Three Schools Computing Curriculum Map (KS1-2): From Basic Skills To Programming With Scratch Jr..pdf

Year 1/2 Cycle A Computing Curriculum Map

Computing systems + networks
Using a computer (Year 1 unit)
1. To log into a computer and access a website
2. To develop mouse skills (click and drag)
3. To use mouse skills to draw and edit shapes
4. To draw a scene from a story using digital tools
5. To create a self-portrait using digital techniques

Programming
Algorithms unplugged (Year 1 unit)
6. To understand what an algorithm is
7. To follow instructions precisely to carry out an action
8. To understand that computers and devices around us use inputs and outputs
9. To understand and be able to explain what decomposition is
10. To know how to debug an algorithm

Programming 1
Algorithms and debugging (Year 2 unit)
1. To decompose a game to predict the algorithms that are used
2. To understand that computers can use algorithms to make predictions (machine learning)
3. To plan algorithms that will solve problems
4. To understand what abstraction is
5. To understand what debugging is

Cross-curricular
Word Processing
1. To begin to learn to touch type
2. To understand how to use a word processor
3. To create a piece of cross-curricular writing

Computer systems + networks
What is a computer (Year 2 unit)
1. To recognise the parts of a computer (incorporates mouse skills and using digital tools to draw a computer)
2. To recognise how technology is controlled
3. To recognise technology
4. To create a design for an invention
5. To understand the role of computers

Programming 2
Scratch Jr. (Year 2 unit)
1. To explore a new application
2. To create an animation
3. To use characters as buttons
4. To follow an algorithm
5. To plan and use code to create an algorithm

Year 1 Online Safety
1. To know what the internet is and how to use it safely
Year 1 Online Safety (Internet Safety Day)
2. To understand different feelings when using the internet
Year 1 Online Safety
3. To understand how to treat others, both online and in-person
Year 1 Online Safety
4. To understand the importance of being careful about what we post and share online

Year 2 Online Safety
1. To know what happens to information posted online
Year 2 Online Safety
2. To know how to keep things safe and private online
Year 2 Online Safety (Internet Safety Day)
3. To explain what should be done before sharing information online
Year 2 Online Safety
4. To explain why I have the right to say no and deny permission
Year 2 Online Safety
5. To understand strategies that will help me decide if something seen online is true or not