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Graphics

·        To be able to use a range of CAD tools; circles, arcs, text, hunt, pan.

·        To understand that a graphical model can be used to explore alternatives.

 Design and Technology

2e

·        To be able to use finishing techniques to strengthen and improve the appearance of their products using a range of equipment including ICT based sources.

Ask the children to create annotated, labelled diagrams of science investigations.

Record designs in D&T by creating side and end elevations of models of buggies/frames etc.

Use a computer program for designing any of your projects

Science

Design and Technology

Design and Technology 2e

FlexiCAD

Can use an increasing range of CAD tools.

Can use a graphical model to improve a design.

Most children will be able to use CAD to create annotated diagrams and improve the appearance of their work.

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Graphics

·        To create or capture and manipulate images for inserting into Word Processing, DTP and Multimedia packages.

·        To have an increasing awareness of intended audience.

Art and Design 5c

·        To be able to develop the knowledge, skills and understanding or Art and Design through using a range of materials and processes including ICT.

As part of work on festivals or special occasions ask the children to manipulate scanned or digital images to create a celebration card. Children should then be able to discuss and amend designs in relation to the intended audience.

RE

Art

Art and Design 5c

Art and Design 1c,2b

Scanner

Paintshop Pro

Colour Magic

MS Paint

Adobe Photoshop

Can use external devices to capture images.

Can choose an appropriate part of a picture for a presentation for an intended audience.

Most children will be able to capture/create, and manipulate objects using a variety of tools including cut, copy, paste, resize etc. to create images for an intended audience.

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Word Processing/DTP

·        To be able to work in columns

·        To be able to use various display features to communicate to an audience:

eg fact/definition boxes

      annotated illustration

            leaflet layout. 

Writing 2

·        To be able to develop their ideas on paper and onscreen including the skills of planning and proof-reading.

History 5c

·        To be able to communicate their knowledge and understanding of history in a variety of ways.

Design and create a range of publications linked to a topic eg newsletter, holiday brochure, magazine, leaflets etc. that use the more advanced features of a DTP package.

Produce a report linked to a science investigation. See Year 6 Handling Information

Write a story: print out your plan, first draft and final copy.
Create a talking book on any historical period – one page per group, suitable for the infants.

Produce a list of ideas for a design and organise them into a sequence of actions for production. Design a pamphlet or manual explaining a product that you have or intend to produce.

English

History

Geography

Science

Design and Technology
Writing 1

Writing 2

Geography 1e

History 5c

Design and Technology 1b,1c,1d

First Word

Publisher

Can work in columns

Can use various display features, eg fact boxes etc. to convey information to intended audience.

Most children will be able to use the more advanced features of a DTP package to increase their efficiency when matching their work to their audience.

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Word Processing/DTP

·        To be able to create a diagram that shows the links between different pages.

·        To be able to create buttons to link pages.

·        To be able to choose elements for a presentation to develop the organisation and structure to convey intention to an audience.

History 5c

·        To be able to communicate their knowledge and understanding of history in a variety of ways.

Produce a presentation (web pages/multimedia) involving images, text, sound about their school. The presentation might simulate a walk around the school and be suitable for use by a prospective parent or as a source of information for a parent’s evening. Children should first design their pages in draft on paper showing how the pages link, and describe their audience and how they will access the presentation.

As part of work on comparing ideas, methods and approaches to their own and others artistic works develop a school or class gallery as a web page for the school site.

English History

Geography

English: Literature 8

Geography 1e

 History 5c

Art and Design 3a

Hot Dog Junior,

Illuminatus,

Front Page, Express

Publisher

Can design and create a multimedia presentation.

Can create links between pages.

Can choose appropriate design elements to develop structure and organisation.

Most children will be able to organise, define and present a set of linked multimedia pages which incorporate images, sounds and text.

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Sound

·        Can use a microphone to record sounds in order to create a sound file.

·        To be able to copy sound files from CDROMs/Internet sources.

·        To be able to use IT to organise and reorganise sounds and import into a multi-media presentation.

 Music 5d

·        To develop the knowledge, skills and  understanding of music through the use of ICT to capture, change and combine sounds.

QCA 6A Multimedia presentation

Music 5d

Music 4c

Music Explorer

Sound recorder

Microphone

CD ROMs

Internet

Can use a microphone to record sounds.

Can copy sound files from different sources.

Can organise and import sounds into multi-media presentations.

Most children will be able to organise sounds and incorporate into a multimedia presentation.

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Modelling

·        To be able to design, construct, evaluate and modify simple models ie enter data, enter formulae, copy cells and simple formatting.

·        Use a spreadsheet to draw a graph.

·        To be able to change data to answer “what if?” questions 

Maths: Number 1c

·        To be able to select and use appropriate mathematical equipment including ICT.

QCA 6B Spreadsheet Modelling

See also Spreadsheet Activities for KS1-3

Maths

Maths Number 
1c 4d

Excel

RM Number Magic

Understands that a spreadsheet can be used to explore mathematical models.

Can identify and enter the correct formulae into cells, modify the data, make predictions of changes and check them.

Copy formulae to create tables of results.

  Can create graphs.

Most children will be able to use a spreadsheet to carry out calculations and explore the effects of changing data in a spreadsheet. 

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Finding Things Out

·        To be able to access data when undertaking an enquiry for a specific purpose.

·        To be able to produce a report for a specific audience.

English: Reading 7a, 9b

·        To be able to read a range of materials including print and ICT based reference and information materials (eg dictionaries, encyclopaedias, CD ROMS, Internet)

History 4b

·        To be able to ask and answer questions and to select and record information relevant to the focus of the enquiry.

