National Curriculum Programme of Study

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.

3.b) use IT equipment and software to monitor external events.

Information Technology Key Skills