"Our vision is to achieve a world-leading computing education for every child in England." I am the SME (Subject Matter Expert) for primary schools in the South East (Hampshire, Isle of Wight & West Sussex) and I'd like to make you aware of the latest wave of support from the NCCE. If you are in... Continue Reading →
Physical computing; where do I start?
5 steps to getting the best out of physical computing in primary school I've seen a lot of requests for help recently when it comes to teaching physical computing in KS2 using crumble and other micro controllers, so I thought I'd share my experiences on what works and how I've managed to get some fantastic... Continue Reading →
Health & Wellbeing Conference 2019
Internet City; helping children navigate a safe and healthy path
STEM – Associate Facilitator
I'm very proud to have received my certificate and pin to show that I am officially a STEM associate facilitator! So far I've delivered five courses for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 teachers, from Teaching and Leading Computing to Programming and Algorithms. As the role of the NCCE (National Centre for Computing Education)... Continue Reading →
NEW – Delve in, for twelve min! – Part 7: Variables
In the 'Online CPD' section of this website, you'll be able to access all of my short CPD YouTube videos on the primary computing curriculum. This latest episodes tells you all you need to know about variables; what they are, how they work and how to teach them. I give some examples of variables in... Continue Reading →
Run Don't Walk 