Investigate accident data using an existing data file. Ask children to answer specific questions eg. does the day of the week affect accidents? What are the reasons for the accidents? Does age affect the probability of being involved in an accident? Use the answers to create a road safety campaign directed at a specific audience.

See DTP year 6

Using a census data file ask the children to search for information and identify and explain patterns of change. Use the information to create a report for a specific audience.

See DTP year 6

Using a weather data file, ask the children to make comparisons about different locations or times of the year. Use the information to create a report for a specific audience.

History

Geography

Science

Maths

English: Reading 7a,9b

 
History 4b

Geography 2d,3d,3f

Information Workshop or

Magic

FlexiDATA

Datafiles:

Fenbury

Workhouse

(disk N51)

Computer Based Data Handling book

Can access data when undertaking an enquiry for a specific purpose.

Can check for accuracy.

Can present the results suitable for a range of audiences.

 Most children will be able to interpret, check and question data; use logical inference to identify implausible and inaccurate data; and present in a suitable format for a chosen audience

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Finding Things Out

·        To be able to use a wide range of methods including diagrams, drawings and ICT to communicate data in an appropriate and systematic manner.

Maths: Processing, Representing and Handling Data 2c

·        To be able to represent and interpret discrete data using graphs and diagrams, including pictograms, bar charts and line graphs then interpret a wider range of graphs and diagrams using ICT where appropriate.

Use a prepared data base such as ‘Birds’ in Information Workshop, to explore relationships between ‘fields’ (eg habitats and food types).

Maths: Processing and Handling Data 2c

Information Workshop or Magic

FlexiDATA

Can access data when undertaking an enquiry for a specific purpose.

Can check for accuracy.

Can present the results suitable for a range of audiences.

Most children will be able to interpret, check and question data; use logical inference to identify implausible and inaccurate data; and present in a suitable format for a chosen audience

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Finding Things Out

·        To understand and interpret information.

·        To save and use pictures, text and sound and be able to import into a document for presentation.

·        To look at information from different viewpoints and validate information.

·        To recognise the issues of copyright and importance of acknowledging sources.

·        To understand the importance of choosing key word to find information when using a search engine.

QCA 6D Using the Internet to search large databases and to interpret information.

Using the Internet gather comparative information about different weather patterns, localities, or geographical features.

Using a range of gallery and art sites ask the children to investigate a particular artistic style, genre or tradition.

QCA 6D.  Using the Internet to search large databases and to interpret information.  Integrated task

Science

Geography

History

Art and Design

Geography 2d,3d,3f

Art and Design 5d

 PHSE/ Citizenship 2k

Internet Web Browser

Can understand and interpret information appropriately.

Can copy and paste from the internet into word processing or DTP program for publication.

Can skim and select information, checking for bias.

Understands the issues of copyright.

Can use search engines and URLs.

Most children will be able to search the internet, taking care when framing questions and understand when the information is valid and present it for a chosen audience.

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Finding Things Out

Science: Breadth of Study1c

·        To be able to develop their knowledge, skills and understanding through a range of sources of information and data including ICT based sources.

 History 4b

·        To be able to ask and answer questions and to select and record information relevant to the focus of the enquiry.

Design and Technology 1a

·        To be able to generate ideas for products after thinking who will use them and what they will be used for, using information from a variety of sources including ICT based sources.

Use the Internet to research scientific topics that cannot be directly observed eg the heart, skeleton, sun, moon, and earth.

Use the Internet to find how people in Victorian England entertained themselves.  Was entertainment the same for the rich and poor?

Using the Internet or a CD ROM, search for a range of products and compare uses to enable design production.

Science: Breadth of Study 1c

Science: Life Processes 2c,2e,2f,5b, Materials and their properties 2e, Physical Processes 4b,4c,4d

History 4b

Design and Technology 1a

Internet Web Browser

Can understand and interpret information appropriately.

Can copy and paste from the internet into word processing or DTP program for publication.

Can skim and select information, checking for bias.

Understands the issues of copyright.

Can use search engines and URLs.

Most children will be able to search the internet, taking care when framing questions and understand when the information is valid and present it for a chosen audience.

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Control and Measurement

·        To be able to refine, modify and amend a procedure.

Maths: Shape Space and Measures

1c

·        To approach spatial problems flexibly, including trying alternative approaches to overcome difficulties.

Build a complex procedure using simpler ones as “building blocks” to produce a street of houses.

Maths

Maths: Shape, Space and Measures 1c

Super Logo

RM LOGO

Can refine, modify and amend a procedure.

Can combine procedures to produce a desired outcome.

Most children will be able to create a pattern using one shape and rotating it; use the repeat instruction to duplicate the shape;  change the angle of turn.

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Control and Measurement

·        To understand that computers can monitor physical factors

·        To understand that a switch can cause an event to occur.

·        To be able to use more than one input device.

·        To develop a system that controls events in a response to conditions.

Science: 
Scientific Enquiry 2f

·        To be able to make systematic observations and measurements, including the use of ICT for data-logging.

Design and Technology 4c

·        To understand how different mechanisms can be used to make things move in different ways, using a range of equipment including an ICT control program

QCA 6C Control and Monitoring

Science

Science: Scientific Enquiry 2f, Physical Processes 1a

Design and Technology 4c

Control Box

Robolab/Lego Technic

Can write a procedure to check two inputs and an output event.

Can use two input devices.

Can use input and output devices and produce a simple set of instructions linking causes and effects.

Can monitor, record and display changes in the environment.

Most children will be able to produce simple procedures to turn lights on, switch a motor on and sound alarms. They may need help to get the logic correct and will need to make amendments.