Free Training – Introduction to Physical Computing KS2 – (Crumble kits)

The NCCE has released another quality training course, this time aimed at getting KS2 teachers started on Physical Computing:

Pupils should be taught to:

design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts

UK NATIONAL CURRICULUM – COMPUTING IN KEY STAGE 2 – 2013

The course is a 90 minute face to face workshop using Redfern’s Crumble kit and is free to attend for all primary state school teachers.

For teachers in the South East, there are three instances of the course on July 6th at Portsmouth University, starting at 10am, then again at 2pm, then finally at 4pm.

Please book on by singing in to the Teach Computing website and finding the right time for you:

Introduction to Physical Computing – Portsmouth University 10am

Introduction to Physical Computing – Portsmouth University 2pm

Introduction to Physical Computing – Portsmouth University 4pm

A Crumble kit and laptop with the programming software will be provided for all participants to use during the course.

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If you would like to have a look at what physical computing looks like in primary, including examples of pupil’s projects, have a look at this blog post:

Physical Computing in Primary – Where do I start?