Year 4 Assessment Overview

Unit 4A: Writing for different audiences

Expectations
most children will: use the more advanced features of a word processor to help them match their work to their audience

some children will not have made so much progress and will: use features such as spellcheck to help them edit their work

some children will have progressed further and will: choose and use the appropriate advanced features of a word processor to increase their efficiency when matching their work to their audience

Unit 4B: Developing images using repeating patterns

Expectations
most children will: use a computer graphics package to develop an image using a variety of tools

some children will not have made so much progress and will: use a computer graphics package to develop an image

some children will have progressed further and will: use a computer graphics package to develop and refine an image selecting the most appropriate tools, and saving drafts

Unit 4C: Branching databases

Expectations
most children will: develop and search a branching database

some children will not have made so much progress and will: search a branching database

some children will have progressed further and will: develop and search a branching database using efficient criteria

Unit 4D: Collecting and presenting information: questionnaires and pie charts

Expectations
most children will: collect data in a way that aids entry into a data handling package and use it to create bar charts, pie charts and line graphs

some children will not have made so much progress and will: collect data and enter it into a data handling package and use it to create bar charts, pie charts and line graphs

some children will have progressed further and will: collect data in a way that aids entry into a data handling package and choose the appropriate form of graph to represent it

Unit 4E: Modelling effects on screen

Expectations
most children will: create a 'flower' using one shape and rotating it; use the repeat instruction to duplicate the shape; change the angle of turn

some children will not have made so much progress and will: work from an example 'flower' and change the procedure to create their own 'flowers'; make mistakes and need to amend their work

some children will have progressed further and will: create 'flowers' using more than one shape and rotating them; use the repeat instruction to duplicate shapes; investigate more complex shapes and sizes; change the angle of turn