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QCA

ICT at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 6)

Unit 6D: Using the internet to search large databases and to interpret information
Section 1: SETTING THE SCENE

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • key idea: that it is important to interpret information and to understand it

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Provide a range of short articles. Divide the materials and children into groups and ask the children to pick out the key points from the articles. They should retell the information to the rest of the class using two key messages from the material.
  • recognise that information must be read before it can be understood and interpreted for others
  • work with others to interpret information

Points to note

This material could be from books, CD-ROMs or the internet. Children are used to doing this activity with books. However, they frequently print from CD-ROMs or the internet without reading the material.

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 TASKS