Computing: Mixed-age
Computing lessons tailored to the requirements of a mixed-age setting.
How it works
Making use of great, freely available software, Kapow Primary’s lessons develop pupils’ knowledge across five areas: Digital Literacy and Online Safety, Computational Thinking and Computers and Hardware.
The mixed-age units follow a Cycle A and Cycle B format, supporting the progression of skills for children across the age range.
Year 1/2
Cycle A
Cycle B
Computing
Computing systems and networks: Improving mouse skills
(5 lessons)
Knowing how to log in and navigate around a computer, developing mouse skills, learning how to drag, drop,…
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Computing
Programming 1: Algorithms unplugged
(5 lessons)
Using an unplugged approach so that algorithms, decomposition and debugging are made relatable to familiar contexts, such as…
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Computing
Skills showcase: Rocket to the moon
(5 lessons)
Developing keyboard and mouse skills by designing rockets, creating digital materials lists, using drawing software and recording data.
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Computing
Computing systems and networks 1: What is a computer?
(5 lessons)
Exploring what a computer is by identifying and learning how inputs and outputs work. Understanding how computers are…
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Computing
Programming 1: Algorithms and debugging
(5 lessons)
Developing an understanding of what algorithms are, how to program them and how they can be developed to…
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Computing
Computing systems and networks 2: Word processing
(5 lessons)
Learning about word processing, the children develop touch typing skills, explore how to stay safe online, use important…
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Computing
Online safety: Year 1
(5 lessons)
Learning about online safety, including using useful tips to stay safe when online; how to manage feelings and…
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Multiple options
Computing
Creating media: Digital imagery
(7 lessons)
Using creativity and imagination to plan a miniature adventure story and capture it using developing photography skills. Learn…
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Computing
Data handling: Introduction to data
(5 lessons)
Learning what data is and the different ways that it can be represented as well as developing an…
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Multiple options
Multiple options
Computing
Data handling: International Space Station
(5 lessons)
Learning how astronauts survive on the ISS, including identifying necessary items, designing sensor displays and exploring habitable planets.…
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Computing
Online safety: Year 2
(4 lessons)
Learning about online safety, including: what happens to information posted online; how to keep things private online; who…
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Computing
Programming 2: Programming Bee-Bots
(5 lessons)
Children learn about directions, experiment with programming a Bee-bot/Blue-bot and tinker with hardware
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Year 3/4
Cycle A
Cycle B
Multiple options
Computing
Programming: Scratch
(5 lessons)
Using loops to program an animation, a story and a game in Scratch, this unit provides new lessons,…
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Multiple options
Multiple options
Computing
*New* Programming 1: Further coding with Scratch
(5 lessons)
Creating a simple script in Scratch, using decomposition and understanding what variables are, this unit provides new lessons,…
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Computing
Computational thinking
(5 lessons)
Developing the four areas of computational thinking through a range of plugged and unplugged activities.
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Computing
Online safety: Year 3
(5 lessons)
Learning about online safety: ‘fake news’, privacy settings, ways to deal with upsetting online content, protecting our personal…
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Computing
Computing systems and networks 1: Networks
(5 lessons)
Introduction to the concept of networks, learning how devices communicate. From identifying components, learn how information is shared…
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Computing
Data handling: Comparison cards databases
(7 lessons)
By learning about records, fields and data, the children further explore the concepts of sorting and filtering.
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Computing
Computing systems and networks 3: Journey inside a computer
(5 lessons)
Assuming the role of computer parts and creating paper versions of computers helps to consolidate an understanding of…
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Multiple options
Computing
Data handling: Investigating weather
(5 lessons)
Researching and storing data using spreadsheets, designing a weather station which gathers and records data and learning how…
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Computing
Skills showcase: HTML
(5 lessons)
Editing the HTML of a web page to change the layout of a website and the text and…
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Computing
Online safety: Year 4
(5 lessons)
Learning how to navigate the internet in an informed, safe and respectful way.
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Year 5/6
Cycle A
Cycle B
Computing
Programming 2: Micro:bit
(5 lessons)
Clipping blocks together in a program and predicting what will happen while making connections with previously used programming…
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Computing
Data handling: Mars Rover 1
(5 lessons)
Identifying some of the types of data that the Mars Rover collects and explaining how the Mars Rover…
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Computing
Skills showcase: Mars Rover 2
(5 lessons)
Learning about pixels and binary, creating a pixel picture and saving a JPEG as a bitmap to understand…
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Computing
*NEW* Computing systems and networks: Bletchley Park and the history of computers
(5 lessons)
Exploring code-breaking at Bletchley Park, historical figures in computing, the evolution of computers, designing a computer of the…
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Computing
*NEW* Computing systems and networks: Exploring AI
(5 lessons)
Exploring what AI is and how it generates text, images and code, as well as learning about creating…
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Computing
Skills showcase: Inventing a product
(5 lessons)
Designing a new electronic product and using CAD software to design appropriate housing for it. Developing skills in…
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Computing
Online safety: Year 5
(5 lessons)
Learning about potential online dangers and safety.
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Computing
Programming 1: Music
(5 lessons)
Applying programming skills to create sounds and melodies leading to a battle of the bands performance.
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Multiple options
Computing
Computing systems and networks: Search engines
(5 lessons)
Understanding how search engines work and developing searching skills to find relevant and accurate information online.
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Computing
Data handling 1: Big Data 1
(5 lessons)
Understanding about the use of big data including barcodes, QR codes, infrared, and RFID technologies. Children will create…
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Computing
Data handling 2: Big Data 2
(5 lessons)
Understanding data usage through the use of mobile data vs wi-fi, the Internet of Things, and big data.…
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Computing
Programming: Intro to Python
(5 lessons)
Learning the fundamentals of the programming language of Python, they will test, change and explain what their program…
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Computing
Online safety: Year 6
(6 lessons)
Learning how to navigate the internet in an informed, safe and respectful way.
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