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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Cross-curricular links
History
Pupils should be taught about:
- A
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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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
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acrostic code
A type of code where the first letter of each word, line or paragraph, when put together, spells a message.
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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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