Introducing Dash and Dot
Dash and Dot are absolutely our favourite robots for use in a primary school. They are expensive but worth every penny and we have always bought them on eBay for approximately 50% of the RRP for ...
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Start Unplugged: Coding in Early Years
Loved these ideas from MARCWITHERSEY who says: “This Spring Term I was invited to work with staff at Heymann School, Nottinghamshire, who were preparing for Science Technology project. My ...
Making a lego maze
There are so many steps involved in learning how to think like a programmer. For a beginner, what’s important is not the specifics of a language (called the syntax). Rather it’s better to ...
KS2: Loops and how they work
A loop is a sequence of instruction that is repeated for a specified number of times or until a particular outcome is reached.
KS1/FP: Finding out about procedures
In a computer program there are often sections of the program that we want to re-use or repeat. Chunks of instructions can be given a name - they are called functions and procedures.
Best apps for teaching programming
Big thanks to teacher Melissa Taylor for her review of her favourite coding apps. We tried them all out and think she is spot on with her comments. We have added ours in italics!
KS2 Understanding Sets, Sorting and Syntax (3)
This final lesson in the series of activities on Understanding Sets, Sorting and Syntax looks at the idea of embedded sets and why they are important in coding ...
KS2 Understanding Sets, Sorting and Syntax (2)
These intermediate level activities look at grouping multiple characteristics of objects by using Venn diagrams and is a follow on activity from ‘Understanding Sets, Sorting and Syntax (1) ...
FP/KS1 Introduction to Scratch Junior (1)
Scratch Junior is a brilliant programme for introducing younger children (4 -8 ) to coding.
FP/KS1 Human robots game
One person in each group is chosen as the robot and is blindfolded. Another is the programmer.