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

Lesson 3: Bletchley Park

Learning about Bletchley Park and how the first computer cracked the supposedly unbreakable Enigma code.

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Learning objective

To understand the importance of Bletchley Park to the World War II war effort.

Success criteria

I can understand that Bletchley Park was important

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be taught that:

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Cross-curricular links

History

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Bingo – key vocabulary and hand each child a whiteboard and pen. Ask the children to divide their whiteboards into nine boxes and write one of the words from the presentation in each box.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should work collaboratively to decide on the key facts for their information poster; should use the software chosen for the task.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should be encouraged to add hyperlinks to further information; could include information about specific people who worked at Bletchley.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: creating a simple poster

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Vocabulary definitions

brute force hacking

When someone, known as a hacker, uses different methods, such as trial and error, to crack entry into secured information.
cipher

Information that is written in a secret way (also known as a code).

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y6: Bletchley Park

Lesson 1: Secret codes

Lesson 2: Brute force hacking

Lesson 3: Bletchley Park

Lesson 4: Computing heroes

Lesson 5: Computing heroes part 2

Originally created by:

Sarah Vaughan

Computing specialist

Sarah has 13 years of experience teaching in a primary school and leading computing. She now works as a Subject Matter Expert for the NCCE across the East Midlands. In this role, she supports primary schools with bespoke training to develop and…

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