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Meet technology · Lesson 1 of 17

Technology helps us do things

Read with an adult. Take your time. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.

Let's look together

People make tools to help with jobs. A pencil helps us write. A computer can help us write, draw and find information with an adult.

Not every tool is a computer. Talk about what a tool does before naming it.

Pencil → writeLaptop → type and drawCamera → take a picture

Look, point and talk with your adult.

Watch how I do it

I use a pencil to draw on paper. I use a drawing program to draw on a computer. Both help me create, but they work differently.

Your turn

Is every useful tool a computer?

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Let's check together

No. A pencil is useful but is not a computer.

Try it away from the page

With an adult, find three tools at home or school. Describe what each helps someone do.

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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage

Technology is broader than electronic devices. Do not ask children to handle mains appliances or photograph private locations.

Computing is the curriculum subject name. KS1 expectations span Years 1 and 2; this is our Year 1 introduction. Stay with the child, use school-approved tools, and practise on a device as well as on paper. Never enter real passwords or personal information in exercises.

Recognise information technology beyond school (KS1 introduction).

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Choose how you learn

1 Let's look together

2 Watch how I do it

3 Your turn