Year 6 Computing Overview
Below you will see what we use over the year in year 6.
The full list of software is as follows:
Computers:
Scratch website / Scratch Software 2.0 offline
Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Sway (You can get office for free - look in your diaries for more information)
Trinket - use your google login in your planners
TinkerCAD - use your google login in your planners
Micro:bit - we do have a very small number of Micro:bits in school however it will be the website version we use mainly
Tablets:
Micro:bit - we do have a very small number of Micro:bits in school however it will be the website version we use mainly Apple / Android
TinkerCAD - Apple / Android use your google login in your planners
Autumn 1 - Bletchley Park
Software used:
Scratch website / Scratch Software 2.0 offline
Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint (You can get office for free - look in your diaries for more information)
Autumn 2 - Intro to Python
Software used:
Scratch - in school we use Scratch 2.0 offline however you can use the website version the download link is here
Trinket - use your google login in your planners
Spring 1 - Big Data 1
Software used:
Microsoft Excel (You can get office for free - look in your diaries for more information)
Spring 2 - History of computers
Software used:
Computers:
Microsoft Forms (You can get office for free - look in your diaries for more information)
Tablets:
Summer 1 - Big data 2
Software used:
Microsoft Excel (You can get office for free - look in your diaries for more information)
Summer 2 - Inventing a product
Software used:
Computers:
Microsoft Sway (You can get office for free - look in your diaries for more information)
TinkerCAD - use your google login in your planners
Micro:bit - we do have a very small number of Micro:bits in school however it will be the website version we use mainly
Tablets:
Micro:bit - we do have a very small number of Micro:bits in school however it will be the website version we use mainly Apple / Android
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