An overview of computer science courses and events currently offered by London, Surrey & West Sussex Computing Hub, Newstead Wood School  

London, Surrey & West Sussex Hub - Primary Overview 2023 + 

COURSE FEES AND SUBSIDIES

COURSE FEES AND SUBSIDIES - FROM 1 APRIL 2023 Teachers from state-funded schools or colleges From 1 April 2023, all NCCE teacher CPD, including online, face to face, residential and remote courses, is free for state-funded primary schools, secondary schools and colleges. Trainee, supply and returning computer science teachers Courses which are part of the Computer Science Accelerator programme are free to trainee teachers, supply teachers and returning computer science teachers. Teachers from independent schools £75 for short courses or a fee of £220 per full-day course is payable for independent schools for any of our face to face or remote courses. Course fees are payable upfront, and the cancellation and no-show policy applies. More information can be found <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/funding">here</a>

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London, Surrey &amp; West Sussex Hub Newstead Wood School Aveybury Road Orpington Kent BR6 9SA Tuesday – Wednesday 8am-4pm T: 01689 853626 E: <a href="mailto:teachcomputing@newsteadwood.co.uk">teachcomputing@newsteadwood.co.uk</a>

We are one of 30+ Computing Hubs across England, led by schools and colleges with excellence in teaching computing. Our hub is based at

London, Surrey &amp; West Sussex Newstead Wood School Avebury Road Orpington Kent BR6 9SA

T: 01689 853626 E: teachcomputing@newsteadwood.co.uk

Hubs support schools and colleges to provide a high-quality computing education to all young people. We will work with you to identify your computing needs and provide a targeted programme of support to help embed this key subject in your school. Support includes high-quality CPD with subsidies; teaching and learning resources; and school-to-school support. Email us to be added to our mailing list - we send newsletters mostly termly on the latest computing course and event information (and we do not share your details) - teachcomputing@newsteadwood.co.uk

Online safety through primary computing

Duration 90 minutes Summary This short course will support the needs of schools in ensuring that they keep children safe whilst teaching computing and using technology to access the full primary curriculum. Online safety is a whole-school priority, and can be supported effectively through a high-quality computing curriculum. Using high-quality, evidence-based resources and best practice this CPD supports computing subject leaders to develop safe and respectful use of online technologies among all children. You'll discover where to find the most up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible sources of learning support for this vital aspect of the primary curriculum. Working with colleagues with responsibility for safeguarding and school leadership, you'll be confident that curriculum provision meets requirements and supports the needs of children in your school. Outcomes By the end of this course you will be able to: * Identify where online safety fits within the computing and wider curriculum * Engage with evidence based best practice and resources supporting online safety * Develop confidence in the schools' approach to online safety by ensuring teaching is well-informed and up-to-date. Cost: Maintained School: Free 				Non-maintained School: £75

<a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP469/online-safety-through-primary-computing-short-course">Click here</a> for dates

Getting Started in Years 1-6

Duration These courses are approximately three hours in duration, split across 2 sessions with a short gap task Summary Each course provides a comprehensive look at how to teach computing in that year using the Teach Computing Curriculum. You will be guided through the topics and skills taught and understand how they fit into the wider Teach Computing Curriculum. You will also have a go at many of the activities that you will teach&nbsp;your class and discuss the practicalities of running them in your setting. Designed for any teacher who would like the confidence to teach computing effectively in their own classroom. You’ll take-away a full computing curriculum package ready-to-teach and will learn how to further develop your capability in this exciting and vital subject. Outcomes Recognise the content and structure of the Teach Computing Curriculum in each Year. Understand how this fits into the curriculum across the whole primary age range. Gain confidence through hands-on experience of the Teach Computing Curriculum lesson materials. Identify how the curriculum may be adapted to the context of your own school Cost: Maintained School: 		Free Non-maintained School: £75

Getting started in Year 1									<a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP462/getting-started-in-year-1">For instances click here</a> Getting started in Year 2									<a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP466/getting-started-in-year-2">For instances click here</a> Getting started in Year 3									<a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP459/getting-started-in-year-3">For instances click here</a> Getting started in Year 4									<a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP465/getting-started-in-year-4-short-course">For instances click here</a> Getting started in Year 5		23 April 2024 14:30-17:30 or 							29 April 2024 13:30-16:30 or 							<a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/161cfb8b-1574-ee11-8179-002248c6f783">1 Jul 24 14:00-17:00</a> 			 							<a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/7c534b87-1674-ee11-8179-002248c6f783">4 Jul 24 09:00-12:00</a> 			or <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP460/getting-started-in-year-5" style="background-color: rgb(252, 253, 255);">more instances here</a> Getting started in Year 6									or <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP467/getting-started-in-year-6">more instances here</a>

Physical Computing Kit Loan Scheme

NCCE offer free class sets of physical computing equipment for use by schools in England, which will are stored and loaned out by Computing Hubs. Hubs generally hold limited supplies of Crumble / Micro:bit / Data Loggers /BeeBots / Primary Tray / Robotics Tray / Raspberry Pi Picos.

