Category: Primary
Universal Design for Learning in Primary Computing

I’ve spoken about Universal Design for Learning in my training and courses for some time now as a useful framework for supporting teachers to create inclusive lessons. It was developed back in 2008 by CAST, an American organisation working to transform education and ensure accessibility for all, and has been…
Scratch Progression Resource for Primary and SEND
As a team we have always created Scratch projects to complement our scheme of work, or to provide activities on a certain theme for schools. I decided I wanted to create a collection that would be useful to teachers in primary schools, and also specifically for those working with students…
Tech Tools to support EAL Learners
The eLearning Service becomes an Associate Service at Learn Sheffield
The eLearning Service is delighted to announce that we have partnered with Learn Sheffield to become an associate service. This brings benefits to us all. You will be able to find us in our new home at the Learn Sheffield Training and Development Hub next door to Newfield School (for…
Teaching Scratch to pupils with special educational needs

Scratch is a wonderful tool for teaching pupils how to program their own activities, and is used widely in primary schools to deliver part of the computing curriculum. The online version of Scratch can be found at https://scratch.mit.edu/, although it is recommended you download the version 2.0 of the software…
Launching our 2017 Sheffield Primary Computing Scheme of Work
Support for Computing Leads in Sheffield

There is a lot of great work being done in Computing in Sheffield, across Primary, Secondary and Special schools, and we want to help teachers share best practice and find resources. In the past we have run Primary Computing Co-ordinator’s Briefings every term, but we have now cancelled these. This…
SEND Computing Conference 2015 – Part 2
Blackcat Software and Windows 7
A number of schools have reported problems installing and running the BlackCat suite of software on Windows 7. All the Blackcat titles on Windows 7 Home have been tested and found the following: Decisions3 Version 1.1.0.8 Works properly – no issues Fresco Version 1.15 Works properly – no issues. We’re…