Year 2
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New Digital Skills for Year 2
New Digital Skills for Year 2
Text Skills
Text Skills
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
- Use proofreading tools to aid the typing of words & sentences correctly
- Use the tab key (to tab & move between entry fields in web pages)
- Use shift key to type special characters (eg punctuation marks)
- Change the layout of text by centring, justifying & Alignment
Image Skills
Image Skills
Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
- Apply effects, such as rotate, flip, arrange, align etc, to an image
- Duplicate an object or image
Multimedia Presentations Skills
Multimedia Presentations Skills
Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
- Create presentations that include text & graphics
Information Systems & the Internet
Information Systems & the Internet
Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum
Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school
Use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies.
- Access a Web site by typing a URL accurately
- Open two windows separately or in tabs for browsing
Spreadsheet & Data Handling
Spreadsheet & Data Handling
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
- 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
- Select & format a cell or range of cells
Tech Awareness
Tech Awareness
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
- Open a previously saved file
- Understand the effects of changing cursor icons (select, move, type etc)
- Save/retrieve work using a network
Coding Skills
Coding Skills
Key Stage 1 Computing Curriculum
Use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs
Create and debug simple programs
- Identify automated machines
- Use drag and drop (block)coding
- Use coordinates
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