Year 3 Computing Curriculum – Skills and Outcomes
Information Technology
Computer Science
Online and E-Safety
Information Technology
Activity ideas
ICT Resources you could use
Skills
Outcomes
Children produce a poster, tourist leaflet or
newspaper connected to other subjects
MS Word; MS Publisher; 2Publish;
PowerPoint
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Children create a guide book about a local
place of worship
Create a poster about a significant person /
link to topic or theme
MS Publisher; MS Word
Level 2
 Use simple editing and
formatting techniques
to develop their work
 Organise information
and present in
different forms.
 Make informed choices
when using ICT to
explore what happens
in real and imaginary
situations
 Sort and organise
information and
present it in simple
graph form
 Able to use a simple
Y/N branching
database
Children take photographs of the view
through the window and sequence/
annotate them to illustrate change /
seasons
Create a radio interview of a significant
person / link to topic or theme
Create sound effects to accompany poems,
stories, drama, dance
Purple Mash 2 Publish; 2Publish
Extra; MS Word; PowerPoint;
Publisher
Digital cameras; MS Word;
PowerPoint; 2Publish; Clicker 6;
Photoscape
Easispeak Microphones;
microphones; Audacity
2Simple Music Toolkit; 2Sequence;
Audacity; FindSounds:
www.findsounds.com ; Dance Ejay
Add spoken French/Spanish to a
presentation or image (MFL)
Audacity; PhotoStory 3; PowerPoint;
SmartNotebook
Find and add appropriate music / sound to a
presentation or image
Audio networks (LGfL); PhotoStory 3;
PowerPoint; SmartNotebook;
FindSounds www.findsounds.com
Create a short animation showing the Earth
orbiting the Sun / growing plants / changing
seasons/ link to topic
2Animate; Jelly Cam
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Evaluate a range of printed and electronic texts appropriate to
task e.g. posters, guide books, and recognise key features of
layout and design
Combine text and graphics in different layouts, font formats,
graphics and images for different purposes or audiences
Use design features such as text boxes, columns, borders,
WordArt
Amend, save and print work as necessary
Use appropriate editing tools to ensure work is clear and error
free (e.g spell checker, thesaurus)
Cut, copy and paste in order to refine and reorder content
within applications
Recognise intended audience for their work and begin to
suggest appropriate improvements to their work
Use existing sound files from the school network or internet in
a presentation
Insert music/sound into presentations talking about suitability
of their choices
Use a music / sounds for a specific audience
Record their voice and other sounds using a sound recording
tool to add to their presentations or information
Begin to talk about software which allows easy manipulation
and creation of sound and music
Begin to take pictures thinking about the purpose of the
image.
Develop greater control over the digital stills video camera
and use the enhanced tools (e.g. Zoom)
Discuss and evaluate the quality of their own and others’
captured images and make decisions ( e.g. keep, delete,
change)
Level 3
 Use editing and
formatting techniques
to develop and refine
their work to improve
its quality and
presentation
 Create and combine
different forms of
information, refining
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Add simple effects to a photo or image to
change its mood (link to literacy)
Irfanview; 2PhotoSimple; Paint.net;
Photoscape
Use a digital camera to capture ‘freeze
frame’ in drama to show different shapes
and emotions
Take photos or video of the local area for a
presentation
Digital cameras; PowerPoint; Smart
Notebook; Photostory 3
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Digital cameras; video cameras; MS
MovieMaker; PhotoStory3;
PowerPoint / SmartNotebook for
presentation.
PowerPoint, Prezi, SmartNotebook,
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Create a slideshow with images, text and
sound on an aspect of the topic for a specific
audience
Photostory 3
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Children create a yes/no data base
about the characteristics of materials
2Investigate; Textease Database
Make a database of famous people (link
to topic)
2Investigate; Textease Database;
PowerPoint (using hyperlinks
between slides)
MS Excel; 2Graph
Create a multimedia presentation to show
what you have learnt about the topic /
create a lesson about an aspect of the topic
to teach to the class
Create and compare graphs – discuss
suitability for what they show (link to
maths and topic)
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Create a short animated sequence to communicate a specific
idea making use of a simple plan
Acquire, store and retrieve images from the Internet and, with
support, cameras
Begin to use paint packages or photo-manipulation software
to change an image (e.g. copy/paste/crop)
Via peer assessment and self evaluation, evaluate design and
suggest improvements
Answer a question by organising, representing and
interpreting data
Choose information to put into a data table.
