Getting started in Year 6 - short course CB467 / F03
Start date
1 Sep 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
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 | 01 September 2022 | 12:30-14:00 | Online course |
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Additional information
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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