Pictograms
In term 3, we will be focusing upon pictograms. We will learn about:
- To understand that data can be represented in picture format.
- We will contribute to the collection of class data
- Wil will contribute to a class pictogram.
- Having gathered the data, we will discuss what the pictogram shows us.
- We will then collect our own data and we will represent those results on our own pictogram.
Lego Builders
Over the course of term 4, our work will focus upon the importance of creating and following algorithms.
- We will learn that to achieve the effect they want when building something, they need to follow accurate instructions.
- To know that by following the instructions correctly, they will get the correct result.
- A vital part of the learning journey is to know that know that an algorithm is a precise, step-by-step set of instructions used to solve a problem or achieve an objective.
- Then we will learn how to follow instructions in a computer program and explain the effect of carrying out a task with no instructions.
- We will learn that an algorithm written for a computer to follow is called a program and that computers need precise instructions to follow.
- Furthermore, we will learn that the order in which the steps of a recipe are presented affects the outcome. Therefore, children must organise simple instructions in the correct order.
- Finally children will learn that correcting errors in an algorithm or program is called ‘debugging’.