FP / KS2 Creating dances with loops
FP/KS2 Conditionals game

FP/KS2 Conditionals game

7 years ago with Comments Off on FP/KS2 Conditionals game in Algorithms, Intermediate
Start off playing Simon Says. One child is nominated as ‘Simon’ (teacher should be Simon for the first few rounds) Tell the children that IF Simon says they should do something, THEN they do it ...
KS2 Creating algorithms for playground games

KS2 Creating algorithms for playground games

7 years ago with Comments Off on KS2 Creating algorithms for playground games in Advanced, Algorithms
This is an activity suitable for older children – we used it with 9-11 year olds.  Print off these algorithms and in groups of 3 or 4, ask the children to look at the flow charts and tell them they are algorithms  for some simple playground games they ...
KS2: What is computational thinking?

KS2: What is computational thinking?

9 years ago with Comments Off on KS2: What is computational thinking? in Beginners, Using logic
Computational thinking is about looking at a problem in a way that a computer can help to solve it. It is increasingly being used as an umbrella term to cover logic, algorithms, decomposition, ...
FP/KS1 Introducing Algorithms 3: ‘AND’

FP/KS1 Introducing Algorithms 3: ‘AND’

9 years ago with Comments Off on FP/KS1 Introducing Algorithms 3: ‘AND’ in Algorithms, Beginners
Rather than repeat the background information, if you have hit on this post for the first time, we suggest that you look at the FP/KS1 Introducing algorithms 1: 'IF' and 'THEN' and FP/KS1 ...