Christ the King RC Primary School, A Voluntary Academy

Year 1 Computing work examples

Autumn 2 Purple Mash Unit 1.1 Online Safety and Exploring Purple Mash.

This half term Year 1 have learnt to:

• log in to Purple Mash using their own login.
• created their own avatar and understand why it is useful.
• add their name to a picture they created on the computer.
• open a ‘To do’ on Purple Mash, complete the ‘To do’, and save the work when finished.
• save work into the My Work folder in Purple Mash and understand that this is a private saving space just for their work.
• log out of Purple Mash when they have finished using it and know why that is important.

Spring 1 Purple Mash Unit 1.2 Grouping and Sorting.

This half term Year 1 have learnt to:

• sort various items offline using a variety of criteria.
• sort various items online (on Purplemash) using a variety of criteria.

Year 1 Spring 1 Purple Mash Unit 1.3 Pictograms.

This half term the key learning was:

• To understand that data can be represented in picture format.
• To contribute to class pictograms.
• To use a pictogram to record the results of an experiment.

Year 1 Spring 2 Purple Mash Unit 1.4 Lego Builders

This half term the key learning was:

• To think logically about scenarios.
• To learn the term ‘algorithm’. This concept is at the core of coding.
• To follow algorithms, to create algorithms and to debug an algorithm.

Year 1 Summer 1 Purple Mash Unit 1.5 Maze Explorers

This half term the key learning was:

• To understand the functionality of the direction keys.
• To understand how to create and debug a set of instructions (algorithm).
• To be able to use the additional direction keys as part of an algorithm.
• To understand how to change and extend the algorithm list.

Year 1 Summer 2 Purple Mash Unit 1.8 Spreadsheets

This half term the key learning was:

• To add clipart to cells.
• To move images.
• To lock images to cells.
• To add a count tool to a spreadsheet.