Creative Replace (CR) sits at the Creative row and Replace column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Computing lessons for KS2 that classify as CR, plus anti-examples that look CR but are not.

Each child programs a Bee-Bot to navigate a course

Year 3 · 30 min · Shared Bee-Bots between small groups

Each small group programs a Bee-Bot to navigate a simple course on the floor (e.g. forward, turn, forward, stop). Children take turns and refine their sequence.

Tools: Bee-Bot

Each child builds a simple Scratch animation

Year 4 · 45 min · 1 device per child

Each child builds a simple Scratch animation: a sprite that moves, changes colour and responds to a key press. They submit the project.

Tools: Scratch

Each child creates a block-based interactive quiz

Year 5 · 50 min · 1 device per child

Each child builds a Scratch quiz with at least three multiple-choice questions where the sprite reacts differently to right and wrong answers. Submit the project.

Tools: Scratch

Lessons that look CR but are not

Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.