New Computing National Curriculum – click here
Session 1
iPad apps – Daisy the Dinosaur; Cato’s Hike; Move the Turtle; Light bot; Bee Bot; Hopscotch; Cargo-Bot; Kodable; Scratch Jr; ALEX; Gamepress; Hakitzu
Web apps – Light bot; Turtle Academy Playground
Switched on Computing – Apps for each unit
Session 2
Scratch v2 (online version) – click here (click on “Create” to begin coding!)
Programming with Scratch booklet v2 (PDF)
Task 4 backdrop – save the image below to your computer…
FlowGo / Go control Flowol Tasks
Appshed (you’ll need to create a free account)
Touch Develop (you’ll need to create a free account)
Progression and schemes of work
Rising Stars – Switched on Computing website; Five steps to success; Progression of skills and knowledge across primary school
The ICT service website also gives good examples of progression for each theme, should certain units be unsuitable (click on “Key documents”)
Other examples
Progression in skill for the whole Computing curriculum can be found here – progression_in_skill (PDF), which is taken from the Computing at School / NAACE guidance here
With regards to programming technologies, progression could follow the example here – Progression in programming skill (PDF), with detailed further guidance on the whole curriculum in the scheme of work available from this site here (website). An alternative implementation can be found here – Progression in programming skill alternative (PDF)
An entire scheme of work, covering all areas of the Computing Curriculum, can be found here (website) from Somerset CC.
Details of how programming might be included within the Foundation stage can be found here – Programming within the Foundation Stage (PDF)
Other websites containing resources / schemes of work include:
“Primary Pete” computing curriculum site
Other technologies to look at