and being honest.)  What should you do if someone is being unkind online? (Report them to a trusted adult.)

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Can use the Activity: Fake email examples and the Resource: Email example (support).

Pupils working at greater depth

Should think carefully about different ways that fake emails can be introduced and include this information in their email to their teacher. For example, not addressing the recipient by their name or starting the email with ‘You have won!’.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: sending an email describing

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Vocabulary definitions

  • attachment

    A function that lets a person add files to an email before sending.

  • download

    A file that can be sent from one computer to another via an email or a website and be saved locally by the user.

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Sarah Vaughan

Computing specialist

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Sarah has 13 years of experience teaching in a primary school and leading computing.   She now works as a Subject Matter Expert for the NCCE across the East Midlands. In this role, she supports primary schools with bespoke training to develop and…
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