Primary Computing 0059 (2021): Stage 2

Computational Thinking

Programming

Managing Data

Networks and Digital Communication

Computer Systems

Follow and understand linear algorithms.

Identify and correct a single error in algorithms that represent everyday events or tasks.

Know that an algorithm is a precise set of instructions.

Identify the steps needed to undertake tasks, in order to develop simple algorithms.

Predict the outputs of algorithms.

Know how to develop precise sets of instructions to complete simple tasks, such as drawing a picture of a particular object or building a brick tower.

Understand that programs instruct computers how to run algorithms.

Know how to recreate algorithms as programs.

Know how to develop programs to produce desired outputs, including the use of the repeat command.

Know how to plan the instructions for objects within programs.

Understand the benefits of working with others when debugging programs.

Identify the benefits of regularly testing programs throughout their development.

Know how to debug programs so that they will run and will produce the desired output.

Know how to enter directional instructions in to a physical computing device to enable it to reach a specific destination.

Know the advantages of storing data and information on computers.

Know how to use computing devices to present categorical data.

Investigate different ways of using computing devices to collect categorical data for a particular purpose.

Identify types of statistical data that can be manually recorded using computing devices.

Discuss the different types of data that a question may generate, limited to statistical and non-statistical.

Understand how data may help to solve problems.

Identify a range of devices that can connect to a network, including to the internet.

Know that two devices working together can achieve things that neither device can achieve on its own.

Know that there are wired and wireless networks.

Know how to recognise when a network is and is not available.

Know that network connected devices share information with each other and that there are risks associated with this.

Use the correct terminology to explain the functions of basic hardware and software.

Identify some features that make digital devices easy to use, including their physical parts and their functions.

Know the difference between input and output devices.

Identify tasks that computers can complete more effectively than humans.

Understand that people use different types of computer device depending on a range of factors, including their location or their purpose.

Compare the representation of robots in fiction with real robots that have a real world purpose.