Spring 1

Computing Theme: We are digital artists

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

Begin to explore technology all around us; learn basic skills when using a Chromebook and build independence when logging on, navigating around programs and using the internet; develop mouse and keyboard skills and begin to understand the importance of internet safety.

‘We are digital artists’ - Understand how to select and set brushes and colours, create artwork in a range of styles, use the undo function if mistakes are made and encourage experimentation.

●        Control when drawings appear and set the pen colour, size and shape (C-CdD1)

●        Understand online risks and age rules for sites (C-Cn2)

Summer 2

Computing Theme: We are treasure hunters; We are publishers

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are treasure hunters’ - Understand that a programmable robot can be controlled by inputting a sequence of instructions; develop and record sequences of instructions as an algorithm; program a robot to follow their algorithm; predict how their programs will work and debug programs.

‘We are publishers’ - Plan a small multimedia eBook; choose images, add and format titles and other text; think carefully about protecting their privacy; respect other people’s copyright; revise and improve their work.

●        Control motion by specifying the number of steps of travel, direction and turn (C-CdM1)

●        Participate in class social media accounts ((C-Cn1)

●        Understand online risks and age rules for sites (C-Cn2)

●        Use a range of applications and devices in order to communicate ideas, work and messages (C-Cm1)

Spring 1

Computing Theme:  We Are Astronauts    

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

NOS - Managing Online Information and Privacy and Settings - Understand rules for staying safe online, identifying trusted adults, and identifying kind and unkind behaviour online.

‘We are astronauts’ - Plan a sequence of instructions to move sprites in ScratchJr.; create, test and debug programs for sprites in ScratchJr.; work with input and output in ScratchJr.; use repetition in their programs; design costumes for sprites and understand what algorithms are.

●        Understand online risks and age rules for sites (C-Cn2)

●        Control motion by specifying the number of steps of travel, direction and turn (C-CdM1)

●        Add text strings, show and hide objects and change the features of an object (C-CdL1)

●        Select sounds and control when they are heard (C-CdSo1)

●        Specify user inputs (such as clicks) to control events (C-CdE1)

●        Specify the nature of events (such as a single event or a loop) (C-CdC1)

●        Create conditions for actions by waiting for a user input (such as responses to questions like ‘What is your name?’ (C-CdSe1)

Summer 2

Computing Theme: We are games testers

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are game testers’ - Observe and describe carefully what happens in computer games; use logical reasoning to make predictions of what a program will do and test these; think critically about computer games; create sequences of instructions for a virtual robot to solve a problem; work out strategies for playing a game well; be aware of how to use games safely and in balance with other activities.

●        Control motion by specifying the number of steps of travel, direction and turn (C-CdM1)

●        Add text strings, show and hide objects and change the features of an object (C-CdL1)

●        Select sounds and control when they are heard (C-CdSo1)

●        Specify user inputs (such as clicks) to control events (C-CdE1)

Spring 1

Computing Theme: We Are Programmers; We Are Bug-Fixers

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are programmers’ - Plan and create an algorithm for an animated scene in the form of a storyboard; write a program in Scratch to create the animation; review their animation programs and correct mistakes.

‘We are bug fixers’ - Develop a number of strategies for finding errors in programs; recognise common types of bugs in software.

●        Use specified screen coordinates to control movement (C-CdM2)

●        Set the appearance of objects and create sequences of changes (C-CdL2)

●        Create and edit sounds.  Control when they are heard, their volume, duration and rests (C-CdSo2)

●        Control the shade of pens (C-CdD2)

●        Specify conditions to trigger events (C-CdE2)

●        Use IF THEN conditions to control events and objects (C-CdC2)

●        Create conditions for action by sensing proximity or by waiting for a user input (such as proximity to a specified colour or a line or response to a question) (C-CdSe2)

●        Use variables to store a value (C-CdV1)

●        Use functions define, set, change, show and hide to control the variables (C-CdV2)

●        Use the Reporter operators

() + ()

() – ()

() * ()

() / ()

to perform calculations (C-CdO1)

Summer 2

Computing Theme: We Are Who We Are; We Are Opinion Pollsters

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are who we are’ - Create and narrate presentations; consider issues of trust and privacy when sharing information.

‘We are opinion pollsters’ - Use the internet to facilitate data collection; understand some legal and ethical aspects of data collection; use charts to analyse data and interpret results.

●        Understand that comments made online that are hurtful or offensive are the same as bullying (C-Cn6).

