Programming Scratch Maze Games

About this unit: Teach algorithms, repetition, conditions and variables, while introducing students to Scratch’s block-based coding language. Build adventure maze games and design your own levels, characters and objects to collect. National Curriculum Links – Computing KS2 The content of this plan cover the following National Curriculum strands:  design, write and debug programs that accomplish…

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Reading News Online

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y6) – Lesson 6 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Understand the purposes of different…

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Is It Cyberbullying?

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y6) – Lesson 5 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Recognise similarities and differences between…

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Digital Friendships

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y6) – Lesson 4 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Compare and contrast different kinds…

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Beyond Gender Stereotypes

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y6) – Lesson 3 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Define “gender stereotype” and describe…

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You Won’t Believe This!

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y6) – Lesson 2 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Define “the curiosity gap.” Explain…

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Finding My Media Balance

Digital Literacy and Online Safety (Y6) – Lesson 1 A note about this lesson This lesson is taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent Digital Citizenship curriculum. Their resources are shared for free under A Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You can find the original resources HERE.  Objectives Reflect on how balanced they…

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Digital Literacy and Well-Being (Year 6)

About this unit: Designed to be taught across a whole school year – 18 short lessons from Common Sense Media’s comprehensive, research-based and fully updated Digital Literacy and Well-Being Curriculum. The resources cover six key topics: Healthy Habits, Privacy and Security, Digital Footprints and Identity, Relationships and Communication, Cyberbullying and Online Harms, Information and Media…

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Evaluating the sites

Building Collaborative Websites – Lesson 6 Objectives Through peer and self assessment, evaluate work and make improvements. Develop and use criteria to evaluate design and layout of a website. Lesson Resources Lesson slides  Website evaluation sheet Building Collaborative Websites Pre-lesson guidance – Before you start Lesson 1 – Starting the research Lesson 2 – Planning the website Lessons…

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Planning the website

Building Collaborative Websites – Lesson 2 Objectives To work effectively with others on a collaborative document or application  Recognise the features of good design in electronic media Develop consistency across a piece of work. Demonstrate awareness of the intended audience in their work. Lesson Resources Lesson slides  Group planning documents as described in ‘Before you…

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