Year 1-4 CS Coding with Apps – A.L.E.X. Getting started for Teachers

Series of activities – open ended discovery  Pupils play with remote control toys and devices to learn to create outcomes. E.g. it moves turns around and goes over there. They may understand that learn how to spot where they went wrong.   Linked to Blue Bot programming in years R-6 Objectives I can control an onscreen robot. […]

Year 1 Digital Literacy (Online Safety) P Level 5/6 Hectors World 1-3

Series of 6-8  Lessons Based around Think You Know – Hectors world videos  1-3 Activities from Think you know resources. And Hectors World NZ   Objectives Children are aware that they can use the internet to play and learn, supported by a trusted adult/teacher. Children begin to understand the difference between real and online experiences. […]

Year R/1 CS Mini Mash ELG Technology P Level 4/5

Series of Lessons/Activities using Mini Mash Pupils play with/have access to different types of technology in the classroom,  the children explore using Mini Mash/Purple Mash in different ways.  Objectives Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.   ELG, […]

Year R/1 IT Mini Mash Literacy and Reading P Level 4/5

Literacy Lessons/Activities using Mini Mash Pupils play with/have access to different types of technology in the classroom,  the children explore using Mini Mash/Purple Mash in different ways.  Objectives Early Learning Goal Children read and understand simple sentences. They use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read them aloud accurately. They also read some common […]

Year R/1 IT Mini Mash Mathematics and Number P Level 4/5

Mathematics Lessons/Activities using Mini Mash Pupils play with/have access to different types of technology in the classroom,  the children explore using Mini Mash/Purple Mash in different ways.  Objectives Early Learning Goal Children count reliably with numbers from one to 20, place them in order and say which number is one more or one less than […]

Year 1/2 Computer Science Controlling Devices P Level 5/6

Series of 6+ Lessons Pupils play with remote control toys and devices to learn to create outcomes. E.g. it moves turns around and goes over there. They may understand that learn how to spot where they went wrong.  Objectives   I can control a remote-control toy. I can make it go to a specific point. […]