Our whole-school homework this week is:
Reading: please make sure your child is reading on a daily basis.
Number Fact Fluency: Use Numbots or Times Table Rock Stars in regular short bursts.
Talk Time
Vocabulary is the focus of this week’s homework. This half-term our topic has been Computing. We’ve been using and applying the key vocabulary below in our learning.
Years 1 and 2 Computing vocabulary:
- algorithm: a sequence of instructions or a set of rules to get something done
- command: an instruction that can be used in a program
- program: an algorithm or algorithms which can be run by a computer
- to debug: to find and fix errors in algorithms
- computer: a type of machine that can follow instructions and do useful things
Years 3 and 4 Computing vocabulary:
- computer: a machine that can input, process and output data
- program: an algorithm or algorithms which can be run by a computer
- code: the commands that a program can run (eg the blocks in Scratch)
- repetition: to repeat the execution of certain instructions
- sequence: to arrange instructions in a particular order
- logical reasoning: helps us explain why something happens
- sprite: a 2d character in a computer game
- decomposition: the process of breaking down a task into smaller, more-manageable parts
- input: data sent to a computer system from a device (eg keyboard, mouse, microphone)
- output: data sent out of a computer system via a device (eg monitor, printer, speaker)
Years 5 and 6 Computing vocabulary:
- decomposition: the process of breaking down a task into smaller, more-manageable parts
- repetition: to repeat the execution of certain instructions
- selection: choosing to execute one set of instructions over another
- variable: a value that can be set and changed throughout the running of a program (eg a timer, a score, a number of lives left)
- simulation: modelling a real-world or imaginary situation
- computer network: a collection of interconnected computer systems which ‘talk’ to each other by exchanging data
- world wide web: ‘www’ or ‘web’ for short is a collection of web pages of digital content found on the internet
- internet: a huge global computer network
All of these words have been introduced over the half term. How confident do you feel explaining what they mean? Can you traffic light them into green (very confident), yellow/orange (mostly confident) or red (