Vocabulary List KS2 - Year 3 to Year 6 Computing & Creating Media

Oct 1, 2026

Uploaded by Logic

Vocabulary List KS2 consolidates key computing and digital media terms across Years 3 to 6. It covers computing systems and networks, connecting computers and the internet, databases and data logging, and programming concepts such as sequencing, events, repetition, selection, debugging, and algorithms. Creating Media sections include desktop publishing, stopframe and flip book animation, audio production, photo editing, vector graphics, video production, webpage creation, and 3D modelling, supported by practical terminology for editing, importing, exporting, and evaluation.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages4

Reading Time10 min

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Year 3

Computing systems and networks - Connecting computers

Creating Media - Desktop publishing

Data and Information - Branching databases

Programming A - Sequencing sounds

Programming B - Events and actions in programs

Year 4

Computing systems and networks - The internet

Creating Media - Audio production

Creating Media - Photo editing

Data and Information - Data logging

Programming A - Repetition in shapes

Programming B - Repetition in games

Year 5

Computing systems and networks - Systems and searching

Creating Media - Introduction to vector graphics

Creating Media - Video production

Data and Information - Flat-file databases

Programming A - Selection in physical computing

Programming B - Making quizzes

Year 6

Computing systems and networks - Communication and collaboration

Creating media - Webpage creation

Creating Media - 3D Modelling

Data and Information - Introduction to spreadsheets

Programming - Variables in games

Programming - Sensing movement

Vocabulary List KS2 | Year 3 | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Computing systems and networks-Connecting computers | Creating Media-Desktop publishing | Creating MediaStopframe animation | | digital device, input, process, output, program, digital, non-digital, connection, network, switch, server, wireless access point, cables, sockets | text, images, advantages, disadvantages, communicate, font, style, landscape, portrait, orientation, placeholder,
template, layout, content,
desktop publishing, copy,
paste, purpose, benefits. | animation, flip book, stopframe, frame, sequence, image, photograph, setting, character, events, onion skinning, consistency,
evaluation, delete, media, import, transition. | | Data and InformationBranching databases | Programming ASequencing sounds | Programming B-Events and actions in programs | | attribute, value, questions, table, objects, branching, database, objects, equal, even, separate, structure, compare, order, organise, selecting, information, decision tree. | Scratch, programming, blocks, commands, code, sprite, costume, stage, backdrop, motion, turn, point in direction, go to, glide, sequence, event, task, design, run the code, order, note, chord, algorithm, bug, debug, code. | motion, event, sprite, algorithm, logic, move, resize, extension block, pen up, set up, pen, design,
action, debugging, errors, setup, code, test, debug, actions. | | Year 4 | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Computing systems and networks-Connecting computers-The internet | Creating Media-Audio production | Creating Media-Photo editing | | internet, network, router, security, switch, server, wireless access point (WAP), website, webpage, web address, routing, web browser, World Wide Web, content, links, files, use, download, sharing, ownership, permission, information, accurate, honest, content, adverts | audio, microphone, speaker,
headphones, input device, output device, sound,
podcast, edit, trim, align, layer, import, record, playback, selection, load, save, export, MP3, evaluate, feedback. | image, edit, digital, crop, rotate, undo, save, adjustments, effects, colours, hue, saturation, sepia, vignette, image, retouch, clone, select, combine, made up, real, composite, cut, copy, paste, alter, background, foreground, zoom, undo, font. | | Data and InformationData logging | Programming ARepetition in shapes | Programming BRepetition in games | | data, table, layout, input device, sensor, logger, logging, data point, interval, analyse, dataset, import, export, logged, collection, review, conclusion. | Logo (programming environment), program, turtle, commands, code snippet, algorithm, design, debug, pattern, repeat, repetition, countcontrolled loop, value,
trace, decompose, procedure. | Scratch, programming, sprite, blocks, code, loop, repeat, value, infinite loop, count-controlled loop, costume, repetition, forever, animate, event block,
duplicate, modify, design, algorithm, debug, refine, evaluate. | | Year 5 | | | | --- | --- | --- | | Computing systems and networkssystems and searching | Creating MediaIntroduction to vector graphics | Creating Media – Video production | | system, connection, digital, input, process, storage, output, search,
search engine, refine, index, bot, ordering, links, algorithm, search engine optimisation
(SEO), web crawler, content creator, selection, ranking. | vector, drawing tools, object, toolbar, vector drawing, move, resize, colour, rotate, duplicate/copy, zoom, select, align, modify, layers, order, copy, paste, group, ungroup, reuse, reflection | video, audio, camera, talking head, panning, close up, video camera, microphone, lens, midrange, long shot, moving subject, side by side, angle (high, low, normal), static, zoom, pan, tilt, storyboard, filming, review, import, split, trim, clip, edit, reshoot, delete, reorder, export, evaluate, share. | | Data and Information-Flat-file databases | Programming ASelection in physical computing | Programming

FAQs

What topics are covered in Vocabulary List KS2 by year group?

It lists computing systems and networks, creating media, data and information, and programming vocabulary for Years 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Which areas of programming vocabulary are included?

Programming terms include sequencing, events and actions, repetition, selection, algorithms, debugging, errors, and loop and condition vocabulary.

What kinds of creating media skills and terms appear in the list?

The list includes desktop publishing, stopframe/flip book animation, audio production, photo editing, vector graphics, video production, webpage creation, and 3D modelling vocabulary.

Oct 1, 2026

Uploaded by Logic