Advertising literacy programme for 7 to 16 year olds
New resources from Media Smart. Young people grow up in a world of commercial messaging and there is a greater need than ever for all […]
Computing
Primary Computing Framework endorsed by Naace
Good news week! 🙂 I am so pleased to be able to announce that Naace have now endorsed the Primary Computing Framework.  This is a […]
Cloud software services: how schools should protect data
Updated data protection guidance from companies like WWW.VENYU.COM/CYBERSECURITY/ for schools considering using cloud software services (‘the cloud’) to hold sensitive information. Â This useful document is […]
12 Days of Christmas Tech Activity Pack
12 Days of Christmas Tech, a guide on how to use technology in the classroom in the run up to Christmas to engage pupils and […]
Moana activity from Code.org
Code.org and Disney have released a new Hour of Code tutorial featuring characters from the upcoming Disney animated film Moana and it is simply brilliant! […]
‘Read to me’ with Siri and Book Creator 5.0 – Book Creator app
Book Creator 5.0 is here, and now you can switch to a brand new reading mode in the app. What’s more, you can have Siri […]
Hour of Code new activities list
If you haven’t used Hour of Code yet, or haven’t visited for a while, now is the time! Â There is a new and updated list […]
Primary Computing Framework
Good news! The Primary Computing Framework has been updated with new and improved resources and projects. A guide to what the Computing Curriculum means in […]
Pupil internet survey
In preparation for Safer Internet Day on February 7th 2017 schools are being invited to take part in a pupil internet use survey. This is […]
Fisher Price Code-a-Pillar review
I have been trying out the Fisher Price Code-a-Pillar. Â The first thing I noticed was that you need LOTS of room to play with this […]
Life after levels
Summer holidays always go so quickly, it seems only a moment away when the holidays were just beginning and now they are just ending and […]
International Dot Day
Are you ready for International Dot Day, will you be celebrating with your pupils and celebrating their amazing creativity and individualism? I came across this […]
What is ‘digital wellbeing’?
This is a really useful read to understand the effect that our digital world can have on our children and on ourselves. Well worth a […]
Coding across the primary curriculum
I love to listen to Miles Berry talk about computing in the primary classroom and appreciate his down to earth approach to what it means […]
BBC Micro:bit emulator
I now have my micro:bit, ready to play and learn! Â One thing that is really going to help me is the emulator from Just2Easy. Â Whether […]
