what someone understands from what is shared

Kind messages

Digital literacy

How people communicate

Communicating digitally

Pictures as messages

Sending messages

Choosing how to message

Pupils explore how people communicate, comparing face-to-face and digital methods. They use sounds, images, symbols and simple words to share messages, practise early phonics and learn how technology can send messages instantly or be responded to later in a more considered way.

Message makers

Messages can be presented in different ways.

Two messages have the same meaning. What could make them sound different?

Match the message to how it is presented.

Why can digital messages be harder to understand?

Which message is most likely to make someone feel happy?

Which of these uses words to send a message?

Kind messages

Lesson outcome