Digital Skills for 4th Class

What your school gets

Everything a teacher needs to teach Digital Skills for 4th Class this year.

In class

50 lessons, ready to teach Each one planned step by step, taught from the interactive whiteboard. 1 interactive activity across the course.
Quizzes and assessments A short quiz with 38 of the lessons.
Try the first lesson: Introduction to Coding

On paper

Teacher Resource BookThe whole course laid out for the teacher, lesson by lesson, ready to print.
The sample lesson's pages

The whole books come with the course, in each class's Resources.

For planning

Yearly plan See the first two pages
Fortnightly schemes See the first two pages
Progression coverage See the first two pages
Programme progression See the first two pages

Included with the course, in English and in Irish. Teachers find them in their class's Resources.

The curriculum it covers

Every lesson is mapped to the specification. This course teaches 9 of the 10 outcomes for this class.

Coding Ireland Digital Skills Progression Framework (in-house)

Computational thinking 1 of 2 outcomes

Programming 2 of 2 outcomes

Digital creativity 2 of 2 outcomes

Robotics and physical computing 1 of 1 outcome

Staying safe online 2 of 2 outcomes

Digital literacy and media 1 of 1 outcome

See every outcome

Curriculum Area

Outcomes

Computational thinking

DCT.3.1 DCT.3.2

Programming

DPR.3.1 DPR.3.2

Digital creativity

DCR.3.1 DCR.3.2

Robotics and physical computing

DPC.3.1

Staying safe online

DOS.3.1 DOS.3.2

Digital literacy and media

DDL.3.1

Tap any outcome to read it. The coloured ones are taught in this course. The curriculum does not include official reference codes for individual learning outcomes, so we have assigned a code scheme to make it easier to identify and track coverage.

The course, module by module

50 lessons in 7 modules. The lesson marked Sample opens in full.

1 Introduction to Coding 4 lessons · about 2 hours

What is Coding?
1 Introduction to Coding Sample lesson Quiz
2 Scratch Tutorial Quiz
3 Create your Scratch account
Coding your first project
4 Paddle Ball Game Quiz

2 Advanced Game Development 8 lessons · about 8 hours

3 Microbit Adventures 8 lessons · about 7 hours

13 Meet the Microbit Quiz
14 Microbit Light Clapper Quiz
15 Microbit Step Counter Quiz
16 Sound level Quiz
17 Microbit Fruit and Veg Piano Quiz
18 Microbit Compass and Thermometer Quiz
19 Microbit Hot Potatoe Quiz
20 Microbit Lab

4 Dynamic Digital Projects 8 lessons · about 8 hours

21 Diver Game Quiz
22 Star Chaser Quiz
23 Maze Game Quiz
24 Text to Speech Quiz
25 Pattern Snake Quiz
26 Easter Egg Catch Quiz
27 Sound effects Quiz
28 Build Battles

5 Introduction to Animation 8 lessons · about 8 hours

6 Build a Website 6 lessons · about 6 hours

Parts with Names
37 Parts of Your Page
38 Lines and Space Between Your Parts
More Than One Page
39 A Second Page, and a Button to Reach It
Getting Around, and Finishing
40 A Menu on Every Page
41 Hide a Surprise
42 Finish Your Site and Show It

7 Cyber Safety 8 lessons · about 5 hours

43 Staying Safe Online
44 What is Personal Information? Quiz
45 Why We Shouldn’t Share Personal Information Online Quiz
46 Stranger Danger Online (Red Flags) Quiz
47 Strong vs. Weak Passwords Quiz
48 The Dangers of Sharing Passwords Quiz
49 Scams, Tricks & Pop-Ups (Don't Get Fooled) Quiz
50 Digital Footprint: Think Before You Post Quiz

What pupils learn

A full year for 4th Class, stepping up from 3rd: coding foundations, game development, micro:bit projects that use sensors, digital projects, animation, building a website and online safety. Fifty lessons, teacher-led from the board with pupils building on screen.

What you'll need

Used in some of the lessons. Students can share in groups of two or three.

Chromebook/Laptop/PC iPad/Tablet Crocodile clips Microbit Some fruit & vegetables