Lesson 5: Editing my stop motion project

Children edit their animation films using a range of features, explaining how their group achieved particular effects and evaluating the project as whole

Before the lesson

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Learning objectives

  • To edit and assess my stop motion animation

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught to:

  • design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
  • use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

For pupils needing extra support: Should focus on deleting frames not needed and adding a title.

 

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be able to offer a range of suggestions on how to edit and add effects to their animation and offer constructive criticism in their film reviews.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progression and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Sarah Vaughan,  
Computing specialist
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…
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