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  7. Lesson 2: Programming an animation

Learning objective

  • To program an animation.

Success criteria

  • I can decompose an animation into a series
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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Design,
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Cross-curricular links

None.

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Brain dump and allow the children time to discuss in pairs.

Learning objective

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could use the icons to create the animation or give examples of 5 x 5 images to recreate on the squared paper. Should use the ‘Show Icon’ block in ‘Basic’, which has some images already created.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should create an animation with more images. Could control the animation by adapting the program so that it starts on an input, e.g. button a being pressed, or shake.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating their own images to make

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Vocabulary definitions

  • .hex file

    A file type that carries binary information.

  • animation

    A sequence of moving images.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y5: Micro:bit

Lesson 1: Tinkering with BBC Micro:bit

Lesson 2: Programming an animation

Lesson 3: Polling program

Lesson 4: Programming a pedometer

Lesson 5: Programming a scoreboard

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Last update: 22nd July, 2025

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