Category: CS primary survival kit

Computing in Primary Schools: teacher survival kit EARLY LEVEL

This guide has been developed to support any educator deliver Computing. It is split into three levels for Primary, as in the Experiences and Outcomes, making it simpler to plan and assess. 

Each level is split into:

  • background
  • lesson resources
  • assessment resources

The learning should be delivered in order as the concepts are progressive. These resources are designed with the aim of all learners experiencing the most fundamental computing knowledge and skills, found in our Big Ideas guide. There is scope for more confident educators to build on this guide and provide broader, deeper and richer learning experiences for their learners, in line with the principles of Curriculum for Excellence.

 

When teaching this, we have 3 Es and Os to consider: 

  • Understanding how a computer processes information 
  • Understanding how those instructions control the computers’ processes/actions 
  • Applying this knowledge and skills to design a solution that requires computing 

All three should be taught and assessed together – not as individual outcomes. 

Computing in Primary Schools: teacher survival kit EARLY LEVEL SEQUENCES

BACKGROUND  Learning intentions  We are learning about computers and how they work We are creating instructions to control computing devices   I can identify different types of computers and the job they do I know that computers follow a sequence of instructions I can write an algorithm with instructions in… Read more

Computing in Primary Schools: teacher survival kit EARLY LEVEL PATTERNS

BACKGROUND  Learning intentions  We are learning about computers and how they work We are creating instructions to control computing devices I can identify different types of computers and the job they do I know that computers follow a sequence of instructions I can write an algorithm with instructions in the… Read more

Computing in Primary Schools: teacher survival kit EARLY LEVEL SORTING and LOGIC

BACKGROUND  Learning intentions  We are learning about computers and how they work We are creating instructions to control computing devices I can identify different types of computers and the job they do I know that computers follow a sequence of instructions I can write an algorithm with instructions in the… Read more

Having completed these activities, learners should have a grasp of basics. Revisit these concepts as often as requried to build confidence and familairity with them. If planning follow-on lessons, focus on the concepts and process of concept-to-actions, revisitng the compeuters’ need for sequence and ‘one isntruction at a time’. These will underpin everything else goign forward 

 

The next stage will be planned similarly and will introduce more complex ideas for sequencing, patterns and sorting but the concepts will remain the same.