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Subjects

Art and design Computing Design and technology French Geography History Music Physical education Spanish Religion and worldviews RSE & PSHE Science Wellbeing

Lesson 1: Tinkering with code

Tinkering with block coding.

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Learning objective

To explore programming in games.

Success criteria

I can break a task down into smaller

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Before starting this unit, check that the children can recall: An algorithm is a clear set of instructions to carry out a task. Problems can be broken down into smaller chunks. Computers use algorithms to make predictions (machine learning). A loop repeats a set of instructions.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing support

Should verbalise the instructions they are giving to the computer (e.g. if they are using a forward arrow, they should say ‘go forward 1 square’); could use a whiteboard to record and remember each step as they gradually build their algorithm and test it frequently.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should explain how each step contributes to solving a problem; could record each step they make using arrows on a whiteboard.

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