This is the Coding and Robotics Annual Teaching Plan for Grade R (Annexure D). The year covers coding with grids, patterns and algorithms, what robots are and how they help people, and digital concepts such as computing devices, screen time and digital citizenship.
Each term runs over 10 weeks, and each week lists the practical and theory competencies (coded C for coding, R for robotics and D for digital concepts) with a short activity. Annexures also map the competencies per term for Grade R to Grade 3.
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What the Coding and Robotics Grade R ATP covers
Term 1
- Following instructions and arrows on a grid
- Recognising and explaining repeating patterns
- Sequencing a story (decomposition)
- Abstraction: finding what does not fit
- Robots as helpers that follow instructions
- What is a computing device
- Balanced and healthy screen time
Term 2
- Following and creating coding solutions on a grid
- Breaking tasks into steps and ordering them
- What is a robot and types of robots
- Design thinking process
- Coder and robot role play
- Input, process and output of devices
- Digital citizenship and screen time
Term 3
- Finding and fixing mistakes in coding solutions
- Creating own coding solutions in pairs
- Decomposition and abstraction tasks
- Robot features and purposes
- Building a helper robot
- Protecting personal information
- Input, process and output
- Storing data
Term 4
- Debugging coding solutions
- Finding the shortest route
- Decoding and creating secret messages
- How robots help people
- Assembly line robots and their effects
- Tools and appliances in daily life
- Computational and non-computational items
- Coding a park cleaner
Source: Department of Basic Education, 2023/24 Annual Teaching Plans. DBE Circular S19 of 2025 keeps the 2023/24 ATPs in use, with some exclusions, so check with your school or district for any changes.