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ICT in Year 5

What will you be doing this year?

Touch-typing

• www.bbc.co.uk/learning/dancemat

Word processing

• What is the difference between save and save as?
• What makes a good poster?
• What are the standard and formatting toolbars?
• What does formatting mean?
• How do you change your page from portrait to landscape?
• How to you create a text box?
• How to you make the line disappear on your text box?
• How do you create a page border?

Databases

• What are Databases?
• What are the two main disadvantages of using paper databases compared to using a computer?

Graphic Design

• Who is Mondrian?
• What does abstract mean?
• Looking at the composition painting – what does cubism mean?
• Which colours did he use?

Roamer/Mission Control

• What is a robot?
• How do robots work?
• Are they useful?
• Think of everyday examples where we use Control Technology.
• How does the Roamer work?

Spreadsheets

• They are known as Worksheets.
• Lots of worksheets make up a workbook!
• Turn your data into a lovely graph!
• Work out any sum!

Using a Digital Camera and Video

Using the Internet

How will you be assessed?

• Work within lessons
• A project
• Practical tasks
• A written exam
• Typing tests
• Self assessment

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