Literacy via primary computing - building vocabulary and embedding literacy skills

CO407 Online course

Explore how to teach computing vocabulary effectively. Unpick the opportunities within the computing curriculum and computing lessons to build literacy skills.

Cross curricular Key stage 1 Key stage 2 Teach primary computing certificate

Free online course 2 hours

The national curriculum states that teachers should develop pupils’ spoken language, reading, writing, and vocabulary as integral aspects of the teaching of every subject. This self-paced CPD will support you in achieving this within computing. You will learn how to embed the teaching of vocabulary effectively throughout your computing curriculum and discover opportunities for building reading, writing, and oracy into computing lessons.

Computing has lots of subject-specific and technical vocabulary which is best taught in context. This CPD will help you demystify the technical terms by building your own confidence and understanding of this subject-specific vocabulary. You will also explore ways to teach this vocabulary to pupils to ensure a strong and accurate understanding that sticks.

You will explore the many opportunities within the computing curriculum and computing lessons to build literacy skills. You will identify opportunities within computing to support reading, writing, and oracy and look at how these can be taught in a way that maximises learning in both subjects.

Enrol now and start your journey towards embedding literacy into your computing curriculum!

Who is it for?

This course is aimed at computing subject leads who want to ensure that vocabulary is embedded in their subject and that cross-curricular opportunities with English are maximised to increase the profile of computing across the school.

How long is this course?

This course is approximately 90 minutes of self-directed learning

How will you learn?

This online, self-paced course can be completed flexibly. You can join and start this course at any time after the advertised date, and keep access for a year after booking.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Understand the importance of, and challenges in teaching primary computing vocabulary.
Know strategies for the teaching of primary computing vocabulary.
Identify opportunities for cross curricular literacy and computing activities.

This course is part of 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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