Computing

Our approach and core resources for…

Computing

This page outlines the topics we've covered, as well as the resources and external courses that we've used.

Trips & Workshops

Workshop at The National Videogame Museum

We took a trip to Sheffield for a home-ed workshop at the National Videogame Museum - creating sprites and playing all manner of games.

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Trips | Art, Design and Technology | Computing | UK Day trips - near Manchester

You CAN build Rome in a day!

I spotted this class on Outschool and thought it would fit with our Roman topic brilliantly whilst also including Minecraft which is a big thing in our house whether we like it or not! The girls were talked through the coding steps patiently and expertly by the teacher and, by the end of the session, ... Read more

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Computing | History | Minecraft | Romans in Britain

Games Masters (or Mistresses?)

Agatha and Peggy have been using Scratch to code some games recently. We have been using a book called Computer Coding Game For Kids by Carol Vorderman. We’d recommend the flexi-bound version just because it’s easier to keep open when you’re trying to reference things. The first project we tackled was called Cheese Chase – ... Read more

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Computing