Browse our units by year group

Below you will find 6 suggested units of work for each year group. Many of these units are flexible and could be moved around based on the needs of your students.

Other units are also available, which may be of use, depending on the equipment and programs you have access to in your school. You can browse all our units from the main site menu.

KS1

Year 1

  • Keeping safe and exploring technology
  • Exploring Digital sound
  • Making Multimedia stories
  • Action algorithms!
  • An introduction to digital art
  • Programming direction

Year 2

  • Writing in different styles
  • An introduction to animation
  • Programming with Scratch Jr
  • Keep safe and create
  • Programming with Logo
  • Finding and presenting information

KS2

Year 3

  • Digital literacy and online safety (Y3)
  • Communication and collaboration
  • Starting from Scratch
  • Databases
  • Digital imagery: Patterns in nature
  • Getting started with Kodu

Year 4

  • Digital literacy and online safety (Y4)
  • Searching the web
  • Programming Scratch maze games
  • 3D design
  • Kodu - An independent project
  • Computational thinking - Alien contact!

Year 5

  • Digital literacy and online safety (Y5)
  • Building retro games - Pick a project
  • Building collaborative websites
  • Manipulating sound
  • What is a computer?
  • LEGO Robotics

Year 6

  • Digital literacy and online safety (Y6)
  • Spreadsheet masters
  • Creating instructional videos
  • Getting started with the BBC micro:bit
  • Manipulating images
  • Inside the internet

KS3

Year 7

  • Digital literacy and online safety (Y7)
  • Quiz time with Scratch
  • Physical computing with a Raspberry Pi
  • Real life algorithms
  • Making the news - part 1
  • Making the news - part 2

Year 8

  • Digital literacy and online safety (Y8)
  • Python Minecraft
  • Computers, networks and security
  • Sonic Pi - Coding music
  • Planning a festival - part 1
  • Planning a festival - part 2