Intended to be an A5 booklet, this resource is a step-by-step guide with pictures on the basics of using Microsoft PowerPoint. Contents examples: Open PowerPoint How to save work and open saved work how to insert a new slide and change the background colour and slide size change text font, size and colour highlighting and aligning text use Bolditalics and underline insert bullet points, tables, new page, columns, text boxes, shapes, pictures and borders using spelling and grammar check, thesaurus, dictionary and word art add animation use the snipping tool create a hyperlink print your work It can be difficult when teaching ICT to ensure all the students know how to do these -what we would call- simple tasks. With this booklet you can show them once together and then promote their independent learning through the use of this booklet. I had also attached an extra sheet which can be added to the back of the booklet - should you wish - to encourage students to be independent before they approach the teaching staff.

Intended to be an A5 booklet, this resource is a step-by-step guide with pictures on the basics of using Microsoft Word. Contents examples: Open Word How to save work and open saved work change text font, size and colour highlighting and aligning text use Bolditalics and underline insert bullet points, tables, new page, columns, text boxes, shapes, pictures and borders using spelling and grammar check, thesaurus, dictionary and word art changing margins and orientation searching the text for key words. It can be difficult when teaching ICT to ensure all the students know how to do these -what we would call- simple tasks. With this booklet you can show them once together and then promote their independent learning through the use of this booklet. I had also attached an extra sheet which can be added to the back of the booklet - should you wish - to encourage students to be independent before they approach the teaching staff.

Intended to be an A5 booklet, this resource is a step-by-step guide with pictures on the basics of using a computer. Contents examples: How to turn a computer on and off correctly, How to log onto a computer, How to open programs, How to save work and open already saved work, How to create capital letters and use symbols on a keyboard, How to open, find a website and save pictures from the Internet, How to use spelling and grammar check, How to use snipping tool, print screen and copy and paste How to find key words on a Web-page (Ctrl f) It can be difficult when teaching ICT to ensure all the students know how to do these -what we would call- simple tasks. With this booklet you can show them once together and then promote their independent learning through the use of this booklet. I had also attached an extra sheet which can be added to the back of the booklet - should you wish - to encourage students to be independent before they approach the teaching staff. In my paper copies, I also added a copy of Twinkl’s keyboard help sheets.

Brain, Board, Buddy, Booklet, Boss A4 sized poster to display and help students take a minute and check they’ve done everything they can to figure out what they need to do before asking the teaching adult.

SMART doc. Year 6 Digital Literacy ICT Planning. Children create their own code breaking activity using word and the Internet. They choose their own topic. It can be linked to WW topics. This planning has 3/4 lessons planned however depending on your lesson length. additional lessons can be spent on the recount and also having a lesson where they can have a go at each others activities - they research the facts after decoding them to find the fake one. Included: SMART board Lesson outline (word doc.) An activity to encourage enthusiasm for the work -it decoded the instructions for what they will need to do. (word doc.) Planning sheet for the children (double sided) (word doc.) Examples of instructions for children to magpie from. word doc. of last WALT below for recount in their books. The Learning objectives are: WALT: plan the process needed to investigate the world around me. WALT: check for accuracy and plausibility. WALT: decide which Internet services are needed for different purposes. WALT plan the process needed to investigate the world around me whilst checking the data I collect and present for accuracy and plausibility.

Intended to be an A5 booklet, this resource is a step-by-step guide with pictures on the basics of using Microsoft PowerPoint. Contents examples: Open SCRATCH save projects and open saved projects creating and finding sprites and stages changes sprite names and costumes what each area of SCRATCH can be used for creating variables moving code making speech flow adding sound to the projects printscreen your work It can be difficult when teaching ICT to ensure all the students know how to do these -what we would call- simple tasks. With this booklet you can show them once together and then promote their independent learning through the use of this booklet. I had also attached an extra sheet which can be added to the back of the booklet - should you wish - to encourage students to be independent before they approach the teaching staff.