Learning objective

  • To understand the purpose of computer parts.

Success criteria

  • I can explain that a computer is made
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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Design,
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Fact tennis and arrange the children into pairs.

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Adaptive teaching

For pupils needing extra support

Should use their paper laptop from Lesson 2: Building a paper laptop to allow simpler identification of the parts of a computer.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should be encouraged to make links with the unplugged activity and the ‘real’ transition that takes place in a computer.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: suggesting parts of a computer and

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Vocabulary definitions

  • algorithm

    A sequence of instruction when followed solve a problem.

  • CPU

    Central Processing Unit. The brain of a computer that deals with all the data it receives from input and output devices as well as programs run within the computer.

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Sway Grantham

Computing specialist

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Sway Grantham (@SwayGrantham) is a Primary School Teacher, a CAS Master Teacher and Specialist Leader in Education for Primary ICT. She also has a BCS Certificate in Computer Science Teaching (Primary). She has written several curricula and conducted research into the impact of 1:1…
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