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  7. Lesson 3: Polling program

Learning objective

  • To recognise coding structures.

Success criteria

  • I can identify some code blocks.
  • I can predict
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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: Explain the difference and allow time for a paired discussion.

Learning objective

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use the Resource: Polling program image; could watch the start of the Teacher video: Variables.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could be challenged with the following ‘What if’ questions:

  • What if there were no instructions under ‘on start’? (The program would not know the starting value for each variable.)
  • What if we changed ‘set [variable]’ to 5? (It will start the count on 5, adding 1 each time the button is pressed.)
  • What if we changed ‘change [variable]’ to -1? (The program would start on a minus value meaning that the total would not be the actual amount of times pressed.)
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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising blocks they’ve used previously; identifying

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Vocabulary definitions

  • code blocks

    A visual representation for a section of code that performs a certain job. They can be snapped together to build a program.

  • program

    A set of instructions that a computer can run.

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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

Originally created by:

Richard Williams

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Richard is a Year 6 Teacher at St. Pancras Primary School. Richard’s passion for teaching was recognised when he received Suffolk’s ‘Raising The Bar’ award for Innovation 2016. With his class he made the world’s first guided VR:360 school tour and also a…
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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team

Last update: 13th January, 2026

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