●        Give examples of the risks posed by online communications (CCn4).

●        Use some of the advanced features of applications and devices in order to communicate ideas, work or messages professionally (C-Cm2)

●        Understand how online services work (C-Cn7)

●        Devise and construct databases using applications designed for this purpose in areas across the curriculum (C-CI2)

●        Understand the term ‘copyright’ (C-Cn5)

Spring 1

Computing Theme: We are software developers; We are makers; We are musicians

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are software developers’ - Develop an educational computer game using selection and repetition; understand and use variables; start to debug computer programs; recognise the importance of user interface design; including consideration of input and output.

‘We are makers’ - Learn about the input – process – output model of computation; learn about the inputs and outputs available on a BBC micro:bit; program using the MakeCode block based environment;  test and debug programs written; use an on-screen simulator and the micro:bit; understand  how to convert and transfer a program written on screen to the micro:bit.

‘We are musicians’ - Create a repeating percussion rhythm; play music using virtual instruments; compose or edit tunes using the piano roll (pitch and duration) tool; perform electronic music using pre-recorded loops and create their own loops; create a multi-track composition or performance using multiple instruments; give feedback to others on their compositions and performances.

●        Use specified screen co-ordinates to control movement (C-CdM2)

●        Set the appearance of objects and create sequences of changes (C-CdL2)

●        Create and edit sounds.  Control when they are heard, their volume, duration and rests (C-CdSo2)

●        Control the shade of pens (C-CdD2)

●        Specify conditions to trigger events (C-CdE2)

●        Use IF THEN conditions to control events and objects (C-CdC2)

●        Create conditions for action by sensing proximity or by waiting for a user input (such as proximity to a specified colour or a line or response to a question) (C-CdSe2)

●        Use variables to store a value (C-CdV1)

●        Use functions define, set, change, show and hide to control the variables (C-CdV2)

Summer 2

Computing Theme: We are bloggers; We are artists; We are meteorologists

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are bloggers’ - Become familiar with blogs as a medium and a genre of writing; create a sequence of blog posts on a theme; incorporate additional media; comment on the posts of others; develop a critical and reflective view of a range of media, including text.

‘We are artists’ - Develop an appreciation of the links between geometry and art; become familiar with the tools and techniques of a vector graphics package; develop an understanding of turtle graphics; experiment with the tools available, refining and developing their work as they apply their own criteria to evaluate it, and receive feedback from their peers; develop some awareness of computer-generated art.

‘We are meteorologists’ - Understand different measurement techniques for weather – both analogue and digital; use computer-based data logging to automate the recording of some weather data; use spreadsheets to create charts, analyse data, explore inconsistencies in data and make predictions; practise using presentation and video software.

●        Contribute to blogs that are moderated by teachers (C-Cn3)

●        Give examples of the risks posed by online communications (C-Cn4)

●        Understand the term ‘copyright’ (C-Cn5)

●        Understand that comments made online that are hurtful or offensive are the same as bullying (C-Cn6)

●        Understand how online services work (C-Cn7)

●        Use specified screen co-ordinates to control movement (C-CdM2)

●        Set the appearance of objects and create sequences of changes (C-CdL2)

●        Create and edit sounds.  Control when they are heard, their volume, duration and rests (C-CdSo2)

●        Control the shade of pens (C-CdD2)

●        Specify conditions to trigger events (C-CdE2)

●        Use IF THEN conditions to control events and objects (C-CdC2)

●        Create conditions for action by sensing proximity or by waiting for a user input (such as proximity to a specified colour or a line or response to a question) (C-CdSe2)

●        Use variables to store a value (C-CdV1)

●       Use functions define, set, change, show and hide to control the variables (C-CdV2)

Spring 1

Computing Theme: We are game developers; We are cryptographers; We are architects 

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are game developers’ - Create original artwork and sound for a game; design and create a computer program for a computer game, which uses sequence, selection, repetition and variables; detect and correct errors in their games; use iterative development techniques.

‘We are cryptographers’ - Be familiar with semaphore and Morse code; understand the need for private information to be encrypted; encrypt and decrypt messages in simple ciphers; appreciate the need to use complex passwords and to keep them secure; have some understanding of how encryption works on the Internet.

‘We are architects’ - Understand the work of architects, designers and engineers working in 3-D; develop familiarity with a simple CAD tool; develop spatial awareness by exploring and experimenting with a 3-D virtual environment; develop greater aesthetic awareness.

