*New* Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch
Learning the basics of programming in Scratch, children will create a simple script, use decomposition and understand what variables are.
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This is our refreshed Year 4: Programming: Further coding with Scratch unit. It contains new lessons, songs, teacher skills videos and pupil videos to help support confident coding in the classroom for both staff and pupils.
If you would like to access the previous version of this unit, it is archived here.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Understand how to create a simple script in Scratch.
- Add or change a sprite and prevent it from rotating.
- Use decomposition to identify key features and understand how to decipher actions that make the quiz game work.
- Understand what a variable is and how to use the ‘say’ and ‘ask’ blocks.
- Create a variable and be able to use a variable to record a score.
- Understand what a variable is and how it works within a program.
Suggested prior learning
Archived unit: Programming: Scratch
If your school does not have access to Google, there is also a Microsoft version of this unit.
Pupil video: It's a Scratch rap
Use our rap to help children remember key coding terms and concepts.
Teacher video: Introduction to Scratch
A beginner's guide to Scratch, a block coding platform that makes learning to code easy.
Teacher coding skills videos
A comprehensive range of coding skills videos which explain and demonstrate key coding concepts. These videos are designed to both guide and support teachers who find the programming component of the computing curriculum challenging, whilst also acting as a refresher for those more confident in their subject knowledge.
Lessons
Lesson 1: Scratch reminder
Lesson 2: Identifying what code does
Lesson 3: Introduction to variables
Lesson 4: Making a variable
Lesson 5: Times tables project
Key skills
- Using decomposition to solve
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Key knowledge
To know:
- That a variable
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Key vocabulary
code block
conditional statement
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Unit resources
Assessment Computing Y4: Further coding with Scratch
Assessment Computing Y4: Further coding with Scratch Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
Knowledge organiser Aimed at pupils, a single page
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Key vocabulary
Key vocabulary Subject resources
Computing: Long-term plans
A suggested order for teaching Computing
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Curriculum planning
Knowledge and skills progression
Curriculum planning 
Knowledge and skills progression Progression document showing how skills and
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Curriculum planning
Knowledge and skills progression
Outlining the key skills and knowledge
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Key vocabulary
Vocabulary document that shows key vocabulary
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Assessment
Assessment Spreadsheet for Kapow Primary's Computing scheme
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Computing: Equipment & resource lists
A list of the resources, hardware
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Maths: 2-D grids, coordinates and translations. Multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8 tables.
English: Spoken Language – speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas.
Suggested next steps
Programming music – Option 2: Scratch (tablet and Chromebook users)
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