Getting started in Year 6 - short course CC467 / A03

Start date

4 Jul 22

Duration

90 Minutes

Learning Method

Remote Delivered CPD

Summary

This course provides a comprehensive look at how to teach computing in Year 6 using the Teach Computing Curriculum. You will be guided through the topics and skills taught at Year 6 and understand how they fit into the wider Teach Computing Curriculum.

You will also have a go at many of the activities that you will teach your class and discuss the practicalities of running them in your setting. Designed for any teacher who would like the confidence to teach Year 6 computing effectively in their own classroom. You’ll take-away a full computing curriculum package ready-to-teach and will learn how to further develop your capability in this exciting and vital subject.

What topics are covered?

World Wide Web as a communication tool
3D Modelling
Web page creation
Spreadsheets
Programming: variables in games
Programming: sensing

Who is the course leader?

Paul Gerrie

Outcomes

Recognise the content and structure of the Teach Computing Curriculum in Year 6
Understand how this fits into the curriculum across the whole primary age range
Gain confidence through hands-on experience of the Teach Computing Curriculum lesson materials.
Identify how the curriculum may be adapted to the context of your own school

Sessions

	Date	Time	Location
1 Getting started in Year 6	04 July 2022	15:45-17:15	Virtual

Actions

Our remote CPD courses for teachers are delivered across a series of sessions run at specific times and dates. Information on all course sessions can be found under the description of each course. To complete a course, all sessions are mandatory.

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