ICT
Key Stage 1
Unit 1A: An introduction to modelling
In this unit children learn that a computer can be used to represent real or fantasy situations. They understand that the representation is not an exact replica of the original. They create their own representations of real or fantasy situations.
Term 2
Unit 1B: Using a word bank
In this unit children learn to use a word processor to assemble text held in a word bank and start to develop familiarity with the computer keyboard.
Unit 1C: The information around us
In this unit children learn that information exists in a variety of forms, including text, still and moving pictures, charts and sounds and that different media are used for different purposes. They learn that ICT can be used to communicate and handle information in a variety of ways.
Term 3
Unit 1D: Labelling and classifying
In this unit children learn that key pieces of information can be used to describe objects. They will also use a word processor with a word bank to present information.
Unit 1E: Representing information graphically: pictograms
In this unit children learn how to use ICT to represent information graphically. They learn how to create pictograms and how to answer simple questions on the data shown in their pictograms.
Term 4
Unit 1F: Understanding instructions and making things happen
In this unit children learn how to give and follow instructions to make things happen. They learn how to sequence instructions, so that others can follow them, and to predict what will happen.
Term 1
Unit 2B: Creating pictures
In this unit children develop visual ideas for different purposes by using ICT and other methods. They use the features of an ICT graphics package to explore and realise their ideas and to identify ways to develop and improve their work.
Term 2
Unit 2C: Finding information
In this unit children learn to search for information held on a CD ROM. The children are introduced to CD ROM as a means of storing large amounts of information. They are taught to use menus, indexes and key words to search for pictures and gather information.
Term 3
Unit 2A: Writing stories: communicating information
In this unit children learn to use words to communicate messages and recognise that ICT lets them correct and improve their work, as they are working or at a later date.
Unit 2D: Routes: controlling a floor turtle
In this unit children learn how to create, test, modify and store instructions to control the movements of a floor turtle. They learn to programme the floor turtle to move around an area by using single instructions, a sequence of instructions and repeated sequences.
Term 4
Unit 2E: Questions and answers
In this unit children develop their awareness of different types of questions, how they can be asked and how ICT can be used to answer them using different types of software.
Key Stage 2
Unit 3A: Combining text and graphics
In this unit children learn how to communicate messages by using a combination of graphics and text. They also learn the importance of saving their work.
Term 2
Unit 3B: Manipulating sound
In this unit children will explore and develop musical ideas by using ICT and other methods. They will use simple music software, tape recorders and a keyboard to compose, collect and communicate their musical ideas. They will amend and modify their work to explore various musical and sound effects, and use ICT to create, organise and record sounds.
Term 3
Unit 3C: Introduction to databases
In this unit children learn to collect and store information involving more than two variables. They will use a database to answer simple questions by sorting and finding the top or bottom and searching in a single field.
Children will be introduced to files, records and fields by exploring and comparing computer-based data and paper-based information.
Unit 3D: Exploring simulations
In this unit children begin to understand that computer simulations can represent real and imaginary situations. They learn how to explore simulations, explore options and to test their predictions. They evaluate simulations by comparing them with real situations and considering their usefulness.
Term 4
Unit 3E: E-mail
In this unit children learn to use e-mail (electronic mail) to send and receive messages. They learn about communicating over distances and will need to consider and compare different methods of communication.
Unit 4B: Developing images using repeating patterns
In this unit children learn to develop visual ideas and to realise these ideas using ICT. Children will need to use a computer graphics package to explore and experiment with ideas and will amend and modify their work to meet specific outcomes. They also learn to save their work as they go along.
Term 2
Basics of Wordprocesing
This unit provides introductory instruction to word processing techniques using the personal computer. It includes creating, formatting, editing, saving and printing of simple documents.
Unit 4E: Modelling effects on screen
In this unit children learn to enter instructions to control a screen turtle.
Term 3
Unit 4D: Collecting and presenting information: questionnaires and pie charts
In this unit children learn how to use a data handling package to create bar charts, pie charts and line graphs, and how to use this information to support an argument.
Term 4
Unit 4A: Writing for different audiences
In this unit children learn that ICT can be used to organise, reorganise, develop and explore ideas, and that working with information in this way can aid understanding. It also gives children opportunities to discuss their experiences of using ICT and how it is used in the wider world.
Unit 4C: Branching databases
In this unit children learn to use and create branching databases to sort and classify information.
Children will be introduced to‚ questions which separate a set of objects into two sub-sets. They are shown how to search and create branching databases.
Unit 5A: Graphical modelling
In this unit children learn to use an object-based graphics package to produce images and visual models. They learn the key differences between an object-based program and a paint package and understand that visual models can be used to identify patterns and relationships.
Term 2
Unit 5B: Basics of Wordprocesing
This unit provides introductory instruction to word processing techniques using the personal computer. It includes creating, formatting, editing, saving and printing of simple documents.
Unit 5C: Analysing data and asking questions: using complex searches
In this unit children learn to use prepared databases to answer questions which rely on more than one variable. They will present data in graphical form, print out their graphs and use them to help them answer questions relating to the data.
