Key Knowledge

• To understand what machine learning is and how it enables computers to make predictions.
• To know that loops in programming are where you set a certain instruction (or instructions) to be repeated multiple times.
• To know that abstraction is the removing of unnecessary detail to help solve a problem.

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Decompose a game to predict the algorithms.
• Give a definition for ‘decomposition’.
• Write clear and precise algorithms.
• Create algorithms to solve problems.
• Use loops in their algorithms to make their code more efficient.
• Explain what abstraction is.

Key Skills

• Developing confidence with the keyboard and the basics of touch  typing.
• Articulating what decomposition is.
• Decomposing a game to predict the algorithms used to create it.
• Learning that there are different levels of abstraction.
• Explaining what an algorithm is.
• Following an algorithm.
• Creating a clear and precise algorithm.
• Learning that programs execute by following precise instructions.
• Incorporating loops within algorithms.
• Using logical thinking to explore software, predicting, testing and explaining what it does.
• Using an algorithm to write a basic computer program.
• Developing word processing skills, including altering text, copying and pasting and using keyboard shortcuts.

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