CURRICULUM FOR CAVENDISH SCHOOOL from 2014-15 – Computing & ICT
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Year 1
Computing
e-safety
pt5 at KS1
Creating a collage science
Cross-curricular letter writing
ICT
(English)
Year 2
Computing
Research into
hedgehogs and
presentation of
information.
(Science)
e-safety
2 Starter – Revises
Y1
Cross-curricular Simple
ICT
presentations on
Portraits,GFL or
Thames using eg
Photoshop3
(Art, History or
Geography)
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Unit 1a – On the
Move (apps to
move things)
Unit 1b Simple
inputs
(commands)
Short
presentations on
favourite toys
(photos & text)
(History)
Intro to using
Google Earth
(Geography)
We are TV chefs
– filming the
steps of a recipe.
(or see below)
Produce simple
illustrated plantcare instructions
for role-play area
(Science)
Different sorts of
inputs
Exploring “Paint”
type packages eg
Diwali/Bonfire
night paintings
(Art)
Using databases &
building simple
databases on
animals (Science)
Using databases
& building simple
databases on
plants (Science)
Summer 2
Research & simple
presenta’ns on
Explorers (History)
Using Buttons
Interactive Recipe
Book
Illustrated
presentations on
famous people
(History)
Interactive Recipe
Book
(DT)
Year 3
Computing
e-safety
ICT applications Presentation
cross-curricular software (Word and
PowerPoint) and
cameras,
microphones to
present work
Year 4
Computing
e-safety
ICT applications
cross-curricular
Using search
engines safely and
effectively
Illustrated
presentations from
Saxon study.
(History)
3 starter – revises 3D Virtual Tours &
yr2
Interactive maps Geog
Unit 3a –
Sequences,
animations &
simulations
Computer-aided Using and creating
design, basic
databases
Sketch-Up (needs
installing)
Data-logging –
science (Science
link – light)
Coding 4starter
Illustrated
presentations
(powerpoint with
voice-over) from
Viking study.
(History)
Illustrated
presentations
from
Vikings/Danes
study. (History)
Understand
computer
networks, inc
internet &
communication
(e-mail)
Computer-aided
design, stencil
production for
art project
Coding 4a – Using Sorting &
inputs to control identifying plants
speed (link to DT (Science)
project)
Unit 3b –
Conditional Events
Using GIS: Ipad
Google Earth and
Digimap (Geog.
Link) Geocaching?
Coding4b –
Reptitions & Loops
Year 5
Computing
(Tablets)
ICT applications
– cross-curricular
Year 6
Computing
ICT applications
- Cross-curricular
-e-safety
-using search
engines effectively
and safely
-filtering
information
Data-logging.
Creating &
interrogating a
database of the
Solar system
(Science)
-Coding
(5 starter)
-Coding
Speed, direction
and co-ordinates
-Coding
Random
numbers and
simulations
Presentations
relating to
Seafarers
(History)
Designing Web
Pages on Fronter
(Geography)
Use of control
technology (DT
lighthouse)
Coding 6 starter
Create and Advertise a Computer
Game
6a Complex
Variables
Powerpoint
Presentation on
Ancient Greece.
Persuasive
writing advertising
Designing Web
Pages (Fronter)
The Amazon
E-Safety then
Using Search
Engines
Effectively and
Safely
Powerpoint
Presentation on
Ancient Greece.
Designing Web
Pages (Fronter)
The Amazon
-Researching and filming a
documentary about Chiswick
(Hist&Geog)
6b Object
Properties
Filming a multi-media documentary or
linked Powerpoint
(The Mayans)