Year 2 Topics and Key Questions

Computing: Year 2 

Computer Systems & Networks:

IT Around Us

Creating Media:

Digital Photography

Programing A:

Robot Algorithms

Data & Information:

Pictograms

Creating Media:

Making Music

Programing B:

An introduction to Quizzes

KQ1: What are the uses and features of IT?

KQ1: How can we use a digital device to take a photograph?

KQ1: What is a sequence of instructions?

KQ1: What are tally charts and how can we use them?

KQ1: How does music make us feel?

KQ1: Does a sequence of commands have a beginning?

KQ2: How is IT used in school?

KQ2: What choices are available when taking a digital photograph?

KQ2: What happens when you change the order of instructions in a sequence?

KQ2: How can we represent objects?

KQ2: Are there patterns in music?

KQ2: Does a sequence of commands have an outcome?

KQ3: What does IT look like outside of school?

KQ3: What makes a good photograph?

KQ3: How can we predict the outcome of a program?

KQ3: How do we create a pictogram using IT?

KQ3: How are notes used in music?

KQ3: Can we produce code to a given design?

KQ4: How does IT help us?

KQ4: What can be changed to improve a photograph?

KQ4: What can a programming project include?

KQ4: How can a pictogram be used to compare objects?

KQ4: How can a computer be used to create a series of notes?

KQ4: How do we modify a given design in code?

KQ5: How can we use IT safely?

KQ5: What tools can we use to edit a photograph?

KQ5: What is an algorithm?

KQ5: How can a pictogram be used to compare people?

KQ5: Can music be used to represent an animal?

KQ5: Can we create our own code design?

KQ6: How can IT be used in different ways for different circumstances?

KQ6: How do we know when a photograph has been improved?

KQ6: How do we convert an algorithm into a program, test and debug it?

KQ6: How can we use a computer to share information in different ways?

KQ6: How can a musical composition be improved?

KQ6: How can we test, debug and improve a program?