Digital Skills for 1st Class

A shorter year than the senior classes at nineteen lessons, covering logical thinking, digital creation and simple electric circuits. Every lesson is teacher-led from the board, and the circuits topic uses classroom kit rather than devices.

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Pattern Play: Spot the Sequence	Quiz	Challenge
Which One's Different? The Odd One Out	Quiz	Challenge
What Happens Next? First/Then Fun!	Quiz	Challenge
Grid Games: Mapping the 3x3	Quiz	Challenge
Mastering the Maze: Navigating the 4x4	Quiz	Challenge
Dance Commands: Creating Move Algorithms	Quiz	Challenge

Move and Groove: The Dance Party Begins!	Quiz	Challenge
City Cruise: Driving Through the Streets	Quiz	Challenge
Floating in Space: Looping with the Spaceman	Quiz	Challenge
Dribble and Dunk: Basketball Fun with Scratch Jr.	Quiz	Challenge
Ready, Set, Go! The Great Frog vs. Pig Race	Quiz	Challenge
Talk It Out: Programming a Fun Conversation	Quiz	Challenge
Maze Master: Help Your Character Escape!	Quiz	Challenge

Electric Light and Switch	Quiz	Challenge
Electric Light and Press Switch	Quiz	Challenge
Motor Fan and Press Switch	Quiz	Challenge
LED Circuit	Quiz	Challenge
LED Circuit and Phototransistor	Quiz	Challenge
Conduction	Quiz	Challenge

Pattern Play: Spot the Sequence	Quiz	Challenge
Which One's Different? The Odd One Out	Quiz	Challenge
What Happens Next? First/Then Fun!	Quiz	Challenge
Grid Games: Mapping the 3x3	Quiz	Challenge
Mastering the Maze: Navigating the 4x4	Quiz	Challenge
Dance Commands: Creating Move Algorithms	Quiz	Challenge

Move and Groove: The Dance Party Begins!	Quiz	Challenge
City Cruise: Driving Through the Streets	Quiz	Challenge
Floating in Space: Looping with the Spaceman	Quiz	Challenge
Dribble and Dunk: Basketball Fun with Scratch Jr.	Quiz	Challenge
Ready, Set, Go! The Great Frog vs. Pig Race	Quiz	Challenge
Talk It Out: Programming a Fun Conversation	Quiz	Challenge
Maze Master: Help Your Character Escape!	Quiz	Challenge

Electric Light and Switch	Quiz	Challenge
Electric Light and Press Switch	Quiz	Challenge
Motor Fan and Press Switch	Quiz	Challenge
LED Circuit	Quiz	Challenge
LED Circuit and Phototransistor	Quiz	Challenge
Conduction	Quiz	Challenge

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Coding Ireland Digital Skills Progression Framework (in-house)

Curriculum Area

Outcomes

Computational thinking

DCT.2.1 DCT.2.2

Programming

DPR.2.1 DPR.2.2

Digital creativity

DCR.2.1

Robotics and physical computing

DPC.2.1 DPC.2.2

Staying safe online

DOS.2.1

Digital literacy and media

DDL.2.1

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.