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The Computing Curriculum at Brownlow Fold

The Learning Challenge

The Learning Challenge concept is built around the principle of greater learner involvement in their work. It requires deep thinking and encourages learners to work using a question as the starting point. In designing the curriculum, teachers and learners are using a prime learning challenge, expressed as a question, as the starting point. Using the information gained from pre learning tasks and our school context, a series of subsidiary challenges are then planned. Each subsidiary learning challenge is also expressed as a question. Importantly, the learning challenges need to make sense to the learners and be something that is within their immediate understanding. Within each Learning Challenge unit of work, we always include a ‘Green for Growth Challenge.’ These challenges are designed to enable pupils to work at greater depth within a particular unit. Some of the characteristics of a child who is working at greater depth might include:

Working independently Applying what they have learned in one area of a subject to other areas Applying their knowledge consistently, confidently and fluently Being able to explain what they have been doing to others, including teaching other children what they have

learned.

Pre-learning tasks to ensure that our pupils are directly involved in the planning process. Well planned pre-learning tasks to help bring out what our pupils already know; what misconceptions they may have and what really interests them. Our teachers then take account of the outcomes from pre-learning tasks to plan the subsidiary learning challenges for each major area of study.

Empowered Learners

By adopting the ‘Empowering Learning’ skills, we recognise the impact that personal skills can have on the academic success and well-being of our children. They play a vital role in developing the ability of learners to enjoy and reflect on their learning across the curriculum. The six areas for personal development; Self-Management, Effective Partnership, Resourceful Thinkers, Reflective Learners, Independent Enquirers and Team Workers; form what we class as personal skills which are worked upon throughout a child’s time at Brownlow Fold Primary School.

Self-Manager Ability to organise themselves and work out goals and priorities

Show personal responsibility, initiative, creativity and enterprise

Anticipate, take and manage risks

Commit themselves to learning and self-improvement

Respond positively to change

Effective Participators Engage actively with issues that affect them and those around them.

Play a full part in the life of the school

Take responsible action to bring improvement for others as well as themselves

Discuss issues of concern, seeking resolution

Present a persuasive case for action

Propose practical ways forward

Try to influence others, negotiating and balancing diverse views

Resourceful Thinker Think creatively by generating and exploring relevant ideas, and making original connections

Find links and see relationships

Explore and experiment with resources and materials

Ask ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what if’ questions

Apply imaginative thinking to solve a problem

Try different ways to tackle a problem

Work with others to find imaginative solutions and outcomes that are of value

Reflective Learner Evaluate their strengths and limitations as learners

Review their work and act on outcomes

Set themselves realistic goals and criteria for success

Monitor their own performance and progress

Invite feedback and deal positively with praise, setbacks and criticism.

Make changes to improve their learning

Communicate their learning in relevant ways to different audiences

Independent Enquirer Gather, process and evaluate information in their investigations

Plan what to do and how to go about it

Draw conclusions and evaluate outcomes

Take informed and well-reasoned decisions, recognising that other have different beliefs and attitudes

Use range of techniques to collect and organise information

Team Worker Work confidently with others, adapting to different contexts and taking responsibility for their own role

Listen and take account of others’ views

Form collaborative relationships, resolving issues and reaching agreed outcomes

Adapt behaviours to suit different roles and situations

Show fairness and consideration towards others

Prime Learning Challenge Year 6 Digital Citizenship: Online Safety

Can you use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly, and identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact?

Online relationships Can you explain how impulsive

and rash communications online may cause problems

(e.g. flaming, content produced in live streaming)?

Self-image and Identity Can you describe ways in which

media can shape ideas about gender and challenge why it is

important to reject inappropriate messages about

gender online?

Self-image and Identity Can you give examples of how

you might get help, both on and offline, explaining why you

should keep asking until you get the help you need?

Online reputation Can you explain how you are

developing an online reputation, which will allow

other people to form an opinion of yourself?

Online bullying

Can you identify a range of ways to report concerns in both school and at home

about online bullying?

Online bullying Can you describe how to

capture bullying content as evidence (e.g. screen-grab, URL,

profile) to share with others who can help you?

Health, wellbeing and lifestyle Can you assess and action

different strategies to limit the impact of technology on my health (e.g. night-shift mode,

regular breaks, correct posture, sleep, diet and exercise)?

Health, wellbeing and lifestyle Can you describe common systems that regulate age-related content (e.g. PEGI,

BBFC, parental warnings) and describe their purpose?

Digital Citizenship: Online Safety Key Vocabulary

GDPR

phishing

netiquette

propaganda

biometrics

FOMO

encryption

geolocation

whistle-blowing / social

reporting

grooming

Big Question

Small Questions Which help to

answer the big

question.

Green for Growth Challenge

Can you apply the knowledge and skills you have acquired to

create an information leaflet about staying safe

online?

Empowered Learner Links

Self-manager

I am able to assess risk and make sensible decisions.