Design a questionnaire to collect information.
Create frequency tables, pictograms and bar charts to
show results and observations
Compare different charts and graphs and understand
they are used for different purposes
Collect appropriate information, enter it into a database
and use the database to answer simple questions
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and presenting it for a
particular purpose,
showing an awareness
of audience and the
need for quality.
Collect, record and
organise data to
answer questions and
present findings in
different ways, (e.g.
bar graph, pie chart
etc.)
Computer Science
Activity ideas
ICT Resources you could use
Use a floor robot and give it instructions Beebots; Roamers; Pixies;
to go to places on a child-created floor
ProBots
map (link map to topic, e.g. local area)
Skills
 Begin to plan more complex sequences of instructions,
test and amend
Outcomes
Level 2
 Generate/create a
sequence of instructions
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Use a screen logo program to control a
spaceship to different planets
2Go – use the space map
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Create a simple computer game or app
linked to topic e.g. a maze or platform
game involving characters from the
topic / reading book
2DIY; Scratch; Espresso Coding;
Kodu Game Lab
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Solve open ended problems with floor robot, on-screen
turtle and other programmable devices.
Know that algorithms can be represented symbolically
[flowcharts] or using instructions in a clearly defined
language [turtle graphics].
Understand that algorithms can include selection (if) and
repetition (loops).
Understand that algorithms should be stated without
ambiguity and care and precision are necessary to avoid
errors.
Know that algorithms are developed according to a plan
and then tested. Algorithms are corrected if they fail
these tests.
Understand that a computer program is a sequence of
instructions written to perform a specified task with a
computer.
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Edit/refine a sequence of
commands
Understand what an
algorithm is and what it
does
Level 3
 Use conditional
statement commands
within a series of
instructions (‘if…then’;
‘when…’)
 Use repetition in
program commands
Online and E-Safety
Activity ideas
Pupils use a blog or Wiki for
collaborative story writing, repetitive
poem, character description or
discussion
ICT Resources you could use
Class blog j2webby (LGfL);
Wikispaces for Education:
http://www.wikispaces.com/conten
t/teacher
Contribute to a blog and share what
is being learnt, share thoughts, news
items – link to topic.
Class Blog j2webby
Collaborate on a presentation with
another person or within a group –
linked to topic / theme being learnt
Prezi;
Wikispaces for Education:
http://www.wikispaces.com/conten
t/teacher
Skills
 Discuss e-safety and the acceptable use policy
understand the rules are to keep them safe when
publishing and communicating with others
 Understand that a password keeps information private
and secure
 Discuss other methods of communication and the
importance of personal safety at home or school
 Author their own pages in their blog or wiki and custom
pages adding text images and sound on a given topic or
learning journey
 Contribute an entry to a Wiki or blog either in their own
defined space or topic area considering audience,
Outcomes
Level 2
 Locate and use
information from the
internet to answer
questions
 Use ICT to
communicate with
others following
instructions on safe
use
Level 3
 Use communication
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Use a search engine to research
about particular aspects of the topic /
theme
Different search engines: Google,
Yahooligans, KidsClick
www.kidsclick.org
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Ask pupils to look at a website to get
information – how do they know it’s
true?
Use Phil Bradley’s list of fake
websites:
www.philb.com/fakesites.htm
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Talk about the advantages of using web2.0 tools like
Wikis, forums, web pages- wider audience, sharing,
ability to see out of school
By considering others entries on forums, blogs,
compose and respond with their own ideas, consider
audience and appropriate language and personal safety
Develop key questions to search for specific information
with purpose to answer a problem
Save and retrieve accessed information through the use
of Favourites, History, and Save As
Understand that some information found through
searching is more relevant than others
Use the information purposefully to complete specific
tasks e.g. copy, paste and edit relevant information
Talk about and describe the process of finding specific
information
Pupils begin to question the plausibility and accuracy of
what is on the internet
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tools to share and
exchange their ideas
with others online
Use strategies for
staying safe online
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