Term 6 — Lessons 18–20 | Year 7

Lesson 18 — Project Brief

What you'll achieve: choose your project option, complete a project brief, and sketch a planning flowchart.

Diagrams.netYour chosen tool

Project brief: A short document that outlines what you are going to make and why.
Option: One of the three project choices you can pick from.
Planning flowchart: A flowchart sketched before you start, to map out the steps of your project.

I Do

Watch your teacher introduce the three project options — A) a micro:bit artefact, B) a data dashboard, and C) a digital campaign — with a finished example of each.

We Do

As a class, discuss the strengths of each option and which skills from this year each one uses.

You Do

Choose your project option: A, B or C.
Fill in the project brief template — what you'll make, who it's for, and why.
Sketch a planning flowchart for your chosen project using diagrams.net.
Show your brief and flowchart to your teacher for a quick check.

🚀 Project resources →

No Exit Ticket This Lesson

Project lessons don't have an exit ticket — instead, focus on making steady progress. Your project brief and flowchart are today's evidence of that progress.

Lesson 19 — Build & Refine

What you'll achieve: make steady progress on your project, tracked in a build log, and debug problems using a matched checklist.

Depends on your project choice

Build log: A table you fill in each lesson to track what you did and what's next.
Debugging checklist: A list of common problems to check when something isn't working.
Iteration: Making small improvements to your project, one step at a time.

I Do

Watch your teacher show an example build log table (Date | What I did | What I'll do next) and a debugging checklist matched to a sample project.

We Do

As a class, discuss common problems for each project type and how the matched checklist helps solve them.

You Do

Work on your project — build, code, design or research, depending on your option.
Update your build log at the end of the lesson: what you did, and what's next.
If something isn't working, use the debugging checklist matched to your project type.
Ask your teacher or a partner for help if you're still stuck after checking the list.

🚀 Project resources → 🛟 Help & skills reference →

No Exit Ticket This Lesson

Project lessons don't have an exit ticket — instead, focus on making steady progress. Your updated build log is today's evidence of that progress.

Lesson 20 — Showcase & Reflect

What you'll achieve: present your finished project to the class, gather peer feedback, and reflect on your year in Computing.

All the tools you've used this year

Showcase: Presenting your finished work to an audience.
Peer feedback: Helpful comments from a classmate about your work.
Reflection: Thinking back over what you did well and what you'd change.

I Do

Watch your teacher share a short guide to presenting your project: keep it brief, show rather than just tell, and be ready for questions.

We Do

As a class, practise giving quick feedback using the sentence starters "what went well" and "even better if".

You Do

Present your finished project to the class in a short showcase.
Fill in a peer feedback table for at least two other projects: what went well / even better if.
Answer the end-of-year reflection questions: What are you proudest of? What was hardest? What will you use again in Year 8?
Hand in your build log and reflection.

🚀 Project resources →

No Exit Ticket This Lesson

Project lessons don't have an exit ticket — instead, focus on making steady progress. Your showcase and reflection are today's evidence of that progress.