I cope well with additional pressure.

I am confident and capable when allowed to organise my own time and space.

I can call on a range of strategies to help me overcome a problem.

I appreciate that feelings change over time and I can cope with it.

I can empathise with others, appreciating that different people react in different ways to certain situations.

Growth Mindset Links

Cross-Curricular Writing Opportunities

Poetry- online safety.

Information text- What are the physical feature of North America?

Balanced argument- Should the wreckage of the Titanic be salvaged

or left as a resting place?

Diary entry writing – first-hand eyewitness accounts;

Persuasive writing - writing from the viewpoint of one of the

Titanic’s key culprits, justifying why you are not to blame?

Text

Photo/Picture

Possible equipment to be used Laptops

Router

Modem

Server

Digital footprint activities

Online safety debating

PEGI activity – PowerPoint, PEGI info and cards

Glossary

Netiquette The correct or acceptable way of using the Internet. GDPR The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation that sets rules related to the protection of personal data, with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of personal data by automated means. Phishing A term used to describe a malicious individual or group of individuals who scam users. Geolocation The identification or estimation of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar source, mobile phone, or internet-connected computer terminal. Biometrics In computer security, biometrics refers to authentication techniques that rely on measurable physical characteristics that can be automatically checked. FOMO FOMO (fear of missing out) is a phenomenon in which a person is anxious to know what others are doing or experiencing.

Useful APPs, websites or resources My Online World.

http://www.getsafeonline.org/

http://www.thinkuknow.org.uk/

http://www.digizen.org/

Exploring positive and negative attention – Jigsaw / Tom’s Story videos

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

http://www.thinkuknow.org.uk/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/

Assessment Criterion

Emerging

Expected Exceeding

Enrichment opportunities

Accessing interactive online program “Our online World” to set up an online profile.

Online safety day.

Using role play to act out and understand computer networks.

Home Learning/Parental Links

Pupils research their network at home.

Pupils use the school blog to complete a writing piece.

Prime Learning Challenge Year 6 Digital Literacy

Can you select, use and combine a variety of software to design and create a range of programs and systems with a specific focus on

analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information?

Applying skills Can you choose, select and use a combination of software to

present your work?

Applying skills Can you select appropriate tools to add emphasis and

effect to your work, explaining why you have chosen the layout

and formatting?

Applying skills Can you draft and redraft your

written work by deleting, inserting and replacing text to

improve clarity and create mood?

Applying skills Can you review and edit your work, talk about the changes

you made and explain why your work is suitable for the

intended audience?

Databases Can you interpret graphs of

data collected from a variety of sources?

Databases Can you create a database

structure of your own and enter the data independently?

Databases Can you prepare a data

collection form and collect quality information, then use a spreadsheet to create a graph

for this data?

Databases Can you decide on the most

appropriate form of graph for a data set giving multiple reasons

for your choice?

Digital Literacy Key Vocabulary

database

formula

insert

formatting

cell

total

budgeting

column

row

average

Big Question


answer the big

question.


Can you independently use the skills you have learnt across multiple application programs

to create a spreadsheet

independently to budget?


Effective participator

I can act as an advocate for views and beliefs that may differ from my own.

I show maturity when acting as a mediator.

I can be a good role model for good learning behaviour.

I am able to control my own mood swings.

I know what the risks are when considering my work.

I can cope with criticism and learn from it.



Diary entry- Write from the perspective of a soldier in the Trenches.

Story writing- Use the poem Dulce Et Decorum Est, to create a story of the battle front.

Informal letter- To write a letter home from the perspective of a soldier to his mum from the front line.

Pupils write a postcard in French describing their home country.

Text

Photo/Picture

Possible equipment to be used Formatting

Bar charts and graphs

Book creator

Photostory

iMovie

Garageband

Laptops

Glossary

Database A structured set of data held in a computer, especially one that is accessible in various ways. Formula A mathematical relationship or rule expressed in symbols. Insert Place, fit, or push (something) into something else. Formatting Arrange or put into a format. Cell Individual cells are usually identified by a column letter and a row number. Budgeting Allow or provide a particular amount of money in a budget. Column A vertical division of a page or text Row A horizontal line of entries in a table.

Useful APPs, websites or resources Simon Haughton website

Microsoft excel

Book creator / Photostory / iMovie / Garageband

Touch Typing – Purplemash Unit3.4

Spreadsheets - PurpleMash Unit6.3

Blogging - PurpleMash Unit6.4

Text Adventures - PurpleMash Unit6.5


Emerging

Expected Exceeding


Pupils are provided with a budget for half term activities and a price

list.

Home Learning/Parental Links Pupils create a spreadsheet at home using data given.

Pupils clarify some key words they will use such as cell, formula etc.

Discuss with parents whether they use Excel within their job.

Prime Learning Challenge Year 6 Computer Science

Can you design, write and debug programs, and work with variables and various forms of input and output, with a specific

focus on ‘variables’?