Procedure: - Our hubs loans kits out one per school termly - Teachers are required to attend a short f2f training session either at Newstead Wood School before loaning (takes place on the same day as pick up (dates overleaf) or we may be able to come to you - Schools need to complete and return a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12t1jp6h_KSZbnfboe-bjdxq5hRpmv2pu72eadXg8Axo/edit">loan agreement form</a> to the Hub and complete a feedback form on their experience of using the kits before returning them to the Hub

UPCOMING EVENTS and COURSES

Current courses available to book through NCCE:

F2F Courses CP003	Developing and supporting programming within your primary school CP004	Introduction to primary computing CP005	Inclusive Computing in Primary Schools CP007	Assessment of primary computing CP008	Leading primary computing - module 1 CP252	Physical computing kit - KS2 Crumble CP255	Implementing the Teach Computing Curriculum in your school CP256	Physical computing kit - KS1 BeeBots CP257	Physical computing kit - KS2 Data Loggers CP291	Computing for specialist teachers of autistic students CP292	Introduction to the micro:bit in key stage 2 Remote Courses CP403	Computing Quality Framework - Driving change within your school CP404	Adapting the Teach Computing Curriculum for mixed-year classes CP441Careers and enrichment in primary computing CP454	Introduction to primary computing CP455	Teaching programming with Scratch and Scratch Jr CP456	Leading primary computing - module 2 CP457	Assessing computational thinking in primary schools CP459 Getting started in year 3 CP460	Getting started in year 5 CP461Introduction to the Teach Computing Curriculum CP462	Getting started in Year 1 CP465	Getting started in year 4 CP466	Getting started in year 2 CP467	Getting started in Year 6 CP469	Online safety through primary computing CP486	Preparing for Ofsted in primary computing All courses bookable through this link <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses">Courses - Teach Computing</a>

Adapting the Teach Computing Curriculum for mixed-year classes

Duration 90 minutes Summary A short course providing practical guidance on adapting the Teach Computing Curriculum to suit your own mixed-age setting. The Teach Computing Curriculum is based on a learning progression from Year 1 through to Year 6, with content being organised into year groups. This spiral curriculum approach allows for skills to be revisited and built on each year, but can make organising the curriculum for mixed-age classes a challenge. During this CPD, you will explore the progression within the curriculum in detail, allowing you to make informed choices about structuring the Teach Computing curriculum to best support your own setting’s mixed-age structure. You will explore different methods of adapting the curriculum to find one which best suits your own setting and the mixed-year classes within in. Who is it for? This course is aimed at subject leaders of computing working in mixed-age settings. Cost: Maintained School: Free 				Non-maintained School: £75

For dates <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP469/online-safety-through-primary-computing-short-course">Click here</a>

Preparing for Ofsted in primary computing

Duration: 90 minutes Summary Find out what to expect from an Ofsted visit to your school and how you can prepare for it as a computing subject lead. This short course will explore the expectations outlined in the Ofsted framework and what this means for computing teaching and learning in your school. Drawing on the evidence of recent inspections it will also help you to identify key concerns around a subject inspection and how you can best prepare for it. You will be supported in identifying where you are now in computing and exploring key strategies to ensure that the intent, implementation and impact of your computing curriculum is evident throughout school. Outcomes Participants will: • understand the process of an Ofsted deep dive • be able to identify strengths and areas for development in the delivery of their computing curriculum • know what is needed to prepare for an Ofsted deep dive into computing Cost: Maintained School: Free 		Non-maintained School: £75

<a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP469/online-safety-through-primary-computing-short-course">Click here </a>for dates

Implementing the Teach Computing Curriculum in your school

Duration 1 day Summary This course aims to support teachers and subject leads in providing the best computing experience for their pupils using the Teach Computing Curriculum. It will guide leaders through the Teach Computing Curriculum’s design and structure, exploring how it can be implemented within an individual school’s setting. There will be a focus on the content children will need to learn, skills they will need to access this and how these are progressed within the curriculum. It will consider the starting point of schools and how best they can include the Teach Computing Curriculum resources to teach computing effectively, troubleshooting any issues that they may have. It will also support subject leads in getting to grips with content, software, and approaches to enable them to effectively deliver the curriculum within their own school. Cost: Maintained School: Free 				Non-maintained School: £75

Primary Certification

Starting computing education early is vital to setting young people on the best pathway.

