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Computing and Technology

This subject page is currently under review - April 2023

Subject Overview

 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

EYFS

Under Review 2023

 

 

Y1

Mostly integrated through the theme of Seaside    

Autumn 1:
Beebot World - to control a Beebot around a word creator by the children, looking at steps, direction and turns

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Autumn 2:
Scratch Dance lesson - create a dance and program the Scratch cat to do the same dance, using loops and discussing algorithms.

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Mostly integrated through the theme of The Great Fire of London

Spring 1:
Communicating online - to understand the risks of being online and participating in uploading some work on the school Twitter page

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Mostly intergrated through the theme of
Oceans and Continents

Summer 1 & 2:
Practise keyboard and typing skills
Then show the children how Book Creator works and allow them to produce a couple of pages on Africa which can then be shared.

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Y2

Mostly intregrated through the theme of Florence Nightingale

Autumn 1:
Beebots - to control the Beebot using a specified number of steps and answer questions like which route is the quickest?

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Autumn 2:
Create a detailed story using the algorithm planner. Turn that algorithm into code using Scratch Jr

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Mostly integrated through the theme of the Coronation.

Spring 1:
Use sequence and repetition to create a story on Scratch Jr.

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Mostly integrated through the theme of the Islands               

Summer 1 & 2:
Create a book on 'Book Creator' or 2Simple which can then be shared online.
Discuss e-safety around putting your work online.

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Y3

Mostly integrated through the theme of Egyptians

Autumn 1:
To use Scratch to create a game which involves movement, sound and variables.

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Autumn 2:
To create a timetable quiz on scratch using reporter operators.

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Mostly integrated through the theme of Binfield

Taught discretely:
Spring 2:
To explore and create shapes sequences using Scratch

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Mostly integrated through the theme of Iron Age to Stone Age

Summer 1 & 2:
To use some advance features of an application (word) in order to contribute to online blogs/pages.
E-Safety- give clear examples of the risks in posting online and to understand 'copyright'.

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Y4

Taught discretely

Autumn 1:
To explore count controlled loops on Scratch.

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Autumn 2:

To explore continuous loops .

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Mostly integrated through the theme of Rainforests

 Spring 1 & 2:
To create and publish a piece of work online using Pobble, using advanced features of that application, with an understanding of how online services work.

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Taught discretely           

Summer 1:
To use X & Y coordinates to place sprites and use simple code to create shape on Scratch

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Summer 2:

Children to create their own game using the skills they have learnt so far.

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Y5

Autumn 1:
To use IF THEN ELSE to control events by broadcasting information as a trigger.

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Autumn 2: 
Converting sequences to loops when creating shapes in Scratch

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Taught discretely 
                
Sping 1:
Use the Reporter operators
() + ()
() - ()
() * ()
() / ()
to perform calculations in Scratch.

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Spring 2: 
To understand how conditional selection works before using it to design and code a game in Scratch.

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Mostly interegrated through the theme of Vikings

Summer 1 & 2:
To collaborate with others in order to create a piece of work whilst understanding what needs to happen in order to stay safe online

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Y6

Taught discretely

Autumn 1:
To understand how networks are set up and used

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Autumn 2:
To create a game with a focus on conditions

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Taught discretely

Spring 1:
To create a Maths quiz which uses more complicated reporter operations in Scratch.

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Mostly integrated through the theme of Women in History

Spring 2:
To choose the appropriate application in order to design and publish a piece of work safely online.

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Taught discretely

Summer 2:
To select the appropriate applications in order to design and create the necessary resources, in a professional manner, for Dragon's Den.

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This subject is led by Nicola Ross.

This page was last updated January 2023.

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