Year 1
Dance Bots
Tuning in activity – Hokey Pokey, North, South, East and West (Hi 5)
iPad Apps
It focuses on developing foundational skills in computational thinking and an awareness of personal experiences using digital systems. Daisy the Dinosaur
Students use the concept of abstraction when defining problems, to identify the most important information, such as the significant steps involved in making a sandwich. They begin to develop their design skills by conceptualising algorithms as a sequence of steps for carrying out instructions, such as identifying steps in a process (dance) or controlling robotic devices.
Students begin to develop algorithmic thinking and sense of direction through the performing arts.
Identify, use and explore digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose
Apps based Activities: A.L.E.X Daisy the Dinosaur Students explore computer programming with Daisy the Dinosaur by using the drag and drop interface to animate Daisy to dance across the screen. Students use the apps challenges to begin to understand the basics of objects, sequencing, loops and events.
Learning in Digital Technologies builds on concepts, skills and processes developed in the Early Years Learning Framework.
 A.L.E.X
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recognising and using hardware and software components of digital systems and experimenting with their functions, for example playing with interactive toys and robotic devices to determine which ones can work with other devices recognising that a digital system follows instructions or commands, for example instructing robotic toys to perform a function such as a dance movement.
General capabilities: Literacy, Numeracy, Information and communication technology capability, Critical and creative thinking, Personal and social capability.