Year 1

Creating media - Digital writing

In this unit, the students will develop their understanding of the various aspects of using a computer to create and manipulate text. They will become more familiar with using a keyboard and mouse to enter and remove text. They will also consider how to change the look of their text, and will be able to justify their reasoning in making these changes. Finally, they will consider the differences between using a computer to create text, and writing text on paper. They will be able to explain which method they prefer and explain their reasoning for choosing this.

Lesson 1: Exploring the keyboard

Learning objectives

To use a computer to write

● I can open a word processor

● I can recognise keys on a keyboard

● I can identify and find keys on a keyboard

In this lesson, the students familiarised themselves with a word processor and thought about how they might use this application in the future. They also started to identify and find keys, before adding text to their page by pressing keys on a keyboard.

Moorhen class, enjoyed exploring the keys on a keyboard.

The letters aren't in the right order.

Some were already familiar with a keyboard and confidently explored the possibilities

They found the space bar and the return button.

"We wrote our names and discovered we could change the size of the letters."

Magpie class practised how to login the laptop. Some children practised writing their name and thier friends using a keyboard.

Lesson 2: Adding and removing text

Learning objectives

To add and remove text on a computer

● I can enter text into a computer

● I can use letter, number, and Space keys

● I can use Backspace to remove text

In this lesson, the students continued to familiarise themselves with word processors and how they can interact with the computer using a keyboard. They focused on adding text and exploring more of the keys found on a keyboard. They also began to use the Backspace key to remove text from the computer.

Magpie class practised using the space and removing their name and writing it again.

Lesson 3: Exploring the toolbar

Learning objectives

To identify that the look of text can be changed on a computer

● I can type capital letters

● I can explain what the keys that I have already learnt about do

● I can identify the toolbar and use bold, italic, and underline

In this lesson, the students began to explore the different tools that can be used in word processors to change the look of the text. They used the Caps Lock key to add capital letters to their writing and began to think about how to use this successfully. They matched simple descriptions to the related key. Finally, they began to explore the different buttons available on the toolbar in more detail, and used these to change their own text.

Magpie class practised how to caps locks on their computer.

Moorhen Class, explored the different keys on. the keyboard. They tried changing both the size and style of the font.

Lesson 1: Now press play

Children in Magpie class used press play by listening to story on press play. They copied the actions of the story.

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