If you haven't already seen it, my Computer Systems and Networks - Artificial Intelligence Unit for Y5/6 is available for free download, just in time for AI Awareness Day (4th June). I was down to speak at the fabulous Digit<all> charity STEM conference on how to introduce an approach to AI in the classroom, and... Continue Reading →
Hello teachers! Are you a computing lead in a school in: Cornwall, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Christchurch or elsewhere across the South Coast? Then please check your email! You should have received an email from me offering some free support to help work towards the Computing Quality Mark, funded by the DfE (if you're a... Continue Reading →
News flash: We are very sorry to tell you that the Big Computing Leadership Conference cannot go ahead on the planned date of the 13th January 2026 due to unforeseen issues with the venue space at Oxford Brookes University. We share your disappointment and sincerely thank you for the work, preparation, and generosity you have already... Continue Reading →
It gets to this time of year and you're eager, or nervous (or both?) about starting term. New class, new displays, new colleagues, new behaviour management strategies, new photocopier (how in the world does that thing work?) and.... possibly you've taken on new subject leadership. Have you been given computing because you're the youngest and... Continue Reading →
I'm starting to hear primary computing leaders being asked to specifically refer to 'disciplinary' and 'substantive' knowledge in their curriculum documents. What are these knowledge types? What do they mean? How do they compare to OFSTED's 'procedural' and 'declarative' knowledge types? Well after consulting some amazing computing experts, I wrote a blog on why computing... Continue Reading →
