Computing at Ark Kings
Computing Curriculum Overview
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Computing Curriculum Overview: Outline of taught and assessed content
The table below outlines the whole curriculum overview for this subject area and shows the journey that pupils take throughout Ark Kings. |
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Nursery |
Mini Mash Games |
Mini Mash Role Play |
Mini Mash Painting |
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Reception |
Mini Mash Numbers and counting |
Mini Mash Reading and writing |
Mini Mash Music |
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Year 1 |
Coding – grouping and sorting - Sorting shapes on the computer by shape and colour
Coding – Lego Builders Follow the instructions and debug a recipe. |
Databases – Pictograms
Present the results of a probability experiment using dice on a pictogram
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Art and design – animated story
Retell a story using storyboards |
Coding – Maze explorers
Create a maze challenge using 2go |
Coding – moving characters
Create a scene where characters move |
Spreadsheets- counting and adding
Create a counting machine
Technology outside school – identify
Identify different technology at home |
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Year 2 |
Coding – program design
Produce a programme where turtles move when clicked
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Databases – creating a questionnaire
Create a flow diagram using the information on a database to answer questions |
Art – Creating pictures Piet Mondrian William Morris
Create a piece of Art using a collage of characters |
Music Making
Create a piece of music putting sounds into a sequence |
Network – Effective Searching
Create a leaflet with information on how to effectively use a search engine
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Spreadsheets – data handling totals graphs
Collate data and make a block graph
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Year 3 |
Coding – if commands and variables
Create a program that includes a ‘bug’ and explain how to ‘debug’ |
Databases – branching databases – flow charts
Create a branching database of a topic of their choice |
Emailing
Read and respond to stimulated emails
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Touch typing
To practise typing with the right and left hand |
Simulations – what are they
Create a multipage simulation
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Spreadsheets – coordinates
Create a treasure map with icons on for peers to locate using co-ordinates
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Year 4 |
Coding – decomposition and abstraction
Decompose a small section of a board game and recreate using code in its simplest form (abstraction) |
Effective searching online
Analyse information cards and critic their reliability using online sources |
Animation – make a short film or flipbook
Create a stop-motion animation using iPads
Logo - mathematical patterns Create shapes using Code |
Writing for different audiences
Create a persuasive poster and email |
Hardware investigation – parts of a computer
Create a leaflet to show the function of computer parts
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Spreadsheets – formulas
Use a spreadsheet to show the place value of a number
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Year 5 |
Coding – program a game
Create a game using a timer to score points |
Databases – Alien database
Create a database with 8 records
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3D Modelling – 2d nets
Design and make a 3D model vehicle |
Concept Mapping -mind mapping
Create a collaborative concept map of a subject of your choice |
Game Creator
Create and evaluate a quest game |
Spreadsheets – plan an event
Create a spreadsheet that shows the profitability of a cake sale
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Year 6 |
Coding- text-based adventure
Create a text adventure using code |
Binary
Represent the state of an object using 1 and 0
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Quizzing
Create an ‘Are you smarter than a 10-year-old quiz’ |
Blogging
To create and peer-assess a blog
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Networks
Non-chronological report about Tim Berners-Lee |
Spreadsheets - Money
Create a spreadsheet for a charity event run in school
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Year 7 |
E-Safety – To create a presentation about how to stay safe online |
Hardware- To be able to describe and explain the importance of all key hardware in a computer |
Coding – Scratch
To create a basic game in Scratch using sprites |
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Year 8 |
E-Safety – To create a presentation about how to stay safe online |
Hardware- To be able to describe and explain the importance of all key hardware in a computer |
Coding – Python
To create a text-based adventure in Python |
E-Safety – To create a presentation about how to stay safe online |
Hardware- To be able to describe and explain the importance of all key hardware in a computer |
Coding – Python
To create a text-based adventure in Python |
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Year 9 |
E-Safety – To create a presentation about how to stay safe online |
Hardware- To be able to describe and explain the importance of all key hardware in a computer |
Coding – Python
To create a text-based adventure in Python |
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Key Stage 4 Curriculum
The universal offer for all pupils during Key Stage 4 is a curriculum that aims to equip pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. The computing curriculum blocks ensure that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in the digital world. Pupils do this through three curriculum blocks where they look at:
- IT and the world of work
- Media
- IT project management
