Foundations for effective computing in key stage 1 CP410
Dive deeper into effective computing in key stage one, ensuring you build strong foundations for your pupils’ computing education.
Summary
Dive deeper into structuring effective computing lessons for key stage one, ensuring you build on what pupils have learned in EYFS. Delve into the computing exposure pupils may have encountered already, building on their existing skills to ensure strong early computing foundations. Explore opportunities to support digital skills essential for navigating the broader computing curriculum. Discover strategic lesson organisation to maximise pupil outcomes, balancing small group interactions with whole-class engagements.
Investigate ways for documenting KS1 pupils' computing journey, alongside strategies for assessing their progress. Conclude with tailoring your curriculum to fit your unique KS1 environment, incorporating vocabulary development, resources for foundational computing skills, and collaborating with EYFS to ensure continuity.
Who is it for?
This course is aimed at classroom teacher who teach computing in KS1
What topics are covered?
Building on prior knowledge – Explore what computing knowledge and skills your pupils may enter key stage one with, and how to support pupils to ensure they have the basic digital skills to access the computing curriculum.
Quality first teaching in KS1 computing – Consider what quality first teaching looks like in key stage one computing, including different ways or organising your classroom and groups to ensure all learners are supported and successful.
Assessment and recording in KS1 – Dig into how to best assess computing in key stage one, and how this can be used to support your computing lessons.
Making the curriculum work for you – Discover how to adapt your curriculum to ensure it fits with best practise for teaching in key stage one, and is the best fit your pupils and your school.
How will you learn?
Scheduled live, interactive online sessions led by an experienced practitioner.
How long is this course?
This course is one day in duration.
Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the benefits of unplugged approaches in the KS1 classroom
- Understand how to best organise a KS1 classroom to encourage and foster children’s computational skills
- Understand how to best utilise in opportunities for scaffolded guided group work, independent learning and continuous provision into KS1 computing
- Deliver computing lessons in KS1 using effective pedagogies.