Can you explain what a variable is in coding? Can

you use a variable in a variety of programming

software?

Can you confidently use events, repeats, selection

and variables?

Can you confidently break a problem down and

methodically create a program to solve it, testing

and adapting as you go?

Can you evaluate the effectiveness of your

programming and suggest improvements?

Can you confidently use the Blockly programming

language?

Can you accurately use many other programming

languages, such as C+, C#, java, Python, Ruby?

Computer Science Key Vocabulary

algorithm

movement

sprite

debugging

program

sequence

variable

speed

direction

plugged

Big Question


answer the big

question.


Can you transfer your programming

knowledge and skills to other platforms, such as Scratch 3, Python or Ruby?


Resourceful thinker

I am always prepared to explore more than the first possible solution to a problem.

I am aware that solutions can depend on an understanding of other issues.

I can generate questions which promote higher order thinking.

I can adapt and apply learning to new situations.



Explanation text- Writing the journey of a red blood cell through the body.

Explanation text- How does exercise affect the heart?

Balanced argument- Was Operation Dynamo a success?

Text

Photo/Picture

Possible equipment to be used Beebots

Ipads

Laptops

CS without a computer – Unplugged Activities

Lots of practical learning & unplugged activities

Glossary

Algorithm - A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

Sprite- A computer graphic, which may be moved on-screen and otherwise manipulated as a single entity.

Debugging - The process of identifying and removing errors from computer hardware or software.

Program - A series of coded software instructions to control the operation of a computer or other machine.

Variable - A value that can change, depending on conditions or on information passed to the program.

Direction - A course along which someone or something moves.

Useful APPs, websites or resources Scratch offline program

Scratch activity cards

Purple Mash assessment sheets

PurpleMash Unit6.1 -2Code – lessons plans & resources in teacher section

Quizzing - PurpleMash Unit6.

Online and Ipad –Scratch 3, Daisy Dinosaur, Kodable

https://www.csunplugged.org/en/


Emerging

Expected Exceeding


Creating a game for other pupils to enjoy.


Pupils use purple mash at home to complete 3 chimp levels

Prime Learning Challenge Year 6 Information Technology

Can you use search technologies effectively, understand how internet search engine results are selected and ranked and

explain how to increase privacy and security?

Can you demonstrate the use of search tools to find and access online content, which can be

reused by others? Do you know how to make references to and acknowledge sources you have

used from the internet?

Can you describe effective strategies for managing

passwords (e.g. password managers, acronyms, stories)?

Can you explain how and why some people may present

‘opinions’ as ‘facts’? Can you identify flag and report

inappropriate content?

Can you demonstrate strategies to enable you to analyse and evaluate the validity of ‘facts’ and explain why using these

strategies are important?

Can you define the terms ‘influence’, ‘manipulation’ and ‘persuasion’ and explain how you might encounter these

online (e.g. advertising and ‘ad targeting’)?

Can you describe ways in which some online content targets

people to gain money or information illegally?

Can you describe strategies to help you identify such content

(e.g. scams, phishing)?

Information Technology Key Vocabulary

password managers

acronyms

flag

validity

influence

manipulation

persuasion

ad targeting

scams

phishing

Big Question


answer the big

question.


Can you use and apply the knowledge and

skills you have acquired across this unit to suggest what

technology might look like in twenty years’

time?


Independent enquirer

I can use feedback from a range of sources to help solve a problem.

I give more than one reason to support an argument.

I can plan a complex task, anticipating blocks and apply skills to overcome them.

I can listen to a range of opinions and reach a conclusion from them.



Information text- How is an animal adapted to their environment.

Biography- Pupils write the biography of Carl Linnaeus explaining his impact on classification

Text

Glossary Password managers a software application or a hardware device used to store and manage a person’s passwords and strong passwords. Ad targeting Ad targeting is an advertisement technique where advertisements are placed in specific areas of the screen to increase visibility and "clickability" or to give tailor-made ads based on the user's past behaviors and preferences. Validity Online validity is the extent to which information shared online is well-founded and corresponds accurately to the real world. Flag In computer science, a flag is a value that acts as a signal for a function or process. The value of the flag is used to determine the next step of a program.

Phishing Phishing is a type of online scam where criminals send an email that appears to be from a legitimate company and ask you to provide sensitive information.

Photo/Picture

Useful APPs, websites or resources Digital crimes PowerPoint – contact SICT

KS2 Reference - BBC Computing


Networks- Purplemash Unit6.6

Binary - Purplemash Unit6.8

How does the internet work? http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3tbgk7

What is the World Wide Web? http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z2nbgk7

Possible equipment to be used

An example hard drive.

Access to the internet.

Ipads

Laptops


Lots of practical learning & unplugged activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zst3d2p


http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3tbgk7

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z2nbgk7



Emerging

Expected Exceeding



Photographic evidence of the curriculum in action at Brownlow Fold

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