Get Started Teaching Computing in Primary Schools: Preparing to teach 5 - 11 year olds
CO040 Online course
Improve your subject knowledge and develop inclusive lessons to teach computing to primary school pupils (aged 5 to 11 years old).
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2 hours per week
Improve your subject knowledge and develop inclusive lessons to teach computing to primary school pupils (aged 5 to 11 years old). This course will suit you if you’re a teacher of primary school children (aged 5-11) wanting to grow your computing knowledge and build confidence in helping your pupils to develop their computing knowledge and skills.
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Identify the reasons for teaching computing to pupils of primary school age (ages 5 to 11)
- Explain the contents of key curriculum strands within computing
- Modify a computing lesson to include differentiation and assessment, and make it inclusive for all of your learners
- Produce a personal action plan to inform your next steps in learning
This course is part of the Teach primary computing
Teach primary computing
Our nationally recognised qualification will support you to demonstrate your commitment to developing your own practice and to computing as a school subject.
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