Term 3
Unit 5D: Evaluating information, checking accuracy and questioning plausibility
In this unit children learn the importance of checking information for mistakes and anomalies, how to detect mistakes and to amend them.
Term 4
Unit 5E: Introduction to spreadsheets
In this unit children learn to enter numbers, labels and simple formulae into a spreadsheet and to use the data to calculate totals. Children will be introduced to spreadsheet software and will explore how changes in price and quantity can affect total cost.
Unit 5F: Controlling devices
In this unit children learn how to control simple devices, such as buzzers, small motors and lights, using basic control boxes.
Unit 6A: Multimedia presentation
In this unit children learn to create a multimedia presentation using text, images, and sounds. They will be taught to create links between pages and show sensitivity to the needs of their audience.
Term 2
Unit 6E: Basics of Wordprocesing
This unit provides introductory instruction to word processing techniques using the personal computer. It includes creating, formatting, editing, saving and printing of simple documents.
Unit 6B: Spreadsheet modelling
In this unit children learn to use a spreadsheet to explore a mathematical model.
Children will be taught to use formulae in spreadsheets to answer if questions. They will explore how changes in a spreadsheet affect results and identify simple rules.
Term 3
Unit 6C: Control and monitoring ‚ What happens when...?
In this unit children learn how to use input devices or switches to control a process. They learn that it is possible to attach devices such as pressure pads, light sensors, magnetic switches, on/off switches or other devices to a control box. The computer can then be programmed to carry out a process when it detects some sort of change, eg switch on the light when it gets dark. They learn the new control language necessary to program the control box to make such decisions, eg ‚... then...‚
Term 4
Unit 6D: Using the Internet to search large databases and to interpret information
In this unit children learn to use large sources of information, such as those found on the Internet. Children will present the researched information in a form suitable to the needs of their audience.
Key Stage 3
Unit 1: Using ICT
In this unit pupils create a multimedia presentation using text, images and sound. In creating their pages, pupils are expected to be sensitive to the needs of their audience.
Term 2
Basics of Wordprocesing
This unit provides introductory instruction to word processing techniques using the personal computer. It includes creating, formatting, editing, saving and printing of simple documents.
Unit 2: Information and presentation
In this unit pupils use a variety of search mechanisms to explore the potential of ICT-based information sources. They research a topic and prepare a presentation for a specific audience.
Unit 3: Processing text and images
In this unit pupils gather, process and output information in text and image form and explore a variety of image-capture and image-manipulation methods to create suitable image data.
Term 3
Unit 4: Models: rules and investigations
In this unit pupils learn how simple models are built by first investigating rules, then by seeing how rules can govern the behaviour of simple models.
Unit 5: Data: designing structure, capturing and presenting data
In this unit pupils consider the information that they need in order to collect appropriate data to test a hypothesis.
Term 4
Unit 6: Control: input, process and output
In this unit pupils learn about control technology through modelling the simple cause and effect models.
Publishing on the web
In this unit pupils learn how to design and build an interactive web page, on a subject of their choice that can be published on the worldwide web or school intranet.
Term 2
Basics of Wordprocesing
This unit provides introductory instruction to word processing techniques using the personal computer. It includes creating, formatting, editing, saving and printing of simple documents.
Public information systems
In this unit pupils collate data from a variety of sources to develop a daily information service about weather.
Term 3
Information: reliability, validity and bias
In this unit pupils use the Internet to gather information on a particular topic, collate it and present it from a particular viewpoint.
Systems: integrating applications to find solutions
In this unit pupils work as a team to set up, organise and run a fundraising event. They use a wide range of ICT to solve the problems associated with planning such an event. This provides them with the opportunity to develop further their expertise in the use of spreadsheets and databases, together with word-processing, presentation and desktop publishing software, vector and bitmap-based graphics software and e-mail.
Term 4
Data: use and misuse
In this unit pupils investigate the large-scale use of data by commercial organisations. The unit is based around the use of ICT in the retail industry and pupils find out about electronic stock control systems, including the use of bar codes and electronic point of sale (EPOS) systems, and loyalty cards.
Global communication: negotiating and transferring data
In this unit pupils work with a partner‚ in another school to collect common, agreed data for a specific topic. Once the data has been collected, it is transferred electronically and merged to form a complete data set. Pupils then produce a report on their joint findings.
Term 2 -Term 3
Basics of Wordprocesing
This unit provides introductory instruction to word processing techniques using the personal computer. It includes creating, formatting, editing, saving and printing of simple documents.
Systems: managing a project
This unit is designed to develop the skills needed to carry out a project systematically. Pupils learn to plan the stages of a project, and use a flow chart to record their decisions. They use a design specification as the basis for their work and criteria to evaluate their success. They develop many skills, in particular time management and problem solving. At the end of the unit they produce a written report summarising their project and its success.
Term 4
Control systems
In this unit pupils explore ICT systems through the given scenario. The pupils assess the requirements of a new system, plan and develop a safety control system. The work provides them with the opportunity to evaluate the use of technology and reflect on its use in other situations. Pupils develop their abilities to plan, build, test, evaluate and document their use of control systems, as well as extending their skills in using sensors and control software.
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