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What’s included in these one-off ICT lessons for pupils in Year 1?

Got the computers booked? Trying to set cover work for your Year 1 class on something they’re already familiar with? Need ideas for one-off ICT lessons? Try one of our ‘Using And Applying Skills’ lessons for computing.

These computing lesson packs are perfect for when you need one-off ICT lessons. Why? Because each lesson offers engaging revision of learning that’s already taken place during the academic year. These lessons primarily focus on content from three of our Year 1 computing units: Computer Skills, Word Processing, and Painting.

The unit overview and individual lesson packs provide more detail, but the six lessons included here are:

1. Basic Skills Check

2. Typing

3. Editing

4. Paint With Shapes

5. Paint With Brushes

6. Text And Images.

Each lesson pack contains everything needed to deliver engaging lessons which encourage children to revise their use of essential computing skills and apply them in new contexts. Once you’ve clicked download, you’ll typically receive a lesson plan, presentation slides, printable activity sheets, and success criteria stickers.

How do these one-off ICT lessons support computing skills?

These expertly-designed lesson packs contain content created by experienced classroom teachers. So you can be sure that what you’re teaching meets the requirements of the national curriculum for computing. You’ll see from the overview and lesson plans, that each lesson has a curriculum link, plus success criteria in child-friendly language. The combined content of these one-off ICT lessons covers the following computing skills (see individual lesson packs for more details):

clicking, double-clicking, and dragging objects

saving and opening files

making shapes different sizes

positioning shapes correctly

selecting and comparing different brush types.

Where can I find one-off ICT lessons for other year groups?

Our ‘Using And Applying Skills’ lessons help children to use and apply the computing skills they’ve already learnt over the academic year. For that reason, they make ideal one-off ICT lessons. You can browse our lessons for other year groups in key stage 1 and 2 by following the links below:

Year Two

Year Three

Year Four

Year Five

Year Six

Need further help with teaching computer skills to children? Take a look at our handy video explainer about guiding young learners through the basics:

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Use these one-off ICT lessons to help children to use their computer skills in a new context, and apply them in software they’re already familiar with.

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