Early Years Foundation Stage

Welcome to The ICT resources for the Early Years Foundation Stage. These resources can easily be differentiated for children in Nursery and Reception classes.

We have created materials that are linked to popular EYFS topics such as Bears, Ourselves and Supermarket role-play. These are also linked to suggestions of how to use specific ICT resources such as Digital Cameras, Interactive Whiteboards and Programmable Toys.

An overview of all the EYFS topic resources and how they can be used to support the seven Areas of Learning can be downloaded by clicking here. This overview also includes detail of the specific ICT skills that children will be taught.

Click here to view and download the materials.

Year 1

The Education ICT Scheme of Work for Year 1 is geared towards National Curriculum Level 1 which is "...characterised by the use of ICT to explore options and make choices to communicate meaning. Pupils develop familiarity with simple ICT tools."

Characteristics:

Typically, pupils:

• explore information from various sources, showing they know that it exists in different forms
• present and share ideas using text, images and sounds. They talk about using ICT
• recognise that everyday devices respond to signals and make simple choices when using devices

Click here to download the Year 1 Assessment Spreadsheet

Year 2

The Education ICT Scheme of Work for Year 2 moves the children's ICT capabiity towards National Curiculum Level 2 which is "...characterised by purposeful use of ICT to achieve specific outcomes."

Characteristics:

Typically, pupils:

• gather, organise and classify information.
• explore real and imaginary scenarios.
• generate and amend work.
• plan and give instructions to make things happen.
• present their findings. They record, save and share ideas in different forms, including text, tables, images and sounds

Click here to download the Year 2 Assessment Spreadsheet

Year 3

The Education ICT Scheme of Work for Year 3 moves the children's ICT cabability towards Level 3 which "...is characterised by the use of ICT to develop ideas and solve problems."

Characteristics:
Typically, pupils:

• find and use appropriate stored information, following straightforward lines of enquiry.
• explore ICT-based models or simulations to help them find things out and solve problems.
• generate and amend work.
• create sequences of instructions to control devices and achieve specific outcomes.
• generate, develop and organise their work. They use ICT to present share and exchange their ideas with others

Click here to download the Year 3 Assessment Spreadsheet

Year 4

In the Education ICT Scheme of Work for Year 4, children are working at
Level 3, which "...is characterised by the use of ICT to develop ideas and solve problems."

Characteristics:
Typically, pupils:

• find and use appropriate stored information, following straightforward lines of enquiry.
• explore ICT-based models or simulations to help them find things out and solve problems.
• generate and amend work.
• create sequences of instructions to control devices and achieve specific outcomes.
• generate, develop and organise their work. They use ICT to present share and exchange their ideas with others

Click here to download the Y4 assessment Spreadsheet

Year 5

In the Education ICT Scheme of Work for Year 5, children are working towards National Curriculum Level 4 which "...is characterised by the ability to combine and refine information from various sources. Pupils interpret and question the plausibility of information"

Characteristics:
Typically, pupils:

• find and interrogate information, understanding the need for care in framing questions.
• amend and combine different forms of information from a variety of sources.
• generate and amend work.
• explore patterns and relationships using ICT-based models and simulations. They interpret their findings, question plausibility and recognise that poor-quality information leads to unreliable results.
• control events in a predetermined manner and to sense physical data.
• present information in different forms. They refine the quality of their presentations showing an awareness of the intended audience.
• compare their use of ICT with other methods

Click here to download the Y5 Assessment Spreadsheet

Year 6

In the Education ICT Scheme of Work for Year 6, children are working at National Curriculum Level 4 which "...is characterised by the ability to combine and refine information from various sources. Pupils interpret and question the plausibility of information."

Characteristics:
Typically, pupils:

• find and interrogate information, understanding the need for care in framing questions.
• amend and combine different forms of information from a variety of sources.
• generate and amend work.
• explore patterns and relationships using ICT-based models and simulations. They interpret their findings, question plausibility and recognise that poor-quality information leads to unreliable results.
• control events in a predetermined manner and to sense physical data.
• present information in different forms. They refine the quality of their presentations showing an awareness of the intended audience.
• compare their use of ICT with other methods

Click here to download the Y6 Assessment Spreadsheet