PROPOSED SYLLABUS OUTLINE CLASS BY CLASS
(P1-G7)
Primary Two (P1)
P1
TOPIC
SUB TOPICS
Definition of Information Sources of Information Types
TERM1 INFORMATION
of Information Information on a television and radio
Definition of Communication and Technology
COMMUNICATION AND Technology tools used for creating and communicating
TERM2
TECHNOLOGY
information Sender Message Channel Receiver
Communicating with a phone
Educative and simple game apps on smartphones or
tablets like the EduTab such as Zoolingo, Flow Free,
INTRODUCTION TO ICT
Marble Math Multiplication, Mazes & More ABCmouse,
DEVICES AND
TERM3
Epic Reading App, Hungry Caterpillar Play School,
PROGRAMS FOR
Nkoza & Nankya (a 3D Animated Children’s Video and
CHILDREN
Book Series, Fostering a Love for Reading, Creativity
and Storytelling)
Primary Two (P2)
TERM1 MOUSE SKILLS
TERM2 KEYBOARD SKILLS 1
INFORMATION AND
TERM3 COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Pointing (moving mouse cursor) Single left Click for
selecting items Dragging mouse to draw shapes using
paint brush Right Clicking Double Clicking Scrolling
Use of Games Applications to reinforce mouse skills
Keyboarding Skills Typing letters of the alphabet
using Notepad Using numeric keys to type numbers
using Notepad Using spacebar and backspace keys
Definition of ICT Uses of ICT in Society Using
Simple ICT Tools (Phone, TV with remote, Radio)
Primary Two (P3)
Definition of a Computer Parts of a computer Switching on a
THE COMPUTER
computer Interacting with a computer (Start Menu, Icons,
SYSTEM
Opening, Minimizing, Maximizing, Closing Windows
Start Using a Drawing/Painting Application Create a new drawing
DRAWINGS AND
TERM2
Drawing Tools Manipulate, Format of Images & Drawings Saving
GRAPHICS
images and using them
TERM1
TERM3
KEYBOARD
SKILLS 2
Typing of words using the home, bottom and qwerty rows keys.
Combining of upper and lower case characters in typing Use of
basic text application like WordPad to type text
Primary Two (P4)
TERM1
COMPUTER
HARDWARE
TERM2
COMPUTER
SOFTWARE
TERM3
WORD
PROCESSING
Categories of Computer Hardware (Input, output, storage,
processing and communication tools) A list of hardware devices per
category
Definition of Computer Software System vs Application Software
Examples of Application and System software Functions of an
operating system
Starting with a Word Processing Application Types of Documents
Basic Text Formatting Basic Paragraph Formatting Copy and Move
Use of pictures and graphics in a document Document Layout
Printing
Primary Two (P5)
Booting and Exploring a computer Files and Folders
Creating, Renaming, Sorting, Copying, Moving, Deleting Files
and Folders Common File types
Start with a presentations application Using Presentations Basic
PRESENTATIONS data editing/formatting to a slide Using, formatting images &
TERM2
1
objects Insert images and objects Use multimedia and animation
effects to a presentation Presentation of a slide show
Starting with a Spreadsheet Application Using
Spreadsheets/Workbooks & Worksheets Basic Data Editing
TERM3 SPREADSHEETS
Format Cell Contents Use Formulas and Functions Pie
Charts/Graphs Printing Worksheets
TERM1
FILE
MANAGEMENT
Primary Two (P6)
TERM1
DESKTOP
PUBLICATIONS
TERM2
PROGRAMMING
FOUNDATIONS
Introduction to desktop publishing Using a template and blank
page to create a different publications (Birthday Card, Flyer,
Success Card, Certificate etc), Adding content (shapes, images
and text) and produce a publication, also adjusting measurement
units (inches, centimeters). • Saving a publication as a PDF and
printing
Introduction to Programming Familiarizing with Programming
Applications for kids such as those on the smile-pi (smilepi.github.io): Blockly Games, Snap!, Turtle Academy, Code
Monster, etc. Programming With Scratch (scratch.mit.edu)
Familiarising with MicroWorlds and the Logo Programming
TERM3 INTERNET
Language to create and share interactive games, perform
mathematical experiments, explore science simulations and write
multimedia stories.
Basic Internet Concepts Starting with a Web Browsing
Application Finding Information on the Internet Using Favorites
/ Bookmarks
Primary Two (P7)
Creating an E-mail address Basic Use of Electronic Mail
Messages Attachments Basics of Social Media Netiquette and
Cyber security Fundamentals
Introduction to Digital Libraries (Online and Offline) Carry out
DIGITAL
academic research on Internet and other academic applications
TERM2 LIBRARIES FOR like “Encarta”, “Britannica”, RACHEAL, etc. Advanced Search
RESEARCH
Engine Strategies for Electronic, Digital or ICT based
Information Resources Information Literacy and Evaluation
Use of ICT to learn concepts other subjects eg Locating places
ICT
on a map, Presentation in class, Creating statistical charts from
INTEGRATION IN
TERM3
data Use audio and video recordings for Role play,
OTHER
narrations
Project work (Project of
SUBJECTS
Integration)
TERM1
EMAIL and
SOCIAL MEDIA