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QCA

ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3)

Unit 3A: Combining text and graphics
Section 6: INTEGRATED TASK

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to combine graphics and text to communicate information

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Tell the class that they are going to produce a class magazine, which will include pictures and captions, and explain that they will use punctuation and font effects.
  • Divide the children into pairs and ask them to choose a theme for a page in the magazine. Get them to create, or capture, a picture for their page and ask them to caption the picture. Tell the children to print their work and bring the work together to form the magazine. Finally, discuss with the class the advantages of using ICT.
  • combine graphics and text

Points to note

Children could extend this activity by creating pages for a multimedia presentation eg on the locality or themselves containing graphics and text.

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. INTEGRATED TASK