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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 4: Building a program

Planning and building a program in MakeCode.

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Learning objective

To plan and build a program in MakeCode.

Success criteria

I can break the sequence of my program

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

Understand

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Cross-curricular links

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Code predictions and allow some time for a paired discussion.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing support

Should plan a sequence with three blocks using the Activity: Paper chain plan (support); could be given a suggested outcome to program (e.g. the micro:bit displaying their name).

Pupils working at greater depth

Should include a different type of block in their plan (e.g music); could write a step-by-step guide for how to code their algorithm using MakeCode (similar to the tutorial); could colour code the strips with a small circle to match the colour of the block (e.g. blue for a ‘forever’ block).

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