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Are you looking for 👻 spookily good CPD 👻 to spice up your computing teaching this autumn?

This October half term, we have scheduled a ✨ spellbinding ✨collection of live remote and face to face courses as part of our primary, secondary and subject knowledge certificates, all available to book now.

If you're unsure *witch* (ahem) course to take, we've got some ideas to help get you to get your learning off to a flying start🦇!  

Short courses

Face to face (primary and secondary)

  • Physical computing kit - KS2 Crumble - 22/10/21 - Stoke-on-Trent
  • Physical computing kit - KS3 micro:bit - 22/10/21 - Stoke-on-Trent
  • Physical computing kit - KS4 Raspberry Pi Pico - 22/10/21 - Stoke-on-Trent

Primary

Live remote courses (Primary certificate)

  • Introduction to primary computing - 28/10/21
  • Leading primary computing - 28/10/21

Secondary

Live remote courses (Subject knowledge certificate)

  • Higher attainment in computer science - meeting the challenges of the exams - 25/10/21 and 26/10/21
  • Python programming: working with data - 25/10/21; 28/10/21 and 29/10/21
  • An introduction to computer systems, networking and security in computer science - 26/10/21; 28/10/21 and 01/11/2021
  • Foundation knowledge of computer science for KS3 and GCSE - 27/10/21 and 28/10/21
  • An introduction to algorithms, programming and data in computer science - 27/10/21
  • Python programming constructs: sequencing, selection and iteration - 27/10/21 and 01/11/21
  • Representing algorithms using flowcharts and pseudocode - 28/10/21

Live remote courses (Secondary certificate)

  • Teaching GCSE computer science: improving student engagement - 25/10/21
  • Assessment in secondary computing - 26/10/21
  • New subject leaders of secondary computing - 27/10/21