 a point of discussion.
YEAR 6 – Building of the validity of different sources, Year 6 take at closer look at how Wikis function and how this might affect weather we can trust the information. As well as exploring the author, age and purpose of the information they also look at how domain names (and how easy they now are to buy) can affect if we trust information.
Year 6 also take part in Mr Arthur’s Expert’s Challenge which allows us to teach the class about a brand new topic. These include computer viruses, malware, firewalls, spam, identity theft and phishing. We look at what they are and how we could either avoid them or what to do if we become a victim of any of the above. How they achieve this is their decision, although most groups opt for using PowerPoint. Please see some examples below.
E-Risks and solutions are then consolidated later in the year through discussion (see tables below). The children then use a layered editing program (Photoshop Free Online, Paint.net) to produce posters.
THE BASE – The Base have a flexible program of study that revolves around meeting both the Pupil Asset objectives and PIVATS in different ways each year. This has included using Hector’s World to discuss the topic of E-Safety. After each episode we discussed with the children how this should impact the way they use ICT. Prior to this we had discussed how they use the internet/ICT and spend some time talking about the importance of playing games that are age appropriate.
We have also used Padlet to create a collaborative mind map which explored what we would do if we found something “naughty” when using technology. The points raised were then consolidated using a quiz produced using Kahoot.
E-Safety is of paramount importance to us. As well as regularly planning dedicated curriculum time to the topic, tips and discussion points are often covered informally either as part of another topic or as part of informal chat (upper Key Stage 2 children are particularly proactive in questioning hot topics they have heard on the news such as Chat Roulette and Ask.fm).
The school is also currently in the process of setting up email addresses for every child. Once this has been achieved their will be school wide focus on selecting sensible passwords and the use of online nicknames/aliases.
YOU SAW MY WHAT!?!?!
As part of a cross-curricular link with PSHCE, each year group in Key Stage 2 explored the resources around the NSPCC lesson “I Saw Your Willy”. The aim of this was to get the children to consider carefully what they share online.
Classes produced collaborative documents to reflect on what they would do if they found something they were uncomfortable with online. Please see examples in the slide show below.
Using the NSPCC PowerPoint below, the classes then discussed the themes within the video before completing a Kahoot quiz – again based on these themes/key questions. Finally, using the results, some of the discussion points/key questions were then consolidated.