Computer Science
Year 2 · Curriculum for Wales
Year 2 computing moves from single sequences into programs with repetition. Children predict what a program will do before running it, then debug it when the result isn't what they expected: the beginning of genuine computational thinking.
They create and edit digital content with more independence: documents, presentations, simple animations and audio recordings, saving and organising their own files.
Data work introduces sorting and searching information, and online safety extends into recognising that not everything online is true and knowing how to report something that upsets them.
Curriculum Breakdown
Important Topics
- Algorithms & SequencesWriting precise ordered instructions and predicting the outcome.
- Repetition in ProgramsUsing repeats to make programs shorter and more efficient.
- DebuggingFinding and fixing the step in a program that causes an error.
- Creating Digital ContentDocuments, presentations, animations and audio created and edited independently.
- Organising InformationSorting and searching for information and saving work sensibly.
- Online SafetyJudging whether information is true and knowing how to report a concern.
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