Resource Description

Year 7 Computing Bundle – Half Term 1 & 2: Digital Skills, Online Safety & Wellbeing
A complete, ready-to-teach two half-term workbook bundle for Year 7 Computing, taking pupils from core digital skills through to online safety, digital citizenship, and wellbeing. Fully resourced with starters, structured tasks, posters/creative activities, retrieval practice, and end-of-unit assessments — ideal for a full first-term scheme of work, cover lessons, or independent study.
Half Term 1 – Getting Started: Passwords, Email & the Internet
• L1: Classroom rules, creating a secure password, logging into school systems
• L2: Email etiquette, formal writing, CC/BCC, send/reply/forward practice
• L3: Internet vs World Wide Web, browsers, search engines, downloading files
• L4: How search engines work, refining searches, evaluating source reliability (Wikipedia vs encyclopaedias)
• L5: Social networking risks, evaluating website trustworthiness, protecting online identity
• L6: Skills review, Microsoft Word summary task, 20-question end-of-unit assessment
Half Term 2 – Staying Safe: E-Safety, Digital Footprint & Social Media
• L1: What e-safety means and why it matters, scenario-based risk analysis
• L2: Digital footprints (active vs passive), online identity and reputation
• L3: Cyberbullying — definitions, impact, and creating an awareness poster
• L4: The Data Protection Act, personal data, and the 6 key principles
• L5: Social media — advantages/disadvantages, retaining control of your presence
• L6: Effective online-safety poster task, plus a 40-question end-of-topic assessment with answer review
Key features:
• “Do It Now” starters and retrieval practice built into every lesson
• Scenario-based tasks (e.g. Amira, Zoya and Aisha) to prompt discussion and empathy
• Creative outputs: cyberbullying poster, Data Protection Act poster, online-safety poster
• Two full assessments (20 and 40 questions) with self-correction/reflection grids
• Vocabulary support and Computer Room Rules poster included
• Suitable for mixed-ability KS3 classes, transition/induction, or supply cover