Lower Key Stage 2

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'.

Play Like Share: Bandrunner

Kara, Winston & the Smart Crew

Fake News

Kahoot

Word Wall

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.

Barefoot

Scratch Jr.

Lightbot

Fix The Factory

J2Code Visual

Scratch 3.0

Rapid Router Levels 17 - 28

Busy Things Coding Adventure

Sphero

Themed Sphero

Mini Sphero

Drones

Dash

Dot

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.

Keynote: Digital Animation

iMotion: Stop-Motion Animation

J2e5: Digital Paper

J2e J2Webby: Blogging

Pages: Posters & E-Books

Storyboard That: Digital Comic Strip

Photos: Photo Editing

Pic Collage: Photo Editing

Snapseed: Photo Editing

Pixomatic: Photo Editing

Voice Memos: Voice Recorder

Garageband: Music Creator

Audacity: Music Editing

BBC Sound Effects

Anchor: Podcasting

iMovie: Video Editing & Green Screen

Clips: Video Editing

DoInk: Green Screen

BigVu: Vlogging & Autocue

PicPostPlay: Video Collage

Reverse Movie FX

Action Movie FX: Special Effects

Sketch Up: Virtual Environment Creator

Co-Spaces: Virtual Environment Creator

Key Plan 3D: Virtual Interior Design Creator

Google Earth: Virtual Map

Google Arts & Culture

WWF Free Rivers: AR River Simulation

BBC Civilisations: AR Historical Artefacts

Insight Heart: AR Circulatory System

AR Moon: Rocket Launch & Moon Exploration

Dinosaurs Everywhere: AR Dinosaurs

Trench Experience VR: Trench Simulation

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'.

Microsoft Word: Word Processing

Apple Pages: Word Processing

Google Docs: Word Processing

J2e5: Digital Paper

Microsoft PowerPoint: Presentation

Apple Keynote: Presentation

Google Slides: Presentation

J2e J2Data: Charts & Databases

Microsoft Excel: Spreadsheets

Apple Numbers: Spreadsheets

Google Sheets: Spreadsheets

Welcome To The Web: Using the Internet

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