ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

• key idea: that devices can be controlled through direct instructions

• key idea: that a control box and software can be used to control an output device
• technique: to control simple devices, such as small motors, light bulbs, buzzers, by giving direct instructions

• key idea: to control more than one output device
• techniques: to use simple procedures to control more than one output device
• to use simple control language to activate multiple devices concurrently

• technique: to control output devices, by building a sequence of events, to solve a problem

• to create a sequence of instructions which can control a number of output devices