Autumn 1

Year 1 Computing: Improving Mouse Skills

Key Skills:

Learning how to explore and tinker with hardware to find out how it works.

Learning where keys are located on the keyboard.

Using a basic range of tools within graphic editing software.

Developing control of the mouse through dragging, clicking and resizing of images to create different effects.

Developing understanding of different software tools.

Recognising devices that are connected to the internet.

Logging in and out and saving work on their own account.

Autumn 2

Year 1 Computing: Algorithms Unplugged

Key Skills:

Recognising that some devices are input devices and others are output devices.

Learning that decomposition means breaking a problem down into smaller parts.

Using decomposition to solve unplugged challenges.

Developing the skills associated with sequencing in unplugged activities.

Following a basic set of instructions.

Assembling instructions into a simple algorithm.

Learning to debug instructions when things go wrong.

Learning to debug an algorithm in an unplugged scenario.