Learning objective

  • To identify and explain the fetch, decode and execute cycle.

Success criteria

  • I understand the difference between ROM and RAM.
  • I

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught to:

  • Understand

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should take the ‘fetch’ role in the drawing activity; should use the skill level one image from the Resource: Fetch-Decode-Execute pictures; could be provided with a printed version of the NASA video transcripts (which can be found below the videos); could be provided with the Resource: The Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could try the skill level three and four images from the Resource: Fetch-Decode-Execute pictures; could try to create their own version of the fetch-decode-execute cycle using key terms such as ROM, RAM and CPU.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining the fetch, decode and execute

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Vocabulary definitions

  • algorithm

    A sequence of instructions which, when followed, solve a problem.

  • CPU

    Central Processing Units are the brains of a computer, which deal with all of the data it receives from input and output devices and programs run within the computer.

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Richard Williams

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