Whole School: Getting started in year 3 - short course CK459 / E02
Summary
This session is one of 6 of the Whole School Summer Getting Started Series. Our Year 1 - Year 6 CPD will be taking place on the same dates and times, supporting Computing Leads and SLT to release staff after school at the same time.
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This course provides a comprehensive look at how to teach computing in Year 3 using the Teach Computing Curriculum. You will be guided through the topics and skills taught at Year 3 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 3 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.
Who is it for?
Year 3 classroom teachers
What topics are covered?
- digital devices networks
- branching databases
- creating animation
- desktop publishing
- programming in scratch looking at sequence in music
How will you learn?
Remotely delivered sessions online and a short gap task.
How long is this course?
This course is approximately three hours in duration, split across 2 sessions with a short gap task.
Who is the course leader?
Outcomes
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Recognise the content and structure of the Teach Computing Curriculum in Year 3
- Gain confidence through hand-on experience of Teach Computing Curriculum lesson materials
- Understand how this content fits into the Teach Computing Curriculum across the whole primary age range
- Identify how the curriculum may be adapted to the context of own school
Sessions
| Date | Time | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Getting started in year 3 | 19 June 2024 | 15:45-16:45 | Virtual |
| 2 Getting started in year 3 - Gap Task | 19 June 2024 | 16:45-17:15 | Virtual |
| 3 Getting started in year 3 | 03 July 2024 | 15:45-17:15 | Virtual |
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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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