●        Set IF conditions for movements (C-CdM3)

●        Specify types of rotation giving the number of degrees (C-CdM3)

●        Change the position of objects between screen layers (send to back, bring to front) (C-CdL3)

●        Upload sounds from a file and edit them.  Add effects such as fade in and out and control their implementation (C-CdSo3)

●        Combine the use of pens with movement to create interesting effects (C-CdD3)

●        Set events to control other events by ‘broadcasting’ information as a trigger (C-CdE3)

●        Use IF THEN ELSE conditions to control events or objects (C-CdC3)

●        Use a range of sensing tools (including proximity user inputs, loudness and mouse position) to control events or actions (C-CdSe3)

●        Use lists to create a set of variables (C-CdV3)

●        Collaborate with others online on sites approved and moderated by teachers (C-Cn8)

●        Give examples of the risks of online communities and demonstrate knowledge of how to minimise risk and report problems (C-Cn9)

●        Understand and demonstrate knowledge that it is illegal to download copyrighted material, including music or games, without express written permission from the copyright holder (C-Cn10)

●        Understand how simple networks are set up and used (C-Cn11)

●        Choose the most suitable applications and devices for the purposes of communication (C-Cm3)

●        Select appropriate applications to devise, construct and manipulate data and present it in an effective and professional manner (C-Cl3)

Summer 2

Computing Theme: We are web developers; We are adventure gamers; We are VR designers

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are web developers’ - Learn the name and function of components making up the school’s network; how a website can be structured; how to add content to a web page.

‘We are adventure gamers’ - Plan a non-linear presentation; create text as part of a presentation; add and edit images in a presentation; use hyperlinks for navigation between the slides of a presentation; record and add audio narration to a presentation; use commenting tools to give feedback on a presentation

‘We are VR designers’ - Explore real-world and imagined locations in VR; create 360° photosphere images; link physical objects to digital content using QR codes; create their own VR scene; program objects and interactions in VR

●        Collaborate with others online on sites approved and moderated by teachers (C-Cn8)

●        Give examples of the risks of online communities and demonstrate knowledge of how to minimise risk and report problems (C-Cn9)

●        Understand and demonstrate knowledge that it is illegal to download copyrighted material, including music or games, without express written permission from the copyright holder (C-Cn10)

●        Choose the most suitable applications and devices for the purposes of communication (C-Cm3)

●        Select appropriate applications to devise, construct and manipulate data and present it in an effective and professional manner (C-Cl3)

Spring 1

Computing theme: we are AI developers; we are toy makers

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are AI developers’ – Learn about artificial intelligence and machine learning; program a self-driving car using Scratch software and consider the ethics of AI; design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts; use and combine a variety of software on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information.

‘We are toy makers’ – Design and develop a BBC micro:bit powered modification to a soft toy to make the toy interactive; design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; use sequence, selection and repetition in programs; work with various forms of input and output; use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.

●  Set IF conditions for movement, specify types of rotation giving the number of degrees (C-CdM3)

●  Set events to control other events by ‘broadcasting’ information as a trigger (C-CdE3)

●  Use IF THEN ELSE conditions to control events or objects (C-CdC3)

●  Use a range of sensing tools (including proximity user inputs, loudness and mouse position) to control events or actions (C-CdSe3)

●  Use lists to create variables (C-CdV3)

Summer 2

Computing theme: We are computational thinkers; We are publishers

Themed Content

Coverage, Knowledge & Key Skills:

‘We are computational thinkers’ - Master algorithms for searching, sorting and maths; design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals; use sequence, selection and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output; use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs.

‘We are publishers’ - Create a yearbook or magazine; understand computer networks including the Internet and opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration; use search technologies effectively; appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content; select, use and combine a variety of software (including Internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information; use technology safety, respectfully and responsibly.

●  Set IF conditions for movement, specify types of rotation giving the number of degrees (C-CdM3)

●  Set events to control other events by ‘broadcasting’ information as a trigger (C-CdE3)

●  Use IF THEN ELSE conditions to control events or objects (C-CdC3)

●  Use a range of sensing tools (including proximity user inputs, loudness and mouse position) to control events or actions (C-CdSe3)

●  Use lists to create variables (C-CdV3)

●  Give example of the risks of online communities and demonstrate knowledge of how to minimise risk and report problems (C-Cn9)

●  Collaborate with others online on sites approved and moderated by teachers (C-Cn8)

●  Understand and demonstrate knowledge that is illegal to download copyrighted material, including music or games without express written permission from the copyright holder (C-Cn10)