At LIS the children follow an ICT curriculum based on the CIPP. The children begin ICT in Pre-School 3 with one lesson a week in the computer room where they learn ICT skills. From Grade 1 until the Grade 5 the children have two 45 minutes lessons a week in the computer room. In one of these sessions they learn ICT skills and the other allows them to use ICT to support their learning in other subjects.
We have a variety of hardware and software that allows the children to gain a number of ICT skills. By the end of Grade 5 children will have had experience of typing, e-mail, word processing, spreadsheets, graphics software, databases, simulations, animations, multimedia presentations and control and modelling.
ICT curriculum
| Grade | ICT unit |
| PS-3 | -
An Introduction to Modelling - Using a Word Bank - The Information Around Us - Labelling and Classifying - Representing Information (Graphically: Pictograms) - Understanding Instructions and Making Things Happen |
| 1 | - Typing - Writing Stories - Creating Pictures - Finding Information - Floor Turtle - Questions & Answers |
| 2 | - Typing - Combining Text and Graphics - Exploring Simulations - An Introduction to Databases - Manipulating Sound |
| 3 | - Typing - Writing for Different Audiences - Repeating Patterns - Data Handling - Modelling Effects on Screen - Branching Databases |
| 4 | - Typing - Searching the Internet - Graphic Modelling - Analysing Data - Introduction to Spreadsheets - Controlling Devices |
| 5 | - Typing - Spreadsheet Modelling - Multimedia Presentations - Evaluating Information - Control and Monitoring - Creating Animations |