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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 4: Using loops in Python

Using loops in Python to create Islamic art by tinkering with different values to create different shapes.

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Learning objective

To use loops when programming.

Success criteria

I can explain what a loop is.
I can

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be able to:

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Cross-curricular links

Art

Pupils should be taught:

to improve

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Code inspection, arrange the children in pairs and hand out a whiteboard and pen to each pair. Ask the children to look at the code from the last lesson and write down anything they can remember about what it does.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Could be given the code on the link: Trinket - Repeated circle design program and encouraged to experiment with it, changing the numbers to see what they can create; could use Scratch to build repeating patterns if they struggle managing written code using the link: Scratch - Islamic code.

Pupils working at greater depth:

Should be encouraged to use embedded loops to create each of their rows.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: using loops in Python and explaining

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Vocabulary definitions

design

A decorative pattern.
indentation

Used in programming (e.g. Python) to define a block of code.

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Example work

Salisbury Road Primary School, Plymouth

Salisbury Road Primary School, Plymouth

Salisbury Road Primary School, Plymouth

Salisbury Road Primary School, Plymouth

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y6: Introduction to Python

Lesson 1: Tinkering with Logo

Lesson 2: Nested loops

Lesson 3: Using Python

Lesson 4: Using loops in Python

Lesson 5: Coding Mondrian

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Sway Grantham

Computing specialist

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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