ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 1)

• Collect pictures showing modes of transport. Ask the class to select the pictures that show how they travel to school. Arrange the pictures on the wall to build up a pictogram.
• Show the class a picture of a street scene. Ask them how many people they can see travelling by bicycle, car, bus, or walking. Use the pictures of modes of transport to produce a pictogram. Discuss how pictograms show information at a glance. Ask the class to use the pictogram to answer questions, eg what is the most/least common way of travelling?

• Ask each child to choose his/her favourite colour from the colours of the spectrum. Demonstrate to the class how to enter data and show them the icons which will produce a pictogram of data entered.
• Ask each child to enter their favourite colour and to choose the icons that will create a pictogram. Print the pictogram and ask the class to answer simple questions about the pictogram, eg which colours are the most/least popular?

• Prepare a collection of shapes. Ask the children to group the shapes according to number of sides. Ask them to use a graphing package to select appropriate icons to represent their data. Ask them to create a pictogram to represent the data they have collected and to present what they have learnt from their pictogram.