Category Archives: ICT & Computing – Y4

Introduction…. Today, you are going to…. learn about the keyboard Your teacher will explain to you the functions of all these keys… 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 10. Complete the following tasks online to test your knowledge on what you have learnt so far about theContinue reading “Laptop Keyboard”

THIS PAGE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION… Today, you are going to…. learn about healthy screen time habits consider how you use your time make a healthy schedule for yourself 1. Discussion: How much time do you spend on screens? What do you do online? 2. Complete the quiz below. It shows you various activities (e.g.,Continue reading “Y4: 26. Cyber Safety V – Balancing Screen Time”

Today, you are going to…. understand what cyberbullying is know how to respond to cyberbullying understand the seriousness of cyberbullying look at steps one can take to protect yourself from cyberbullies 1. Cyber Security for kids. (4:09 minutes long) 2. Have you ever heard of cyberbullying? What does it mean? 3. What’s Cyberbullying? (1:44 minutesContinue reading “Y4: 25. Cyber Safety IV – Cyberbullying Awareness”

Today, you are going to…. learn how to recognize safe websites examine unsafe websites make a “Safe Browsing” poster 1. Child Focus ‘E-safety’. (1:52 minutes long) 2. Let’s talk about what makes a website look safe. 3. Which of these websites do you trust? Website 1 Website 2 Website 3 4. We will now considerContinue reading “Y4: 24. Cyber Safety III – Identifying Safe & Unsafe Websites”

Today, you are going to…. learn what exactly is meant by personal information consider online scenarios where people ask you for information see how to create strong passwords test the strength of passwords 1. What does “personal information” mean? Here are some examples of “personal information”: 2. Complete the following Quizzes. You need to sortContinue reading “Y4: 23. Cyber Safety II – Personal Information & Privacy”

Today, you are going to…. learn how to stay safe online decide what is safe to do online and what is not safe make a cyber safety pledge 1. Internet Safety Tips for Kids. (2:08 minutes long) 2. What do you know about using the internet? 3. This video teaches children about the importance ofContinue reading “Y4: 22. Cyber Safety I – Introduction to Online Safety”

Today, you are going to…. practise coding with Scratch create a project with a bouncy ball 1. You are going to create a simple bouncing ball! Read through the instructions provided. The use it to create codes in Scratch for your “Bouncy Ball Project”. 2. Access SCRATCH here. 3. RIGHT-mouse click on the cat andContinue reading “Y4: 21. The Bouncy Ball Project”

Today, you are going to…. practise coding with Scratch create a project with a rocket, sun and star 1. In coding, a loop is a command used to repeat a part of code until the desired process is complete. Programmers can use infinite loops, and count-controlled loops. 2. Complete this worksheet to test your knowledge ofContinue reading “Y4: 19. The Rocket Project”

Today, you are going to…. learn about coding with Scratch modify a sprite create a moving crab 1. Go to Scratch. Access SCRATCH here. 2. Click “create”. 3. Close this box: 4. Delete the Scratch character (“sprite”). 5. Choose the Crab character: (You need to click on this “sprite” button on the screen.) 6. AlsoContinue reading “Y4: 20. The Crabby Project”

This lesson is based on teachcomputing.org lessons. Today, you are going to…. explain that in programming there are infinite loops and count controlled loops modify loops to produce a given outcome choose when to use a count-controlled and an infinite loop recognise that some programming languages enable more than oneprocess to be run at onceContinue reading “Y4: 18. Scratch Loops”

This lesson is based on teachcomputing.org lessons. Today, you are going to…. list an everyday task as a set of instructions including repetition predict the outcome of a snippet of code modify a snippet of code to create a given outcome 1. Computer programmers use codes and algorithms to tell computers what to do. OneContinue reading “Y4: 17. Introduction to Scratch”

Today, you are going to…. learn about block coding use block coding to follow instructions use block coding to write an algorithm 1. The videos below explain what block coding is. What is Block-Based Programming? | Block Coding for Kids. (1:44 minutes long) Block Coding for Kids. (3:53 minutes long) 2. Remember: 3. We willContinue reading “Y4: 16. Introduction to Coding Blocks”

Today, you are going to…. learn more about algorithms discover how to write an algorithm 1. Algorithms are instructions given in a specific sequence. The video below explain sequencing. Sequencing | Coding & Computer Science Song. (3:53 minutes long) 2. Use this “6-squares worksheet” to draw paths from A to A, B to B, CContinue reading “Y4: 15. Algorithms II”

Today, you are going to…. learn about algorithms discover how computers follow instructions 1. Watch video below. It explains what an algorithm is. BBC Learning What Is An Algorithm. (1:07 minutes long) 2. Also watch this video to learn more about what algorithms are.  Introduction to Algorithms | All About Computers | Tynker. (4:48 minutesContinue reading “Y4: 14. Algorithms I”

THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION! STILL TO BE EDITED FROM HERE ONWARDS! Today, you are going to…. finish any incomplete tasks play some educational online games 1. Finish any tasks from previous lessons that you have not completed yet. 2. Now you may use the links below to play some educational games on theContinue reading “Y4: 14. Educational Games II”

Today, you are going to…. continue with the Christmas creations started in the previous lesson 1. ICT Tasks for Christmas…. Decorate a Virtual Christmas Tree You need to decorate the virtual Christmas tree by dragging ornaments. Skills Developed: Basic mouse skills, & creativity. Christmas-Themed Games Play online Christmas-themed educational games like matching games, jigsaw puzzles,Continue reading “Y4: 13. Christmas Creations II”

Today, you are going to…. use the internet, online tools, or word processing programmes to create something related to Christmas… 1. ICT Tasks for Christmas…. Decorate a Virtual Christmas Tree You need to decorate the virtual Christmas tree by dragging ornaments. Skills Developed: Basic mouse skills, & creativity. Christmas-Themed Games Play online Christmas-themed educational gamesContinue reading “Y4: 12. Christmas Creations I”

Today, you are going to…. learn more about the keyboard practise typing 1. This song tells you more about the keyboard: 2. What is on the keyboard? And what is AltGr? 2. Let’s learn a bit more about the position of our hands and fingers on the keyboard! (Click on the image below to learnContinue reading “Y4: 11. Keyboard Skills”

This is Lesson 6 on Computing Systems & Networks – the Internet, taken from teachcomputing.org. Today, you are going to…. evaluate the reliability of content consider the consequences of unreliable content realise that not everything on the internet is true explain why some information we find online may not be honest, accurate, or legal explainContinue reading “Y4: 10. Can I believe what I read?”

This is Lesson 5 on Computing Systems & Networks – the Internet, taken from teachcomputing.org. Today, you are going to…. realise that the content of the World Wide Web is created by people consider who owns the content on websites discover that there are rules to protect content 1. Revision… A website is a setContinue reading “Y4: 9. Who owns the Web?”

This is Lesson 4 on Computing Systems & Networks – the Internet, taken from teachcomputing.org. Today, you are going to…. discover how content can be added and accessed on the WWW explain what media can be found on websites see how you can add content to the WWW examine how internet services can be usedContinue reading “Y4: 8. What is a website?”

Today, you are going to…. finish any incomplete tasks play some educational online games 1. Finish any tasks from previous lessons that you have not completed yet. 2. Now you may use the links below to play some educational games on the internet: Click on the button below for more games: The following games canContinue reading “Y4: 7. Educational Games I”

This is Lesson 3 on Computing Systems & Networks – the Internet, taken from teachcomputing.org. Today, you are going to…. see how information can be shared via the World Wide Web (WWW) discover the types of media that can be shared on the WWW describe where websites are stored when uploaded to the WWW learnContinue reading “Y4: 6. Sharing Information”

This is Lesson 2 on Computing Systems & Networks – the Internet, taken from teachcomputing.org. Today, you are going to…. see how networked devices make up the internet describe networked devices and how they connect examine how the internet is used to provide many services realise that the World Wide Web is the part ofContinue reading “Y4: 5. What is the internet made of?”

This is Lesson 1 on Computing Systems & Networks – the Internet, taken from teachcomputing.org. Today, you are going to…. learn about the internet as a network of networks demonstrate how information is shared across the internet discuss why a network needs protecting 1. The internet is a worldwide system of interconnected computer networks, that communicateContinue reading “Y4: 4. Connecting Networks”

Today, you are going to…. revise different parts of a computer complete a word search about computer parts 1. Can you remember the different parts of a computer? Here is a video to remind you… 2. Complete this online word search! (Click on the button to open the word search.) 3. You can also completeContinue reading “Y4: 3. Computer Parts II”

Today, you are going to…. learn about the different parts of a computer complete the word processing task from the previous lesson 1. 2. 3. Your teacher will guide you through this article about “Parts of a Computer”. 4. Complete the task from the previous lesson. 5. 6. Additional Information: (WordPress advertisements may appear below.)

Introduction…. Today, you are going to…. learn about the keyboard learn about word processing learn how to open a document, save a document, and close a document use a word document to write about yourself 1. Your teacher will explain to you the functions of all these keys… 2. Make a Word document about yourself.Continue reading “Y4: 1. Introduction”

Glossary Words…. Make a crossword puzzle of the terminology in one of the glossaries above. (You may choose which one to use.) You can use one of the following tools to make the crossword puzzle: https://crosswordlabs.com/  (These crossword puzzles need to be printed.) or https://nepazing.com/CrossWord/Create (These crossword puzzles can be played online, or printed.) (WordPressContinue reading “ICT & Computing: Glossary – Y4”

ICT Tasks for Christmas…. (WordPress advertisements may appear below.)