Weather Database
This computing scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to use databases to store, organise and interrogate data and information about what is happening in the weather. The class can suggest how and why someone might use a computer to store and organise information about a topic.
Explore and record how to use computer databases to store, organise and interrogate data and information about what is happening in the weather
Lesson One : Daily Weather
Practise using a manual method to record facts and information about some of the different types of weather that might occur on individual days throughout the year
Lesson Two : Data Search
Explain and model how to use a prepared database to practise searching for facts and information about changes to the weather that is happening in the world
Lesson Three : Weather Groups
Practise sorting some dates that occur during the year into matching groups working with different criteria about what is happening in the weather
Lesson Four : Data Questions
Explore how to search and record different dates that have been stored in an example database to match selected weather criteria
Lesson Five : Weather Questions
Investigate and record how to compare different ways of storing and retrieving information about the weather that has been listed using both written texts and computer files
Lesson Six : Weather Quiz
Practise searching for and retrieving information from a prepared database about how the weather changes throughout each month of the year
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Garden Numbers
Identify and model some of the different calculation techniques that can be used when adding pairs of single digit numbers
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Summer Stories
Practise composing and presenting narrative stories with familiar settings to illustrate the events and experiences that could happen during the summer
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Fraction Numbers
Investigate how to use concrete equipment, diagrams and calculations to identify and record the matching fractions of different numbers
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Family Holiday Lists
Explore how to compile sentences punctuated using commas to list some of the special things that families can use, complete and experience on a holiday