Learning intention
- To evaluate how well a program works.
Success criteria
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I can say what
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Cambridge Primary Computing (0059) Learning objectives
Programming
2P.05 Understand the benefits of
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Show the Presentation: Finish the sentence.
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Differentiation
Learners needing support:
- Should write a simple sentence to explain what their code does e.g “When the on start button is pressed a heart shows.”
- Could explain how they did rather than use the Activity: How did I do?
Learners working at a stretch:
- Should use the Activity: How did I do?: Extension to give a more detailed evaluation.
- Could write some detailed comments in their code to explain the purpose of each section and how it works.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Learners with secure understanding can:
- Compare the actual outcome of the program
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Vocabulary definitions
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bug
An error in the code that makes a program do the wrong thing or not work properly.
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debug
Finding and fixing error in code.
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In this unit
Lesson 1: Exploring code
Lesson 2: Tinkering with MakeCode
Lesson 3: Creating icons
Lesson 4: Building a program in MakeCode
Lesson 5: Debugging a program
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 7th January, 2026
Lesson 1: Exploring code
Exploring how block based code works through games.
Lesson 4: Building a program in MakeCode
Building a program in MakeCode and using the repeat command.
Lesson 3: Creating icons
Using MakeCode to write a program for displaying a sequence of icons, and testing it...
Lesson 2: Tinkering with MakeCode
Learning what a micro:bit is and exploring blocks in MakeCode.