The primary computing curriculum is designed to equip pupils with the skills they need to besuccessful and creative with technology, extending learning beyond ICT. We can help you to develop the confidence to unlock core concepts at Key Stages 1 and 2 and to integrate creative computing in your teaching. <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/curriculum">Curriculum teaching resources (teachcomputing.org)</a> <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/curriculum/key-stage-1">Key Stage 1 (teachcomputing.org)</a> <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/curriculum/key-stage-2">Key Stage 2 (teachcomputing.org)</a>

Courses are fully funded to state maintained schools Contact your local computing hub for support and funding options: <a href="mailto:teachcomputing@newsteadwood.co.uk">teachcomputing@newsteadwood.co.uk</a>

Computing Community

We offer fully-funded consultancy and guidance to primary schools located in local authority districts 5 or 6 through a network of computing education specialists, called Subject Matter Experts. Your local expert can help you to complete a three year action plan to improve your computing offer, and identify the most appropriate CPD to upskill your staff.

CAS Communities of Practice

Communities of Practice - run by Computing at School (CAS) - are local networks of computing teachers that share expertise, resources and best practice to encourage strong and effective teaching. <a href="https://www.computingatschool.org.uk/">Find your local community</a>

London, Surrey and West Sussex Computing Hub

Assessment of Primary Computing

Duration Face to Face, 1 day Summary Effective teaching includes the skillful use of assessment, to monitor children’s knowledge and understanding, and to overcome misconceptions. Accurate assessment informs adapted teaching, allowing teachers to build upon previous learning and supporting development of ideas and skills through the whole computing curriculum. This CPD aims to improve teachers’ knowledge of how to accurately assess their pupils and ways to show clear progression within the subject. Who is it for? Teacher and subject leaders of computing in primary schools Cost: Maintained School: Free

Date : 		Thursday 20 June 2024 09:15-15:30 Venue:		Torridon Junior School, Hazelbank Road, London SE6 1TG 			<a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpd/535714/assessment-primary-computing">Booking Link</a>

Assessing computational thinking in primary schools

Duration 90 minutes Summary A short course providing practical guidance on the assessment of key thinking skills in primary computing Computational thinking lies at the heart of the national curriculum. It includes the key building blocks for success in computing such as using abstraction to simplify problems, or how to decompose problems into smaller chunks. As computational thinking skills develop children become more adept at applying logic, spotting patterns, planning algorithms and evaluating computer programs. Who is it for? Teacher and subject leaders of primary computing Cost: Maintained School: Free 				Non-maintained School: £75

Date Options: 	(1)	Thursday 16 May 2024 15:30-17:00 		<a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/300ddd7d-1374-ee11-8179-002248c6f783">Book here</a> 				(2)	Wednesday 22 May 2024 15:30-17:00	<a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/a11592ac-1474-ee11-8179-002248c6f783">Book here</a> <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP469/online-safety-through-primary-computing-short-course">Click here</a> for alternative dates

Physical computing kit - KS2 Crumble

A short 90 minute face to face course (CP252)

Duration: 90 Minutes Physical computing involves programming digital devices to sense and interact with the world – an engaging alternative to screen-only activity. It touches upon many areas of the computing curriculum, bringing subject knowledge and programming skills to engaging and enjoyable classroom activities. The Crumble Controller is an easy-to-use programmable device, ideal for physical computing in primary schools. It is capable of driving two motors. With 4 input / output terminals, children can connect LEDs, switches and other interesting add-ons. All hubs hold Crumble Kits, Raspberry Pi Picos and Micro:bits for loan-out to primary schools within our designated Hub areas

Dates (Links): 	Times: 			Venues: 					 <a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/c1dcb40b-d910-ee11-8f6e-002248c6f9ce">03 Jun 24</a> 		16:00-17:30 		Newstead Wood School, BR6 9SA

Physical computing kit - Introduction to the micro:bit in key stage 2

A short 90 minute face to face course (CP292)

Duration: 90 Minutes Explore physical computing using the micro: bit device; finding out how it can be used to develop understanding of programming through creative digital projects. During this CPD, you’ll learn how to get started with the micro:bit, exploring the in-built buttons, LEDs, and sensors for detecting movement, sound, light and heat. You’ll find out how to setup the device, how to attach add-ons to make use of the inputs and outputs, and how to teach using micro:bit, making use of freely available resources. The micro:bit provides an engaging way to develop subject knowledge, through cross-curricular projects that provide instant feedback to develop understanding of programming in Key Stage 2.

