This half term we are going to be exploring what makes a computer a computer? 

Key Knowledge

• To know the difference between a desktop and laptop computer.
• To know that people control technology.
• To know some input devices that give a computer an instruction about what to do (output).
• To know that computers often work together.

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Name some computer peripherals and their function.
• Recognise that buttons cause effects.
• Explain that technology follows instructions.
• Recognise different forms of technology.
• Design an invention which includes inputs and outputs.
• Explain the role of computers in the world around them.

Key Skills

• Understanding  what a computer is and that it’s made up of different  components.
• Recognising that buttons cause effects and that technology follows  instructions.
• Learning how we know that technology is doing what we want it to  do via its output.
• Using greater control when taking photos with cameras, tablets  or computers.
• Developing word processing skills, including altering text, copying and  pasting and using keyboard shortcuts.
• Using word processing software to type and reformat text.
• Creating and labelling images.
• Learning how computers are used  in the wider world

Key Vocabulary

Battery

Buttons

Camera

Computer

Desktop

Device

Digital

Digital recorder

Electricity

Function

Input

Invention

Keyboard

Laptop

Monitor

Mouse

Output

Paying till

Scanner

Screen

System

Tablet

Technology

Video

Wires

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