KS2
Autumn 1
YEAR
Overview
Computer
Science
Programming
(Algorithms, Sequencing and
testing code)
Scratch/ Y3/4
Turtle Y3/4
Flowol / GO Y4/5/6
Kodu Y 5/ 6
Coding hour
Sci - Do all animals
and plants start life as
an egg?
What is the real Brazil
l like ?
Scratch - basic use
of Scratch
Adding instructions /
changing sprite etc ---
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Science – How
different will you be
when you are as old
as your grandparents?
Could you be the
next CSi
investigation?
Will we ever send
another human to
the moon ?
Sci: Can you feel the
force?
What is so special
about the USA?
History - Why should
gunpowder, treason
and plot never be
forgotten?
To make a complex
Scratch screen – with
more complex moves
- --Link to Guy Fawkes
Lego
Design a game
screen in Scratch
Use a storyboard to
plan an animation in
Scratch, include
movements, sounds
and hiding characters
Digital Literacy
Digital Literacy & Citizenship
(Research)
SWGFL scheme of work
Online Communication and ESafety, DLG, Blogging, E-mail)
Add links
I
T
Communication Publishing and
collaborating
( Multimedia Word Processing)
Presentaion –
powerpoint /
Element of life in
Brazil / tourism /
famous person
LA / making slides
and finding info
MA / HA choose an
audience –
appropriate for
audience – PRESENT
it .
Kodu – Create a
virtual 3D world Vikings .
HA Use a path to
program an object
to fly around their
world.
Work with variables
Create a simple
game game in Kodu
so that Kodu collects
‘apples’ that are
growing on trees
and collects the
apples Cargobot app
to teach shifting
cargoes and
teaching
Scheme of work
How to cite a site
Pupils reflect on the
importance of citing
all sources when
they do research.
They then learn how
to write
bibliographical
citations for online
sources.
Picture perfect
Pupils learn how
photos can be
altered digitally.
They will consider
the creative upsides
of photo alteration,
as well as its power
to distort our
perceptions of
beauty and health
Design a moon
buggy - lights
buzzers etc /
control using Flowol
software and a
control box
(Understanding Networks)
See SWGFL Scheme
of work
Strong passwords
Pupils learn how to
create secure
passwords in order to
protect their private
information and
accounts online.
Use Flowol / Go
software to control
an on screen
simulation - eg
pelican/ lighthouse
mimics
Were the Vikings
always victorious
and vicious?
Digital Citizen Pledge
Pupils work together
to outline common
expectations in order
to build a strong
digital citizenship
community. Each
member of the class
signs a We the Digital
Citizens Pledge.
Add links
Google search TASK
test for searching (
Title / Author /
Summary / Child
friendly ) test when
doing google search
– when searching
for Space
information
You’ve won a prize
Pupils learn what
spam is, the forms it
takes, and then
identify strategies
for dealing with it.
Add links
Design you own planet
. Write descriptions.
HA Make a guide to
your planet.
Would Samuel Pepys
have been a modern
day blogger?
Visit to Yorvik - LA
poster to advertise
HA / Challenge
Challenge – using
Publishers - create
publisher design a web a new visitors guide
page for your planet to to Yorvik
encourage visitors
HA / MA a leaflet to
advertise a river
cruise and what it
can offer.
LA A poster to
advertise a river
cruise
(Real river cruise
down USA river)
Challenge - find
OR An information
brochure on a city of
Brazil
Digital video
Video & Animation
Music / Sound
Act out short
scenarios based
around life in Brazil present using Imovie
Compare what we see
- rich / poor
Garage Band- recreate
the sound of the great
fire of London
I Movie- Film a debate
of pros and cons of
Cromwell’s
commonwealth in
court
Produce storyboard /
animation about the
solar system - adding
stills to IMOVIE then
adding using video
features to make
slideshow.
Prepare a short clip
for a TV
documentary of life
in your Viking
village. - IMOVIE
HA Use Imovie to put
together a
documentary about the
1969 Moon Landings.
Use Picassa 3 or
www.pixlr.com –
or IPHOTO
Apply filters to
photographs to allow
‘vintage looks;
Digital Imagery
( Graphics & digital cameras)
symbols of USA
collage - Picassa
Use Picassa 3 or
www.pixlr.com
Handling Information
( Database)
Modelling& Simulations
(Adventure programs &
spreadsheets)
Pixlr – edit
Rainforest Pictures
using filters etc
Database of places to
visit - in Brazil –
towns
Spreadsheet of foods
that come from Brazil
.
websites advertising
river cruises.
Evaluate them
Design your own to
promote a theme
River Cruise. (
publisher )
http://www.riveresc
apes.co.uk/schedule
d-cruises/partynights/
Produce and edit a
TV advert on USA –
link to healthy food
v fast food . Group
work I Movie app
Spreadsheet Viking Quest
Information on planets BBC Simulation
LA / MA Show cells /
inputting information /
HA formulas
http://www.bbc.co.u
k/history/ancient/vik
ings/launch_gms_vik
ing_quest.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.u
k/schools/primaryhis
tory/vikings/ - Dig it
up
http://www.bbc.co.u
k/history/ancient/vik
ings/launch_vt_vikin
g_farm.shtml