During this unit, Year Five have learned how to use a computer-based database to examine how data can be recorded and viewed. They learnt that a database consists of ‘records’, and that each record contains ‘fields’. Following this, children investigated how records can be grouped, using both the paper record cards created in lesson 1 and a computer-based database from J2E. They used ‘grouping’ and ‘sorting’ to answer questions about the data. See examples of their work below.

Following on from this, Year Five developed their search techniques to answer questions about the data. They used advanced techniques to search for more than one field and practised doing this through both unplugged methods (without using computers), and using a computer database.