Dates (Links): 	Times: 			Venues: 					 <a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/644980e4-d010-ee11-8f6e-002248c6f524">29 Apr 24 		16:00-17:30		Newstead Wood School, BR6 9SA</a> <a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/8760c112-da10-ee11-8f6e-002248c6f9ce">04 Jun 24 </a><a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/ff86a2b4-8ff4-ed11-8848-002248c72387"> 		16:00-17:30		Newstead Wood School, BR6 9SA</a>

Primary Computing for All - Face to Face

Duration: 5 hours Summary Computing is for every child, and the school curriculum must allow for all children to succeed. Computing subject leaders can make inclusive, effective curriculum implementation happen, leading to success for all. You'll consider how cultural and other influences affect outcomes in computing, including the impact on girls and other groups of children. Using a range of sources of evidence you'll examine the relationship between computing and the rest of the curriculum, leading to better integration of this relatively new subject. You'll plan how to raise the knowledge and digital skills of your colleagues, ensuring positive attitudes towards computing in all areas of the curriculum.&nbsp; You'll have time and support to consider how your school's computing curriculum would stand up to scrutiny, and how you can provide equitable and inspirational learning for every child in authentic, collaborative and engaging contexts. Outcomes Participants will: Identify strategies to support learner engagement and success in computing Plan how to motivate and support colleagues to teach excellent computing lessons Develop teaching approaches that widen the appeal of computing, leading to creative and collaborative lessons Recognise and overcome the barriers that some learners face in computing Cost: Maintained School: Free 		Non-maintained School: £220

<a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP005/outstanding-primary-computing-for-all-face-to-face">Click here for course dates</a>

Leading Primary Computing - Module 1

Duration Face to Face, 1 day Summary This course will help new primary computing leaders to clarify their role and develop and implement a broad and balanced curriculum. You will learn how best to lead the improvement of computing teaching and learning, and to provide professional support and development to others. Identifying where your school is now in computing, will enable you to identify and plan for improvement in your school. Building on this knowledge, you will develop a detailed action plan to guide the effective use and development of resources, assessment approaches and staff development you will enable yourself and school leadership to accurately understand the strengths of computing in your school, and sustainably plan for improvement. Who is it for? Subject leaders in primary computing who are new to the role, or who aspire to move into it.&nbsp; If you have already completed this course, or are a more experienced computing lead, then you may also be interested in&nbsp;<a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP456/leading-primary-computing-remote">Leading primary computing- module 2 – remote</a>. Cost: Maintained School: Free

Date 		Thursday 9 May 2024 (09:30-15:15) Venue: Newstead Wood School, Avebury Road, Orpington BR6 9SA <a href="https://ncce.stem.org.uk/cpdredirect/5a838ea9-0c95-ee11-be37-002248c6f979">Book here</a> 	 Or <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP008/leading-primary-computing-face-to-face">Click here</a> for alternative dates

Developing and supporting programming within your primary school

Duration Primary, 1 day (5 hours) f2f course Summary Ensure progression in programming, using effective approaches within your school. Programming is large part of the computing curriculum and one which is taught in each year group at primary school. This course will ensure subject leaders are confident in supporting colleagues to understand what primary programming entails; from developing simple algorithms to designing programs to meet specific goals and all the steps in-between.&nbsp; Who is it for? Primary computing leaders, looking to develop their own teaching and that of their colleagues. Cost: Maintained School: Free

Date Options <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP003/developing-and-supporting-programming-within-your-primary-school-face-to-face" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Click Here</a>

Our vision is for every child in every school in England to have a world-leading computing education.

The National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) is funded by the Department for Education and marks a significant investment in improving the provision of computing education in England. Run by a consortium made up of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.stem.org.uk/">STEM Learning</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/">Raspberry Pi Foundation</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bcs.org/">BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT</a>, our vision is to achieve a world-leading computing education for every child in England.

Introduction to the Teach Computing Curriculum

Duration Primary, Short (90 minute) Course Summary Find out about the Teach Computing Curriculum and how to implement it in your school. This course provides an overview of the Teach Computing Curriculum, a freely available whole school computing curriculum designed to ensure progression of subject knowledge and key skills. You will be guided through the topics and skills taught across the primary phase and understand how it may be adapted to your own school setting. Designed for any computing subject leaders, or class teachers, who are looking to introduce a new computing scheme of work or adapt an existing one. You’ll take-away a full computing curriculum package ready-to-teach and will learn how to further develop your capability in this exciting and vital subject. Who is it for? Subject Leaders, Classroom Teachers Cost: Maintained School: Free

Date Options <a href="https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP461/introduction-to-the-teach-computing-curriculum-short-course">Click Here</a>

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