Welcome Lower Key Stage 2 teachers!
​Here are my recommendations for apps, websites, software and hardware for teaching Lower Key Stage 2 computing skills and objectives.

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Online Safety

  • Children can talk about key online safety 'rules', know what may be unacceptable behaviour, and knows where to go to report a problem.
  • Children can find straight-forward information from selected website resources and knows sites can contain, true or false facts, or opinion.
  • Children should learn about 'fake news'. 
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Play Like Share: Bandrunner
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Kara, Winston & the Smart Crew
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Fake News
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Kahoot
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Word Wall
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Slido

Coding

  • Children can demonstrate logical choices and predict when using a computer simulation, 'model' or game and can make simple edits to solve a problem.
  • Children can produce, debug and edit an accurate sequence of instructions, include use of repeat, to control on-screen objects.
  • Children can plan and create a program using decomposition; includes the use of selection (IF/ELSE) and/or variables.
  • Children can talk about different types of input options e.g. motion /touch, microphone, data logging sensor; and output options e.g. switch, speakers, screen, etc.
  • Children are developing and using a wider computing vocabulary'relevant to work. 
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Barefoot
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Scratch Jr.
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Lightbot
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Fix The Factory
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J2Code Visual
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Scratch 3.0
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Rapid Router Levels 17 - 28
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Busy Things Coding Adventure
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Sphero
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Themed Sphero
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Mini Sphero
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Drones
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Dash
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Dot
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Cue

Digital Creativity

Animation
  • Children can plan what they would like to happen in their animation.
  • Children can take a series of pictures to form an animation.
  • Children can move items within their animation to create movement on playback.
  • Children can edit and improve their animation.​
Digital Design
  • Children can acquire, store and combine images from cameras or the internet for a purpose.
  • Children can use the print screen/snipping tool function to capture an image.
  • Children can select certain areas of an image and resize, rotate and invert the image.
  • Children can edit pictures using a range of tools in a graphics program.​
Photo Editing
  • Children can acquire, store and combine images from cameras or the internet for a purpose.
  • Children can use the print screen/snipping tool function to capture an image.
  • Children can select certain areas of an image and resize, rotate and invert the image.
  • Children can edit pictures using a range of tools in a graphics program.
Sound Editing
  • Children can collect audio from a variety of resources including own recordings and internet clips.
  • Children can create a multi-track recording using effects.
  • Children can edit and refine their work to improve outcomes.
Video Editing
  • Children can capture video for a purpose.
  • Children can choose which clips to keep and which to discard.
  • Children can trim and arrange clips to convey meaning.
  • Children can add titles, credits, slide transitions, special effects.​
Virtual Simulations
  • ​Children can use to create a 3D representation of an existing building.
  • Children can use the tools available to design their own fit for purpose building.
  • Children can change the style, colour and texture of the walls.
  • Children can change the viewpoint angle whilst designing the building to gain insight to its look from a variety of angles.
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Keynote: Digital Animation
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iMotion: Stop-Motion Animation
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J2e5: Digital Paper
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J2e J2Webby: Blogging
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Pages: Posters & E-Books
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Storyboard That: Digital Comic Strip
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Photos: Photo Editing
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Pic Collage: Photo Editing
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Snapseed: Photo Editing
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Pixomatic: Photo Editing
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Voice Memos: Voice Recorder
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Garageband: Music Creator
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Audacity: Music Editing
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BBC Sound Effects
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Anchor: Podcasting
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iMovie: Video Editing & Green Screen
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Clips: Video Editing
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DoInk: Green Screen
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BigVu: Vlogging & Autocue
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PicPostPlay: Video Collage
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Reverse Movie FX
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Action Movie FX: Special Effects
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Sketch Up: Virtual Environment Creator
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Co-Spaces: Virtual Environment Creator
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Key Plan 3D: Virtual Interior Design Creator
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Google Earth: Virtual Map
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Google Arts & Culture
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WWF Free Rivers: AR River Simulation
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BBC Civilisations: AR Historical Artefacts
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Insight Heart: AR Circulatory System
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AR Moon: Rocket Launch & Moon Exploration
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Dinosaurs Everywhere: AR Dinosaurs
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Trench Experience VR: Trench Simulation
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AR Makr: AR Creator

Core Skills

Typing and Mouse skills
  •  Can use shift key to insert characters
  • ​Can use some software to create / assemble digital content for clear purpose.
  • Can make straight-forward edits of their digital work using simple editing tools, to both correct and improve it.
  • ​Children can combine graphics and text
  • Children can insert, format and manipulate a table
  • Children can use spelling and grammar check
  • Children can use the find and replace tools
  • Children can insert headers, footers and page numbers
  • Children can change the layout of a word document
  • Children can insert bullet/number points. 
Presentation Skills
  • ​Children can use software to create and combine content for meaningful purpose(s).
  • Children can also edit and amend their digital work using simple editing tools, to both correct and improve it.
  • Children can print, save and retrieve work
Data skills
  • ​Children can create & store some data, (simple data file), and then find answers to straight-forward questions.
  • Children can choose information to put into a data table and recognise which information is suitable for their topic.
  • Children can design a questionnaire to collect information.
  • Children can sort and organise information to use in other ways.
  • Children can create and search a branching database.
  • Children can create a database from information I have selected.
  • Children can (collect), analyse and draw conclusions from data, (such as through data logging or a survey)
  • Children can print, save and retrieve work​
Internet & Computer Systems
  • ​Children can understand what a network is and how computers are linked together. (e.g. in school, how to PC’s/iPads connect to internet or open files on any device) 
  • ​Children can type in a URL to find a website.
  • Children can add websites to a favourites list.
  • Children can use a search engine to find a range of media, e.g. images, texts
  • Children can think of search terms to use linked with questions they wish to answer.
  • Children can talk about the reliability of information on the Internet, e.g. the difference between fact and opinion.
  • Children can navigate their way within range of (selected) online content, to find specific information.
  • Children can include some information / content from an online resource within a 'presentation'.​
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Microsoft Word: Word Processing
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Apple Pages: Word Processing
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Google Docs: Word Processing
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J2e5: Digital Paper
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Microsoft PowerPoint: Presentation
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Apple Keynote: Presentation
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Google Slides: Presentation
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J2e J2Data: Charts & Databases
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Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets
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Apple Numbers: Spreadsheets
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Google Sheets: Spreadsheets
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Welcome To The Web: Using the Internet