You can email through your TV, surf the internet from a mobile phone, or do the shopping from your home computer: modern technology is changing the way we live and work. Children need to learn how to manage it all - how to get hold of information, store it, share it with others and tailor it to their own needs. That's where their information and communication technology (ICT) lessons come in. This is where they learn how to use the internet and email, digital cameras and scanners, recording equipment and computer software.

Children use a range of ICT tools and information sources, such as computer software and the internet, to support their work in other subjects. They develop their research and communication skills. They learn that information needs to be accurate and relevant - and that information on the internet may sometimes be neither. Because of this, they are taught how to check the quality of information, learn how to filter good information from bad, and how to present information in a way that suits the needs of their audience. Children also explore and compare the different ways ICT is used in and out of school.