Computing overview for Barnes Primary
CS – Computer science
IT – Information technology
Unit of work
Year 5 Autumn 1
E-safety (1 lesson) Think before you post
- What is acceptable / unacceptable behaviour
when using technologies and online services?
- What is the purpose of privacy settings?
- Demonstrates responsible use of technologies
and online services, and knows a range of
ways to report concerns.
E-safety (7 lessons)
Discuss and define e-safety
Research e-safety on the internet (thinkuknow)
Review features of an effective poster (look at
previous years’ work and some existing posters
from the internet)
Create a success criteria for creating our own
posters
Explore Publisher and its various features
Use publisher to create posters (experiment with
background colours, text size, font and colour, use
word art, insert images from the internet)
Review posters – peer assess and improve
Self-assess final posters
Software &
hardware
Publisher
Internet
DL – Digital literacy
Curriculum Skills
Further information to follow
Green = CS Blue =
IT Orange = DL &esafety
Computing overview for Barnes Primary
Year 5 Autumn 2
E-safety continued
Discuss and define e-safety
Research e-safety on the internet (thinkuknow)
Review features of an effective poster (look at
previous years’ work and some existing posters
from the internet)
Create a success criteria for creating our own
posters
Explore publisher and its various features
Use publisher to create posters (experiment with
background colours, text size, font and colour, use
word art, insert images from the internet)
Review posters – peer assess and improve
Self-assess final posters
Publisher
Internet
Green = CS Blue =
IT Orange = DL &esafety
Computing overview for Barnes Primary
Year 5 Spring 1
E-safety (1 lesson) Conduct: safe messaging
- What kinds of messages are appropriate to
send?
- If you receive a nasty or worrying message on
your phone / computer, what should you do?
- How could links or attachments in messages
be dangerous? (refer back to y3 SMART rule,
‘reliable’
Scratch project (4 weeks)
Use scratch to create a range of computer
programs
Explore and reflect.
Understand the language of computer
programming
Build understanding of computational thinking
Use scratch to create a project that combines
animation and music.
Use scratch to create a project with an art theme
Use scratch to create a game (maze)
Scratch
Green = CS Blue =
IT Orange = DL &esafety
Computing overview for Barnes Primary
Year 5 Spring 2
Scratch project (3 weeks)
Use scratch to create a range of computer
programs
Explore and reflect.
Understand the language of computer
programming
Build understanding of computational thinking
Use scratch to create a project that combines
animation and music.
Use scratch to create a project with an art theme
Use scratch to create a game (maze)
How to use email safely (2 lessons)
Children to discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of email.
Look at how to send emails, how to attach images
or documents and how to open and read emails.
Scratch
Outlook
Green = CS Blue =
IT Orange = DL &esafety
Computing overview for Barnes Primary
Year 5 Summer 1
Databases (6 lessons)
Linked to science unit on healthy eating
 Look at features of Excel, specifically entering
cell references into Excel
 Solve problems using a spreadsheet
 Use the correct formula to calculate problems
 Create, edit and copy graphs using a
spreadsheet
 Use the SUM function in formulae to add
numerical data up
 Use a spreadsheet to interpret data.
Excel
Green = CS Blue =
IT Orange = DL &esafety
Computing overview for Barnes Primary
Year 5 Summer 2
E-safety ( 1 Lesson) Securing our information
 What is a password? What kind of sites do we
use passwords for?
 Password guidelines – how to create ‘strong’
passwords. NB – a strong password is one that
contains letters and numbers, upper and lower
case, 8 or more characters, is hard to guess
and easy to remember – and is changed
frequently
Power point presentations (5 lessons)
 Use relevant backgrounds to suit a
presentation. Use text imaginatively (bold,
italics, font size, WordArt)
 Add relevant pictures to a multimedia
presentation
 Add animation to a power point
 Create hyperlinks in a presentation using
buttons multimedia presentation
Powerpoint
Green = CS Blue =
IT Orange = DL &esafety