I
have been ICT Leader in my school (now Computing Lead) for the past 9
years and during this time I have been kept upto date with the latest
legislation and expectations for the teaching of Computing by attending
networking meetings, ICT conferences and researching online.
The New Computing Curriculum 2014
My
main concern with teaching the new Computing Curriculum 2014 was that
E-Safety needed to be taught at least once a term through separate
lesson plans and activities and my current school didn't have these
lessons in place consistently across every year group. The lessons also
needed to show progression as well as continuity between Reception to
Year Two. My Findings and What I Created...
I
carried out lots of research and talked to other ICT / Computing
Leaders and we all felt that there were many resources available online
to support the teaching of E-Safety but no practical, exciting,
informative scheme of work... so I used my findings online (with thanks
to Hectors World, Youthinkyouknow, CEOP and many other fantastic
websites/resources) to create my own scheme of work for the teaching of
E-Safety!
This resource includes:
One lesson plan
per year group per term. This scheme of work will enable each year group
to teach an E-Safety lesson each term, which is easy to follow as well
as fun to teach!
Reception (4x E-Safety lessons - For terms 3 to terms 6)
Year One: (6x E-Safety lessons - For terms 1 to terms 6)
Year Two: (6x E-Safety lessons - For terms 1 to terms 6)
Food Dominos:
A large set of dominos which can be played on the carpet or table. It
contains fantastic clipart images of a range of foods. Can be used to
promote social skills as well as literacy and language development and a
super resource for EAL children's vocabularly.
Shopping List: A template for a shopping list to be used as part of a literacy session or in the role play area or outdoors.
Ordering Fruit by Size: A selection of fruits to be ordered and cut out by size, great numeracy activity related to the topic.
Supermarket Signs:
A powerpoint presentation based on the signs and labels found in the
supermarket. What do they say? Why? What are they for? Can be used as a
start to creating own role play supermarket area.
Tinned or Fresh: An activity whereby children taste and compare tinned and fresh fruit. Children complete set proforma sheet.
Water Drops to 10: A display using water drops numbered from 1 to 10, for sequencing and ordering on a washing line.
Water Artists:
A PowerPoint Presentation containing a selection of artwork based on
the topic of Water. Children could use this work to create their own
water artwork using pastels and paints.
Sink or Float: A worksheet whereby children make predictions to whether objects with sink or float and then record their findings.
Water Dominios:
A set of dominios using water droplets images. Printout, cut and
laminate for continued use. Children to practice their careful counting
skills in order to match one domino to the next.
Fish in Bowls Numeracy:
Children to cut and stick numbered fish in the correct order by
sticking them onto the fish bowls. Good for numer recognition and
ordering.
