Computing
Covers all areas of the curriculum:
- Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/sch/blaydon
Coding specifically:
- Code Studio: https://studio.code.org/courses
- Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/
Online safety:
- UK Safer Internet Centre: https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/young-people/resources-3-11s
- EYFS and KS1 specific https://www.childnet.com/resources/smartie-the-penguin
KS1 specific:
KS2 specific:
General:
- This website has links to games for all year groups, including EYFS: https://primarygamesarena.com/Subjects/ICT
Websites for parents:
- Parents of children aged 4-7: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/jessie-and-friends/
- Parents of children aged 8-11: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/band-runner/
- https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers
- https://saferinternet.org.uk/advice-centre/parents-and-carers
- https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/staying-safe-online/
- https://parentzone.org.uk/Vodafone-digital-life-skills website with a workshop for parents to do with pupils
Books:
- Coding for Beginners Using Scratch by Jonathon Melmoth
- Lift the Flap Computers and Coding by Rosie Dickens
- The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed
- A Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade
- How Super Cool Stuff Works