Multimedia sound and motion

EYFS

By the end of EYFS children will be able to:

• Demonstrate skills in making toys work by pressing parts or lifting flaps to achieve effects such as sound, movements or new images.

Year 1

By the end of Year 1 children will be able to:

• Use software to record sounds.
• Use key vocabulary to demonstrate knowledge and understanding e.g. commands, add sound.

Year 2

By the end of Year 2 children will be able to:

Consolidate the skills learnt in Year 1.

• Be able to change the sounds recorded.
• Save, retrieve and organise work.

Year 3

By the end of Year 3 children will be able to:

With support:

• Use software to record, create and edit sounds and capture still images.
• Change records sounds, volume, duration and pauses.
• Use software to capture video for a purpose.
• Crop and arrange clips to create a short film.
• Plan an animation and move items within each animation for playback.
• Use key vocabulary to demonstrate knowledge and understanding e.g. audio, sound, video, movie, embed, link, file, format, animate, still image, record, stop, play.

Year 4

By the end of Year 4 children will be able to:

Independently:

• Use software to record, create and edit sounds and capture still images.
• Change records sounds, volume, duration and pauses.
• Use software to capture video for a purpose.
• Crop and arrange clips to create a short film. 
• Plan an animation and move items within each animation for playback.
• Use the vocabulary developed in Year 3 and the following: thaumatrope, zoetrope, zoopraxiscope, stereoscope, flip book, frame, onion skinning, loop, frame rate, stop motion, stop frame.

Year 5

By the end of Year 5 children will be able to:

With support:

• Collect audio from a variety of resources including own recordings and internet clips.
• Use a digital device to record sounds and present audio.
• Trim, arrange and edit audio levels to improve quality.
• Publish animation and use a movie editing package to edit/refine and add titles.
• Use key vocabulary to demonstrate knowledge and understanding e.g. audio, record, edit, play, stop, skip, waveform, input, output, podcast, digital context, downloadable, back track, voiceover, mute, gain, production, post-production, documentary, project, evaluation, screening, ceremony, upload.

Year 6

By the end of Year 6 children will be able to:

Independently:

• Collect audio from a variety of resources including own recordings and internet clips.
• Use a digital device to record sounds and present audio.
• To be able to trim, arrange and edit audio levels to improve quality.
• To publish animation and use a movie editing package to edit/refine and add titles.
• Use key vocabulary to demonstrate knowledge and understanding e.g. audio, record, edit, play, stop, skip, waveform, input, output, podcast, digital context, downloadable, back track, voiceover, mute, gain, production, post-production, documentary, project, evaluation, screening, ceremony, upload.