💻 Spring 2 – Computing Overview 💻

This half term in Year 1 Computing, we will be exploring Digital Painting. Children will learn how to use technology creatively to make digital art and express their ideas.

🎨 What We’re Learning

We will be learning to:

• Explore digital painting tools on a computer or tablet

• Select different brushes, colours and shapes to create images

• Use fill tools, stamps and shapes to enhance our designs

• Compare digital painting to traditional painting techniques

• Save and share our digital artwork safely

🧠 Skills We’re Developing

• Using a mouse, touchscreen or stylus with accuracy

• Choosing tools for a specific effect

• Combining different shapes, colours and textures

• Evaluating our own and others’ digital work

• Understanding how to save and retrieve work

🏡 How You Can Support at Home

You can help your child by:

• 🎨 Encouraging them to explore digital painting apps or websites

• 🖌️ Discussing the colours, shapes and techniques they use

• 💾 Practising saving and opening files together

• 📱 Comparing digital art with paper-based drawing

• 👏 Praising creativity and encouraging experimentation

We are excited to see the children develop their digital creativity and confidence with technology this Spring 2 term! 🌟