Upper Key Stage 2

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

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Online Safety

Children can demonstrate 'web-savvy' awareness, from a range of given scenarios, including conduct, contact and content 'risks' and issues.
Children can discuss a range of privacy issues and know a range of ways to report concerns or inappropriate behaviour.
Children can communicate and collaborate online, demonstrating respectful and safe behaviours.
Children should learn about PEGI Ratings, consent and the dangers of viral challenges, phishing, scams and sexting.

Online Risks & Dangers

Google Interland

Kahoot!

Word Wall

Slido

Coding

Children can test, debug and edit a program that accomplishes a given goal, e.g. a simple computer game, model or simulation, to solve a problem.
Children can create & develop programs, by planning, debugging and applying programming skills ofrepetition (loops), selection (IF/ELSE) and variables, to accomplish specific goals.
Children can use logical reasoning to deconstruct programs, evaluate their effectiveness and make them more challenging or efficient.
Children can use different types of input options and output options such as through sensing and control 'kits' and/or software to solve a problem.
Children are developing and using a wider computing vocabulary in context of task.

Barefoot

Scratch 3.0

J2Code Logo

Hopscotch

Swift Playgrounds

Hour of Code

Rapid Router Levels 29 - 43

Busy Things Coding Adventure

EduBlocks

Ohbot

Micro-bit

Digital Creativity

Animation

Children can plan a multi-scene animation including characters, scenes, camera angles and special effects.
Children can use stop motion animation software with an external camera to shoot animation frames.
Children can adjust the number of photographs taken and the playback rate to improve the quality of the animation.
Children can publish their animation and use a movie editing package to edit/refine and add titles.
Children can publish their animation and use a movie editing package to edit/refine and add titles.

Digital Design

Children can use software effectively to create, design and manipulate for purposeful outcomes.
Children can combine resources from different sources into a digital presentation, showing clear sense of intended purpose and 'audience'.

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 storyboard and capture videos for a purpose.
Children can plan for the use of special effects and transitions.
Children can trim, arrange and edit audio levels to improve quality of their outcome.
Children can export their video.

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

AppMaker: App creator

Google Sites: Website Creator

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 add and rearrange slides
Children can change a theme/layout
Children can add and format a text box
Children can add Background colours
Children can insert pictures, sound file, video, hyperlinks and slide transitions for effect.
Children can add animations and change animation order and timings for effect.

Data skills

Children can enter labels and numbers into a spreadsheet
Children can insert and format a table
Children can understand the terms field, record, file, sort, classify and order
Children can use a spreadsheet to make various types of charts and graphs.
Children can use a database to sort and classify information and present their findings
Children can (collect), analyse, evaluate and draw conclusions from data, such as through survey, database or spreadsheet, etc.
Children can create data collection forms and enter data accurately from these.
Children can know how to check for and spot inaccurate data.
Children can enter formulae into a spreadsheet and know which formulas to use when I want to change my spreadsheet model.
Children can sort and filter information.
Children can use SUM to calculate the total set of numbers in range of cells
Children can change data in a spreadsheet to answer ‘what if…?’ questions and check predictions.
Children can understand that changing the numerical data effects a calculation.

Internet & Computer Systems

Children can find specific and valid information using sensible key words / search terms, from (selected) online web content, as fits the task.
Children can use advance search functions in Google (quotations).
Children can understand websites such as Wikipedia are made by users (link to Online Safety).
Children can use strategies to check the reliability of information (cross check with another source such as books)
Children can use their knowledge of domain names to aid their judgement of the validity of websites.
Children can log into an e-mail account
Children can send, receive and reply to an e-mail
Children can use an address book to store and select e-mail addresses
Children can send an attachment via e-mail.
Children can download and save files from an email.
Children can e-mail more than one person and reply to all.

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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