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Year 4 computing

Year 4 computing runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 8 to 9 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes network, router, internet, firewall, route, World Wide Web, services, digital media, website, host, web browser, hyperlink.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 4 computing lesson

In the order they are taught. 36 lessons.

The internet

  1. Connecting Networks
  2. The Internet and World Wide Web
  3. Sharing Information: The World Wide Web
  4. Content on the World Wide Web
  5. Ownership and the World Wide Web
  6. Reliability of Content on the World Wide Web

Audio production

  1. Recording Sounds
  2. Editing Audio: Trimming, Aligning and Combining Tracks
  3. Planning a Podcast
  4. Creating a Podcast: Recording and Editing Your Voice
  5. Combining Audio: Layers, Volume, and Exporting Your Podcast
  6. Evaluating Podcasts

Repetition in programs

  1. Programming a Screen Turtle
  2. Create an Algorithm for a Text-Based Program
  3. Patterns and Repeats
  4. Count-Controlled Loops
  5. Procedures in Programming
  6. Creating a Programme That Uses Loops

Data logging

  1. Using a Data Set to Answer a Question
  2. Using a Digital Device to Collect Data
  3. Using Data Loggers to Collect Data
  4. Analysing Data Using a Computer
  5. Data for Answers
  6. Using Data from Sensors to Answer Questions

Photo editing

  1. Changing Digital Images
  2. Recolouring Digital Images
  3. Cloning Digital Images
  4. Combining Images
  5. Creating Digital Images for a Purpose
  6. Evaluating Digital Images

Using repetition in programming to create a game

  1. Using Loops in a Program
  2. Types of Loops
  3. Animating Text: Bring Your Name to Life in Scratch
  4. Modifying a Game
  5. Designing a Game with Loops
  6. Creating Games with Repetition in Scratch

Teach the first computing lesson free

StudyDen puts the next computing lesson on the screen each morning, marks what your child types and writes the record as they go. The first lesson needs no card, then it is £29.99 a month for every child in the family.

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Common questions

What does Year 4 computing cover?
Year 4 computing runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, covering network, router, internet, firewall, route, World Wide Web and more.
How many computing lessons are in Year 4?
36 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 4?
Children in Year 4 are 8 to 9 years old during the school year in England and Wales.