Teacher: don´t leave those kits alone... [Back to School Computing Teaching Aids]

THE AUTUMN 2014 term will see a reboot in the way the teaching of computing skills is approached in English schools. The National Curriculum ´computing programmes of study´ replaces the old ICT curriculum with something that emphasises understanding basic principles of computer science - analysing and solving problems by applying computational techniques, program writing and so on. The guiding idea is that instead of pupils merely being consumers of software, the curriculum can deliver practical examples of computer science right from Key Stage 1 through the school journey.