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Year 3
Year 3
iSafe
Staying Safe Online
Children learn:
- To identify some of the risks of sharing publicly online
- To understand some measures that can be taken to stay safe
- To understand potential consequences of sharing without consent
- To understand some of the ways we can protect ourselves online against manipulation
- To understand the need for strong passwords
iSimulate
Exploring Computer Simulations
Children learn:
To understand that computer simulations can represent real or imaginary situations
To understand that computer simulations are guided by rules
To explore the effect of changing variables in a simulation using them to make and test predictions
To understand that simulations can help people try things quickly and inexpensively
To understand that simulations help us understand difficult concepts
iData
Introducing Databases
Children learn:
To understand how information in a database is organised
To understand the advantages of a computer based database over a paper one
To find and enter information to create additional records in a database
iConnect
Internet and the World Wide Web incl Searching
Children learn:
To understand that the internet is many computers that are connected
To understand some of the services available on the internet
To use basic navigation skills to browse the world wide web
To use search terms when looking for information using a search engine
To know the basic steps that can help distinguish safe and credible websites
To understand that copyright is an author’s right of ownership and it is illegal to steal other people’s material
Year 4
Year 4
iSafe
Being Safe, responsible digital citizens
Children learn:
To distinguish between personal information, which is safe to share online, and private information which is unsafe to share
To use keywords in search engines to refine online searches
To understand when it is acceptable to use the work of others
To use strong passwords
To explore strategies for safely managing spam
To analyse why private information should not be shared without permission
To identify strategies for dealing responsibly with cyberbullying
iProgram Unit 1
Making Shapes and Navigating Mazes
Children learn:
To understand that a program is a sequence of statements written in a programming language
To program a sequence of statements
To program an object to move and draw
To understand that commands and actions can be programmed to be executed depending upon whether a condition is true or not
To combine repetition and conditional statements in a program
iProgram Unit 3
Programming Puzzles with LightBot
Children learn:
To understand that a program is a sequence of statements written in a programming language
To program a sequence of statements
To program an object to move and draw
To understand that commands and actions can be programmed to be executed depending upon whether a condition is true or not
To combine repetition and conditional statements in a program
iMail
Communicating and Collaborating via email
Children learn:
To understand that messages can be used to communicate over distance a number of ways
To understand how email travels and how to retrieve it
To send and reply to emails
To attach a file to an email
To understand the advantages of attaching files to emails
iData
Introduction to data representation
Children learn:
To sort record cards using field names
To understand that information can be stored as numbers, text and choices (e.g. yes/no)
To understand that storing information in an organised way helps answer questions
To search a database to answer questions
To use the information in a database to create a simple chart
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