• Recognise that pressing keys on a keyboard creates letters on a screen
• Identify & use the delete key/s
• Identify & use the return/enter key to start a new line
• Understand the relative positions of keys on a keyboard
• Identify & use number keys (number pad on full size keyboards)
• Identify & use the space bar to type a sentence
• Identify & use the shift keys to make capital letters
• Type words & sentences
• Open a word processing application
• Change text size
• Understand the insertion point & the use of a cursor
• Delete text, forward, backspace & highlight/delete
• Use proofreading tools to aid the typing of words & sentences correctly
• Use the tab key (to tab & move between entry fields in web pages)
• Understand the purpose of the arrow keys
• Insert & position graphics into a word processing document
• Move, resize & reshape objects in relation to text
• Use shift key to type special characters (eg punctuation marks)
• Save & retrieve files
• Highlight text & change font, size & style
• Use & adjust text wrapping with an image
• Cut, copy & paste text
• Change the layout of text by centring, justifying & Alignment
• Move or copy text between two documents
• Insert a table into a word processing document
• Insert & delete rows, columns, & merge cells in a table
• Use commenting tools to give, receive & respond to feedback
• Paste text without formatting, or to match destination formatting
• Insert/format page numbers
• Add header/footer to a word processing document
• Use & modify templates
• Use document page breaks, sections & styles
• Create an automatic table of contents (TOC)

National Curriculum Target Areas

The following are the national curriculum target areas that are hit as a result of these Text Skills.

Early Years Computing Curriculum

• children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.

Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum

• use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content

Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum

• 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

• Know the functions/controls of a recording device
• Switch between camera & video on a recording device
• Record video with attention to the control of camera movement
• Start & stop, & pause & play back a recording
• Delete unwanted video recording & images
• Create a screencast
• Playback (review) a video recording – scrub to fast forward & rewind
• Transfer files to a computer from a mobile device
• Trim and split video clips
• Import & edit video using video editing application
• Record & trim audio using a computer
• Create a video presentation
• Capture a screen recording using a computer
• Insert video into a web page
• Create an animation from still images (eg, stop motion)
• Add voiceover to a recording
• Import recorded audio into a video editing application
• Add text to video (titles & subtitles)
• Add transitions to video/audio
• Select & add music to a video presentation
• Create an audio composition using multiple audio files

National Curriculum Target Areas

The following are the national curriculum target areas that are hit as a result of these Video & Audio Skills.

Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum

• use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content

Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum

• understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
• 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 video conferencing to communicate with others regionally & globally
• Compose, address & send email messages
• Reply to/forward/delete email messages
• Post content on a collaborative website
• Comment appropriately on the postings of others
• Edit, delete, & move website pages
• Compose, send & respond appropriately to instant messages (Chat)
• Attach a file of appropriate size (< 5 MB) to an email
• Embed media into a web page using embed code

National Curriculum Target Areas

The following are the national curriculum target areas that are hit as a result of these Communication Skills.

Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum

• recognise common uses of information technology beyond school

Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum

• understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
• 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

• Organise and present data in a data handling application
• Use own collected data to create graphs (eg, bar chart, pie chart)
• Use an online survey to gather data
• Analyse data generated by an online survey
• Recognise the elements of a spreadsheet (cell, row, column)
• Move to a specific cell on a spreadsheet (eg C7)
• Enter text or numbers & move among cells in a spreadsheet
• Format a graph (background, font, text colour, etc)
• Enter & use simple formulae (eg A2+B2)
• Create a data table & create a graph from that data
• Use basic functions (eg, SUM, AVERAGE etc)
• Select & format a cell or range of cells
• Sort or filter a column of numeric data
• Add header/footer to a spreadsheet
• Insert & remove rows, columns & merge cells
• Use drag and copy to apply functions & formulae to a range of cells
• Build a simple table using interrelated functions/formulae
• Change inputs & formulae in a spreadsheet model and predict consequences
• Use formulae & functions to solve (mathematical) problems

National Curriculum Target Areas

The following are the national curriculum target areas that are hit as a result of these Communication Skills.

Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum

• use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content

Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum

• 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

• Press & hold on a touchscreen device to activate a contextual menu
• Understand how devices can be switched on & off
• Control a cursor on a computer with a mouse/trackpad
• Use multi-touch gestures on a touchscreen device, eg pinch zoom, rotate
• Click a mouse/trackpad to select & deselect an icon
• Click & drag an object using a mouse/trackpad (drag & drop)
• Identify icons that represent key conventions eg, application, share, image etc.
• Identify the main parts of a computer/device
• Use the undo key to aid correction, exploration & experimentation
• Understand & use computer terms, eg: menu, icon, scroll bar, cursor etc
• Save/retrieve work
• Use a mouse/trackpad (single/double left click & right/left clicks)
• Open & close an application by double clicking with the mouse/trackpad
• Understand that work can be saved as a file, with a name
• Create & name folders
• Open a previously saved file
• Print a document, file or image (single sided, double sided etc)
• Understand the effects of changing cursor icons (select, move, type etc)
• Save and organise files into folders & subfolders
• Save/retrieve work using a network
• Troubleshoot basic internet connectivity issues
• Force quit an unresponsive application
• Change the name of a file &/or folder (rename)
• Log in with username & password
• Save a copy of a file (Save As or Duplicate)
• Open & use two or more programs at the same time (multi-task)
• Move & resize windows
• Save a file on USB drive, external media or network drive (eg Google drive)
• Understand kilobytes, megabytes & gigabytes as units of measurement
• Familiar with common software menus systems, conventions & icons

National Curriculum Target Areas

The following are the national curriculum target areas that are hit as a result of these Communication Skills.

Early Years Computing Curriculum

• children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.

Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum

• use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
• recognise common uses of information technology beyond school

Key Stage 2 Computing Curriculum

• understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
• 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 safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact.