Year 3

When to deliver each unit of work?

This is a spiral curriculum with well structured units in terms of depth and detail that prepare learners for remembering and applying their knowledge and skills.  Decide which order the units will be delivered throughout the year to maximise on wider curriculum opportunities so that skills learned in Computing can be applied in other subject areas.

Topics are returned to over the year and built upon to support learners to remember more, so we recommend you deliver any units labelled Part 1 first, before its counterpart Part 2, but they do not need to be delivered consecutively.  

Digital Literacy lessons should run throughout the year to deliver important safety messages to reduce the risk of harm when online.  These lessons should be planned in conjunction with Relationships Education and Health Education and meet the needs of your learners and context of the school.  As explained on the Home Page, the digital literacy lessons from project evolve are found at https://projectevolve.co.uk/ 

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The choice of units for the year are as follows:

Collecting, Evaluating and Presenting Information Units & Knowledge Organisers

Data Handling Unit & Knowledge Organiser

Computer Science and Programming Units & Knowledge Organisers