Computing: Upper Key Stage 2
Lesson plans and teacher videos to instil confidence in your Computing teaching.
Useful resources for Computing
Useful resources for Computing
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Making use of great, freely available software, Kapow Primary's lessons develop pupils’ knowledge across five areas: Digital Literacy and Online Safety, Computational Thinking and Computers and Hardware.
Year 5
Computing systems and networks: Search engines
Research skills and finding accurate information
Programming 1: Music
Applying programming skills to create sounds and melodies leading to a battle of the bands performance
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Data handling: Mars Rover 1
Data transfer and binary code
Programming 2: Micro:bit
The meaning and purpose of programming
Creating media: Stop motion animation
Storyboarding ideas, taking photographs and editing to create a video animation
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Skills showcase: Mars Rover 2
3D design skills
Online safety: Year 5
Potential online dangers and safety
Year 6
Computing systems and networks: Bletchley Park
Code breaking and password hacking
Programming: Intro to Python
Using the programming language of Python
Data handling 1: Big Data 1
Barcodes, QR codes and RFID
Creating media: History of computers
WWII and the first computers
Data handling 2: Big Data 2
Data usage and smart schools
Skills showcase: Inventing a product
Designing and promoting a new product
Online safety: Year 6
Learning how to navigate the internet in an informed, safe and respectful way
