I had the honour of authoring the KS2 Physical Computing course for the NCCE over the Spring and got to deliver the course for the first time this summer term! Getting to grips with the Crumble Build, wire, code, watch! The course aims to introduce teachers to the Crumble micro controller; a lovely piece of... Continue Reading →
My fabulous Year 5 pupils have been busy applying their skills and knowledge to design their own robotic systems! Following the 4 levels of abstraction (see below for links on my approach to physical computing), they have gone from design algorithm... To coding... To building and wiring... To finally running the code and evaluating!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6wfa_VPS9I... Continue Reading →
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 partsUK NATIONAL CURRICULUM – COMPUTING IN KEY STAGE 2 –... Continue Reading →
Book on here: Free Primary Computing Festival 9th July On Friday 9th July, the West Country Computing Hub will be launching it’s Festival of Computing. A one-day, online conference for primary teachers from across the South West.Whether you’re leading computing in your school, or are new to the subject, the conference will cater for those... Continue Reading →
Thursday 27th May, 1pm- 4.30pm, FREE! Excellent session on Sketchup . Made it seem much more accessible than I thought. It really helped actually being able to do it myself while following the session. KS2 Teacher Due to popular demand, I'm running the same CAD course on Thursday 27th May, from 1 - 4:30pm. Please use... Continue Reading →
Run Don't Walk 