Computing at ETPS - Autumn 1

​Year 1 - Pupils developed their understanding of technology and how it can help them in their everyday lives. They have become familiar with the different components of a computer by developing their keyboard and mouse skills. Pupils also considered how to use technology responsibly. 

Year 2 - Pupils developed their understanding of what information technology (IT) is and begun to identify examples. They discussed where they have seen IT in school and beyond, in settings such as shops, hospitals, and libraries. Pupils then investigated how IT improves our world and learnt about the importance of using IT responsibly.  

Year 3 - Pupils used a range of techniques to create a stop-frame animation using tablets. The animations were  planned using a storyboard and when designed using Piskel included animation techniques such as onion skinning, layers and transform. 

Year 4 - Pupils applied their knowledge and understanding of networks, to appreciate the internet as a network of networks which need to be kept secure. They learnt that the World Wide Web is part of the internet and were given opportunities to explore the World Wide Web for themselves in order to learn about who owns content and what they can access, add, and create. Pupils evaluated online content to decide how honest, accurate, or reliable it is, and understand the consequences of false information.  

Year 5 - Pupils developed their understanding of computer systems and how information is transferred between systems and devices. They considered small-scale systems as well as large-scale systems and explain the input, output, and process aspects of a variety of different real-world systems. Pupils discovered how information is found on the World Wide Web, through learning how search engines work (including how they select and rank results) and what influences searching through comparing different search engines.