Understanding Algorithms

Skills

Create/follow instructions (algorithms) to navigate other pupils around a scene created using JIT Turtle in j2code, J2e5.

Produce a storyboard of instructions for making toast using JIT or J2e5.

Sequence a series of instructions (alogorithms) to create a larger program using JIT Turtle or visual in j2code.

Test and debug a simple program using JIT Turtle in J2code and fix the mistakes.

Use logical reasoning to 'tell the story' of what is happening and predict behaviour in JIT Turtle.

Knowledge and understanding

Understand that an Algorithm is a set of instructions or clear steps to solve a problem in JIT Turtle or j2code.

Know that a good algorithm will enable things to be achieved better, faster or more easily using JIT Turtle or j2code.

Know that programs 'execute' instructions using JIT Turtle or j2code.

Understand that trial and error and prediction are important skills when programming using JIT Turtle or j2code.

Primary Computing Curriculum

Year 1 and Year 2

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Years 1 and 2 understanding algorithms

English

Control a JIT Turtle to visit characters in an imaginary place.

Write a program to visit the key events for the Three Little Pigs using JIT Turtle.

Write or sequence a set of instructions for making something using j2e.

Mathematics

Use JIT Turtle to move along a number line.

Investigate properties of squares and rectangles using j2e.

Follow and give instructions for the JIT Turtle.

Science

Draw a sequence of pictures for looking after a plant in j2e.

Other subjects

Describe a route home or around the playground using google maps in j2e.

Use j2camera to record images.

Time lapse video using j2spotlight to support 'life processes and living things' and publish it to j2webby.

Year 1 and 2

Modelling and Simulations

English

Using JIT Turtle pupils compose a story to accompany a scene they have created.

Mathematics

Using j2launch library search for simulations.

Use j2measure to investigate and model mathematical concepts.

Science

Dress the Teddy for different weather conditions using j2e.

Access BBC science clips in j2launch library for a range of simulations covering the science curriculum.

Other subjects

Choose an appropriate background and add appropriate characters to create a scene in j2e5.

Children use j2camera and filters and add it to j2e5 page to explore different feelings and emotions.

Children create a design of an ideal home using j2e5.

Skills

Find a simulation in the j2launch library.

Use j2spotlight to create a stop frame animation to tell a story... of the Great Fire of London, etc...

Knowledge and understanding

Discuss their use of simulations in j2launch and compare with reality.

Understand computer representation allows the user to make choices and that different decisions produce different outcomes.

Years 1 and 2 Text editing and multimedia

Skills

Select appropriate clip art in JIT and j2e5.

Select and record a sound to add to work in JIT and j2e5.

Add captions using shapes to pictures in j2e5.

Use word lists from j2e5 to select text.

Use templates to create simple presentations in j2e5.

Make use of graphics, video and sound in j2e5.

Store and retrieve their work including other digital content from cloud based storage using j2e5 and/or MyFiles.

Knowledge

Know that multimedia includes sound, text and graphics from j2e5 can be stored in different locations. Use filters in MyFiles to show how this works.

Know that ICT can be used to communicate ideas in different ways using text, images, tables and sound within j2e5.

Know that text can be manipulated using the different fonts found in j2e5.

Recognise that changes can be made to j2e5 files at anytime to improve appearance and add new ideas.

Talk about the use of appropriate text,graphics and sound in j2e5 can impact upon mood and appearance.

year 1 and 2 text editing and multimedia

English

Use personal drawings and digital photographs taken using j2camera to create and publish a personal picture book in j2e5.

Information Texts - write captions for images to illustrate a non fiction book.

Stories with familiar settings - write captions on photographs in role play in j2e5.

Recount - Create a class book from annotated photographs using JIT Mix or j2e5.

Design a website using j2e5 pages linked together or j2webby to create information texts.

Poems are published using j2e5 to combine words and images.

Mathematics

Collect images from around the school to create a Maths trail in j2e5 and share it.

Science

Create a process sequence (algorithm) for example planting and growing seeds in j2e5.

Other Subjects

Pupils sequence images for a narrative or non narrative writing project in j2e5 (eg route to school/familiar story/ life cycles/time line.

Pupils photograph an event or piece of art work and add a caption and sound recording in j2e5.

Pupils use the draw function in JIT or j2e5 to create a picture and annotate it (e.g. aboringinal art, labelling parts of a plant/body, routes to school, plan a playground/classroom).

Pupils use images and text to tell the story of a famous person such as Grace Darling or Florence Nightingale.

Pupils use text, photographs and maps to compare their local area with an island home using j2e5.

Pupils can add sound effects to a piece of artwork, story or poetry to enhance it using j2e5.

Year 1 and 2 Digital Image

Skills

Graphics Packages.

Use draw in j2e5 or JIT to communicate different ideas.

Explore shape line and colour to communicate a specific idea in j2e5.

Use ICT to source, generate and amend ideas for their art work.

Develop a variety of skills using j2camera and j2e5 to communicate a specific artistic style/effect.

Digital photographs and video

Use a digital camera to take a picture of their work in j2e5.

Develop greater control of images using the filters in j2camera.

Animation

Create a sequence of images which together form a short animation in j2spotlight or j2e5 using the animation feature.

Use j2spotlight to tell a story using stop frame animation.

