Year 5 - Computing

Date: 25th Feb 2026 @ 5:21pm

Today in Year 5, we explored the concept of databases and discussed what they are used for. We learned that a database is an organised collection of information that can be sorted and searched in different ways.

To help us understand this, the children worked collaboratively in small groups to create their own paper databases. Each group chose a range of animals and recorded key features, such as habitat, diet, number of legs, and whether the animal was a mammal, reptile, bird, or amphibian.

Once their information was collected, the children practised organising their databases in different ways. For example, they arranged the animals in alphabetical order and then reordered them by specific features.