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QCA

ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1)

Unit 1C: The information around us

QCA

Outcomes

Section 1: SETTING THE SCENE
Children:
  • recognise that different materials can provide information
  • know that they can find information from various sources

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Section 2: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
Children:
  • recognise that sounds convey information
  • use a cassette recorder to collect and store information as sound

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Section 3: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
Children:
  • explain what information a picture provides

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Section 4: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
Children:
  • identify materials that provide information

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Section 5: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
Children:
  • know what information is conveyed by some of the icons used in computer software

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Section 6: SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
Children:
  • know that large writing is needed if the information needs to be seen by everyone and that some colours are used for particular purposes, eg red is used to warn us of danger
  • know that a computer can manipulate the appearance of text for a particular purpose

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Section 7: INTEGRATED TASK
Children:
  • select an appropriate style of presentation for a particular task

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Sections in this unit

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1. SETTING THE SCENE
2. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
3. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
4. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
5. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
6. SHORT FOCUSED TASKS
7. INTEGRATED TASK