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ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3)

Unit 3E: E-mail
Section 1: SETTING THE SCENE

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Objectives
Children should learn:
  • key idea: that e-mail can be used to send messages over distances

Activities

Outcomes
Children:
  • Discuss ways of sending messages over distances, eg letter, radio, telephone. Describe some earlier methods of communication, eg signalling flags, bonfires, Morse code. Ask the class to think about the advantages and disadvantages of these methods, eg speed, confidentiality, permanence. Tell the class they are going to use e-mail to send messages to another school.
  • understand that messages can be sent over distances

Points to note
Children could simulate sending messages over distances, inventing their own codes and conventions and using them to send signals. This could lead to a discussion about how to show that a message is starting or ending.

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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