Computing at Ark Kings

Computing Curriculum Overview

 

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.

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Nursery

Mini Mash

Games

Mini Mash

Role Play

Mini Mash

Painting

Reception

Mini Mash

Numbers and counting

Mini Mash

Reading and writing

Mini Mash

Music

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

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

Year 2

Coding – program design

Produce a programme where turtles move when clicked

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

Spreadsheets – data handling totals graphs

Collate data and make a block graph

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

Touch typing

To practise typing with the right and left hand

Simulations – what are they

Create a multipage simulation

Spreadsheets – coordinates

Create a treasure map with icons on for peers to locate using co-ordinates

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

Spreadsheets – formulas

Use a spreadsheet to show the place value of a number

Year 5

Coding – program a game

Create a game using a timer to score points

Databases – Alien database

Create a database with 8 records

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

Year 6

Coding- text-based adventure

Create a text adventure using code

Binary

Represent the state of an object using 1 and 0

Quizzing

Create an ‘Are you smarter than a 10-year-old quiz’

Blogging

To create and peer-assess a blog

Networks

Non-chronological report about Tim Berners-Lee

Spreadsheets - Money

Create a spreadsheet for a charity event run in school

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

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

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

     

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