Learning objective

  • To understand there are many different types of secret codes.

Success criteria

  • I can explain why codes might be valuable.
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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Solve

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use the clues on the Activity: Codebreaker worksheet

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining that codes can be used

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Vocabulary definitions

  • acrostic code

    A type of code where the first letter of each word, line or paragraph, when put together, spells a message.

  • Caesar cipher

    A way in which every letter is replaced with another letter in a fixed number of places down the alphabet.

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