Core Skills
Core Skills is a curriculum strand within Computational Thinking — a thread that runs across grades and deepens each year.
Entity profile
Every node stores the same attribute set, which is why the hierarchy can grow without new templates.
Strand
Depth 2 in the graph
programming/computational-thinking/core-skills
8,944
48 topics · 1,440 concepts · 7,200 micro-concepts
Units
Every unit below is a full entity with its own skills, objectives, misconceptions and resource set.
Decomposition
Decomposition is a unit of teaching within Core Skills, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition is a unit of teaching within Core Skills, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Abstraction
Abstraction is a unit of teaching within Core Skills, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Algorithm Design
Algorithm Design is a unit of teaching within Core Skills, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Skills and learning objectives
Skills hang off the entity; objectives hang off the skill; activities and assessment hang off the objective.
Explain core skills
UnderstandExplain core skills accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Explain core skills independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind core skills using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Calculate core skills
ApplyCalculate core skills accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Calculate core skills independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Compare core skills
AnalyseCompare core skills accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Compare core skills independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind core skills using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Justify core skills
EvaluateJustify core skills accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Justify core skills independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Semantic relationships
Prerequisite and related edges are what make this a graph rather than a menu.
- ScratchDomain
Misconceptions
Stored on the entity so worksheets, quizzes and lesson plans all target the same known errors.
Learners over-generalise a special case of core skills to every situation.
Correction — Present a deliberate non-example and ask why the rule fails.
Students treat core skills as a rule to memorise rather than a relationship to understand.
Correction — Anchor the rule in a visual model first, then abstract it — the model is the explanation.
Curriculum alignment
Curricula, boards and countries are data — adding one never changes the architecture.
EDE-715.1
Mapped statement covering Core Skills.
CBS-816.2
Mapped statement covering Core Skills.
What comes next
Curriculum order is an edge in the graph, so every entity knows the step that follows it.
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Difficulty ladder
The same entity, six levels of demand — easy through to olympiad and exam level.
Scaffolded first attempt with worked support.
Standard curriculum demand, unscaffolded.
Multi-step questions and unfamiliar contexts.
Stretch tasks that need reasoning, not recall.
Competition-style problems built on the same idea.
Board-styled questions with mark schemes.
Learning intent
Not every visitor wants the same thing. Each intent routes to the resource that actually does that job.
Audience views
Core Skills in Grade 2, surfaced differently for each reader.
AI Tutor context chain
Open the tutor from here and it already knows where you are — this is the sequence it recommends.
- 01Prerequisite lessonscratch
- 02Video explanationCore Skills modelled end to end
- 03Interactive practiceAnswer on screen with instant checking
- 04QuizTen graded items with hints
- 05FlashcardsRetrieval on a 14-day schedule
- 06Common mistakesThe misconceptions stored on this node
- 07Harder worksheetSame concept, exam-level demand
- 08Past paper questionsBoard questions on this concept
- 09Mock testTimed, marked, with feedback
- 10Book a tutorOne-to-one on exactly this gap
Free Core Skills resources
Every format below is a free, standalone page generated from this entity — 53 of them, all interlinked.
- Free Core Skills lessons
- Free Core Skills lesson plans
- Free Core Skills explanations
- Free Core Skills worked examples
- Free Core Skills real life examples
- Free Core Skills common mistakes
- Free Core Skills video lessons
- Free Core Skills worksheets
- Free Core Skills printable worksheets
- Free Core Skills interactive worksheets
- Free Core Skills homework worksheets
- Free Core Skills revision worksheets
- Free Core Skills word problems
- Free Core Skills practice tests
- Free Core Skills flashcards
- Free Core Skills study notes
- Free Core Skills revision notes
- Free Core Skills cheat sheets
- Free Core Skills formula sheets
- Free Core Skills mind maps
- Free Core Skills vocabulary lists
- Free Core Skills quizzes
- Free Core Skills timed quizzes
- Free Core Skills adaptive quizzes
- Free Core Skills mcqs
- Free Core Skills true or false questions
- Free Core Skills fill in the blanks
- Free Core Skills matching exercises
- Free Core Skills short questions
- Free Core Skills long questions
- Free Core Skills question banks
- Free Core Skills exam questions
- Free Core Skills past paper questions
- Free Core Skills solved past papers
- Free Core Skills mock exams
- Free Core Skills activities
- Free Core Skills stem activities
- Free Core Skills experiments
- Free Core Skills games
- Free Core Skills projects
- Free Core Skills case studies
- Free Core Skills homework
- Free Core Skills assignments
- Free Core Skills reading comprehension
- Free Core Skills writing prompts
- Free Core Skills spelling practice
- Free Core Skills grammar practice
- Free Core Skills teacher guides
- Free Core Skills parent guides
- Free Core Skills ai tutor sessions
- Free Core Skills practice sessions
- Free Core Skills progress trackers
- Free Core Skills printables
Connected resources
30 resource types are generated for Core Skills automatically — the graph never produces an entity without them.
Concept Explanation
The idea itself, explained from first principles.
Lesson
A taught sequence with modelling and checks for understanding.
Real Life Examples
Where the idea shows up outside school.
Common Mistakes
The misconceptions and how to correct them.
AI Tutor
Socratic one-to-one practice on this exact idea.
Quiz
Graded retrieval with hints and explanations.
Question Bank
Every question filtered to this entity.
MCQs
Multiple choice items with distractor analysis.
True or False
Fast misconception checks.
Fill in the Blanks
Cloze items for vocabulary and method.
Matching
Pair terms, models and definitions.
Short Questions
One to three mark responses.
Long Questions
Extended responses with method marks.
Exam Questions
Board-styled questions and command words.
Past Papers
Authentic papers filtered to this entity.
Solved Papers
Full worked solutions and examiner notes.
Frequently asked
- What sits underneath Core Skills in the knowledge graph?
- 0 domains, 0 strands, 4 units, 12 chapters, 48 topics, 240 subtopics, 1,440 concepts and 7,200 micro-concepts — every one of them carrying its own worksheets, quizzes, flashcards, lesson plans and AI tutoring.
- What should a learner already know before Core Skills?
- The graph lists Scratch as prerequisites. Each links to its own practice so a gap can be closed before moving on.
- Which grades is Core Skills taught in?
- Typically Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, though every resource can be regenerated for any grade in the platform.
Related resources
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