Read with an adult. Take your time. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.
1 Let's look together
Saving keeps a copy of our work so we can open it later. A helpful name makes it easier to find.
Ask your adult where to save. Choose a name about the work, such as garden-picture, without private information.
CreateSave with a nameClose safelyOpen again
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
With my adult, I save garden-picture in our practice folder. We close it, then open that file and check the picture is still there.
3 Your turn
Is garden-picture or my-full-address a safer name for this practice picture?
Have a go before opening the answer.
Let's check together
Garden-picture. Do not include your address.
4 Try it away from the page
Save and reopen the picture you made. Change one small part and save again with adult help.
Open your writing and drawing pad
Write, draw or show your working. Use a mouse, pen or finger. This pad is not a submitted answer.
Not saved to your account. Download your drawing as PNG and your typed notes as TXT before leaving or refreshing. They are separate files. Do not enter private information.
Open a picture saved on this device to draw on it again. Opening replaces the drawing, but Undo can restore it. PNG only, up to 4 MB and 4096 × 4096 pixels. The picture stays in this browser; it is not uploaded. Paper lines in a saved picture become part of that picture.
Clear the drawing? Your typed notes will stay. You can undo this action.
Your pad is empty.
Open a UTF-8 TXT file from this device, up to 40 KB and 10,000 characters. It stays in this browser. Opening can be undone until you type again. Downloads keep a new copy; they do not change the file you opened.
Replace the notes on this page with the opened file? Download the current notes first if you want to keep them.
Typed notes are not submitted answers.
Explore and practise freely. Opening this lesson or using the writing pad does not save completion or a score.
Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
Use an adult-provided local practice location; confirm save format and avoid overwriting someone else's work. The review page does not itself store the child's file.
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.
Create, organise, save, change and retrieve digital content (KS1 introduction).
Use technology respectfully, protect private information and seek help.