Having just had the pleasure of looking through some of the work produced by our Year 6 pupils over the last few weeks, I can confidently say that this inquiry does allow pupils to develop the desired skills outlined above. I believe pupils were all asked to Express their response as a written paragraph on this occasion as this was the easiest option in the blended learning environment of the past three weeks with a tight end of term deadline.
It will be good to follow this inquiry again next year, but, as with many of those undertaken in Computer Science at Oakham, after some carefully considered planning, pupils can learn the desired content while they progress through the FOSIL cycle with excellent guidance and therefore very little difficulty.
I will try to add some work examples at a later date, when my technology allows.