Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School
“We live our lives like Jesus”
Year 3-4
Autumn 1 - Computing Systems and Networks- Connecting computers
This unit challenges the pupils to develop their understanding of digital devices, with an initial focus on inputs, processes, and outputs. We start by comparing digital and non-digital devices, before introducing them to computer networks that include network infrastructure devices like routers and switches.
Autumn 2 -Creating media: Desktop publishers
During this unit, Children will become familiar with the terms ‘text’ and ‘images’ and understand that they can be used to communicate messages. They will use desktop publishing software and consider careful choices of font size, colour and type to edit and improve premade documents. Children will be introduced to the terms ‘templates’, ‘orientation’, and ‘placeholders’ and begin to understand how these can support them in making their own template for a magazine front cover.
They will start to add text and images to create their own pieces of work using desktop publishing software. Children will look at a range of page layouts thinking carefully about the purpose of these and evaluate how and why desktop publishing is used in the real world.
