Learning objective

  • To design a system for turning a school into a smart school.

Success criteria

  • I can evaluate the methods of data transfer.
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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Select,

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Using slides 1-4 of Presentation: Design a smart school explain to the children that they are going to design a ‘smart school’. Using what they have learned about technology and data analysis, pupils will develop new and interesting ways to improve the lives of children and teachers in the school. Remind the children that ‘smart’…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should have access to the video about smart buildings to help them to come up with ideas; could work with a partner so that they can share their ideas on how to improve the school.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should be encouraged to carry out their own research, e.g. check around the school for locations of sensors, research devices and methods of data transfer.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining ways that Big Data or

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Vocabulary definitions

  • big data

    Very large sets of data that are produced by people using the internet, and that can only be stored, understood, and used with the help of special tools and methods.

  • data

    Information, usually facts or numbers, which are collected and analysed. It ca be stored in electronic form on a computer.

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Richard Williams

Computing specialist

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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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