November 2019 – Year 6 Computing

In year 6 we use computing for a variety of purposes. E-Safety is vital throughout school life when using any computing equipment which allows the children to go online. We ensure E-Safety is prominent in all of our lessons and the children understand the importance of keeping safe online; understand the age restrictions and privacy settings on social media and know what to do if anything inappropriate is flagged up. D-Side also come in to speak to us about this. We use computing for research purposes throughout our topic lessons on Britain Through the Decades, WWII and mountains- using Google to enhance the children’s learning and produce work suited to the task. We make sure that the children are taught about not copying and pasting directly from the internet, and using websites that are reliable. The children use their coding skills by using Scratch and build upon previous years by introducing variables for lists and ‘if, then, else’ conditions. We also use Sketch-Up (a 3D modelling program), which allows the children to become a graphic designer- they use this to design their own ski resorts during our topic on mountains. This year we have also been using the Virtual Reality headsets to allow the children to gain some immersive learning by travelling to places they may not otherwise get to visit.