Pupils should be able to:

• Use information from primary or secondary sources.
• Combine and refine information and data sources to answer and pose questions.
• Select information for a task from a range of sources and be aware of the relative strengths and weaknesses of these sources.
• Frame searches in an appropriate and considered way in relation to the required results.
• Search for information, altering and developing the search as appropriate, checking findings for plausibility.
• Use search terms correctly.
• Acknowledge sources and recognise copyright.
• Save files using appropriate file names and organise files in a hierarchical folder structure.
• Select ICT tools which will support the development and accuracy of their work, and learn the benefits of checking, correcting and refining their work as it progresses.

Pupils should be taught to:

• Understand the purpose of a quiz and a questionnaire.
• Know the difference between a quiz and a questionnaire.
• Use the Internet and other sources to search for local information.
• Save and record relevant facts for future use.
• Understand that some information may be protected by copyright.