Knowledge and understanding

Understand the differences between digital resources and paper based art activities.

Understand the different graphics tools in j2e5 have different purposes.

Understand that animation is a sequence of still images.

Talk about the differences between graphics packages and paper based art activities.

Year 1 and 2 Digital Image

English

Traditional tales - use a paint program to create two contrasting fantasy settings in j2e5 or JIT.

Recount - Use a simple animation package to show the growth of a seed using j2spotlight or j2e5.

Mathematics

Pupils photograph shapes in their local environment and use them in their work on shape in j2e5.

Science

Children photograph mini beats in their habitat and include them in a page in j2e5.

Use time lapse photography from digital microscope and sequence the pictures in j2e5 or JIT Mix.

Other subjects

Photograph safety signs around the school and use j2e5 to match the pictures to the warnings.

Use digital images and j2e5 to explore the work of artists.

Create a t-shirt design using j2e5.

Research 'designs in Nature' by using repeat patterns created in JIT or j2e5.

Years 1 and 2 electronic communication

skills

Contribute ideas to a class category in j2webby.

Create their own pages in j2e5 and add them to their portfolio folder in MyFiles.

Knowledge

Look at the Myfiles area and discuss the importance of keeping personal information private. Look at j2webby and understand how work is published online and who can make comments.

Use j2webby to understand how publishing works.

Understand why it is important to use and keep their passwords private.

Begin to talk about the advantages of using electronic communications.

E-safety

Discuss personal safety when using the Internet and how the J2e creative toolsuite is in a 'walled garden'.

Understand and abide by the Internet safety rules.

Know how to report inappropriate content to a responsible adult and discuss that j2e has a built in profanity and esafety checker.

Know who to turn to if they feel threatened in any way.

Search on j2launch library for more e-safety resources.

Technology Enhanced Learning

Years 1 and 2 Electronic communication

English

Write in role using j2e5 as fairy story characters and share your story with another member of the class.

Communicate with others outside the school to discuss when to use j2e5 as a wiki (collaborative document), comments on j2webby or j2webby.

Maths

Create a maths quiz and share it with another class in your school.

Science

Use the comments area in j2webby to discuss a science experiment or observation further.

Other subjects

Compose a a class blog to create a diary of a creature or plant's life cycle using J2e5.

Share similar work using j2e5 with a children in another class or use j2webby to share with another school.

Create a j2e5 page and share via email to a visitor to the school (give the visitor a username and password for the duration of the project).

Contribute to a class blog about holidays in the past using j2e5 and ask parents and grandparents to share and contribute.

Years 1 and 2 Research

Skills

Search for appropriate websites using j2launch library.

Add a new website to their launch dashboard using a specific web address (url).

Enter keywords into the j2launch library search or use the swiggle (from the South West Grid for Learning) search engine from the j2launch library to do a wider search.

Knowledge

Understand and discuss how information can be found using j2launch and how this differs from a search engine.

Understand that information found on blogs is personal to the author by publishing directly onto j2webby.

Understand that the information on the Internet is biased and can be misleading.

Technology Enhanced Learning

Research years 1 and 2

English

Children discuss about their use of a talking book and create one using j2e5.

Explain organisational features of texts including hyperlinks and using them in their writing with j2e5.

Mathematics

Answer a question by collecting and recording data in lists and tables using JIT; represent data as block graphs or pictograms to show results; use ICT to organise and present data.

Other subjects

Using a website that has been shared with them in j2launch, the pupils can find information out eg about toys from the past.

Explore a given website in j2launch to find information about the 6 main religions.

Explore a given website in j2launch to explore different cultures and faiths.

Find the Barnaby bear site in the j2launch library and find out about his visits and how he travels.

Years 1 and 2 Information Handling

skills

Use JIT and j2e5 to create simple graphing programs to produce pictograms and other simple graphs.

Use JIT to change a graph type from pie chart to bar chart and consider which is best to explain the data.

Sort and classify a group of items in j2e5 by asking simple yes and no questions.

Create a branching database to sort and identify using j2e5.

Knowledge

Understand that ICT can be used to sort items and information.

Understand that ICT can be used to create, display and change graphs easily.

Understand and describe how ICT makes it quick and easy to change data.

Begin to understand that if data is not entered accurately it cannot be used to provide the correct answers to questions.

Technology enhanced learning

Years 1 and 2 Information Handling

English

Using j2e5 or JIT identify and record how minibeasts look, how they move, feed etc..

Use this information to write a non-fiction piece of text or poems about mini beasts using j2e5.

Use graphs in j2e5 or JIT to tell the story of a growth of a bean.

Pupils talk about and record their experience using j2e5 and/or uploading video.

Mathematics

Answer a question by recording information in lists and tables; present the outcomes using pictures or block graphs.

Create diagrams in j2e5 to sort objects into groups according to given criterion.

Science

Use j2e5 to sort objects according to whether they are living or not.

Use JIt or j2e5 to collect and analyse class based data about themselves.

Create a graph linked to animals and plants that are found in their local environment.

Other subjects

Using JIT interpret a picogram showing the types of houses people live in.

Undertake a traffic survey and use JIT to interpret a pictogram.

Create a graph to show the most popular fruit in the class using j2vote.