National Curriculum Programme of Study

Key Stage 1
National Curriculum Programme of Study states that pupils should be given opportunities to:

1.a) use a variety of IT equipment and software, including microcomputers and various keyboards, to carry out a variety of functions in a range of contexts.

1.b) use IT to further their understanding of information that they have retrieved and processed.

1.c) examine and discuss their experiences of IT, and look at the outside world.

Pupils should be taught to:

2.b) enter and store information.

2.c) retrieve, process and display information that has been stored.

Key Stage 2
National Curriculum Programme of study states that pupils should be given opportunities to:

1.a) use IT to explore and solve problems in the context of work across a variety of subjects.

1.b) use IT to further their understanding of information that they have retrieved and processed.

1.c) discuss their experiences of using IT and assess its value in their working practices.

1.d) investigate parallels with the use of IT in the wider world, consider the effects of such uses, and compare them with other methods.

Pupils should be taught to:

2.a) use IT equipment and software to communicate ideas and information in a variety of forms, incorporating text, graphs, pictures and sound, as appropriate, showing sensitivity to their audience.

2.b) use IT equipment and software to organise, reorganise and analyse ideas and information.

2.c) select suitable information and media, and classify and prepare information for processing with IT, checking for accuracy.

2.d) interpret, analyse and check the plausibility of information held on IT systems, and select the elements required for particular purposes, considering the consequences of any errors.

Information Technology Key Skills