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Year 4

Study Units

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Word Processing
Graphics
Databases
Graphs and Charts
Programming             

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Word Processing

This unit looks at using appropriate effects and graphics to create a front page of a newspaper.  Pupils will learn how to spell check their work, use find and replace, add graphics and use cut and paste. 

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Graphics

Lesson 1
In this lesson pupils will be looking at images using repeating patterns.

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        Lesson 2

 

This lesson focuses on pointillist art.  The children were shown various examples of famous pointillist artists such as  Georges Seurat, Paul Signac and Henri-Edmund Cross.  Over two weeks the pupils created the following work.


 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Lesson 4

The pupils were shown some examples of Islamic carpets and taught how to use the symmetry tool to create an Islamic carpet.


 

 


 

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Databases

  • Pupils will use a branching database to identify objects and people. 

  • Pupils will then create their own branching database

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Graphs and Charts

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Programming

This unit looks at how some machines can be programmed to follow a set of instructions..  If the instructions are incorrect, or in the wrong order, the machine will not do what we want it to.

Pupils use accurate commands to draw simple shapes.

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