The exemplar Barefoot primary computing resources have been created by a panel of expert primary computing teachers. In partnership with Computing at School (CAS), we’re giving them the training, support and classroom resources they need. If your School is not located in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, or Republic of Ireland, please register as a Teacher only. I ask myself, where can you go with this? Read all about Barefoot’s new resources 'Barefoot Bytes'. Get started with a free Computational Thinking Workshop. We use cookies on this website to enhance your experience. CAS and BT are working together to support teachers in delivering the computing curriculum. It made me challenge the status quo.”, “The majority of people were in their late teens or early 20s and working with them enriched me. Our downloadable poster promotes hand washing while students learn all about algorithms.

But Barefoot brought together areas that meant something to me. For use in the classroom and flexible learning at home.

I like to see that moment of realisation, when they get it. Get all the Barefoot resources that have been released in response to COVID-19 this year. This includes FREE high-quality lesson plans and local CPD Workshops, all designed to help teachers gain confidence in bringing computer science to life in the classroom.

Discover our jargon-free online guides for added support. From using Scratch to understanding key computer science concepts quickly and easily, improve your subject knowledge with our jargon-free online guides. Our Education Team are proud to be supporting the Barefoot Computing project, a national initiative supporting primary educators with computer science.

Barefoot workshops instantly bring the resources to life in an interactive session, demonstrating just how uncomplicated bringing computing to all aspects of the curriculum can be.

A set of eight quick collaborative activities for 7-9 year olds, to encourage computational thinking without the need for tech. Share this page with them for all the inspiration they need to get started. They come out thinking differently about algorithms and sequences and things. We haven't seen you in the last 19 minutes, so we will log you out of your Barefoot account in the next few seconds unless you click Stay logged in below. Barefoot is here to help you to deliver the computing curriculum brilliantly with free face-to-face workshops, helpful online guides and engaging lessons. The project is funded by the Department for Education and is developing high-quality, practical cross-curricular computer science resources and workshops to support primary school teachers in England. There's no need to register. All developed by teachers, for teachers. I really feel it makes a difference and I'm proud to be part of that.”, “I don't want to be working when these kids come out from school – I'd be out of a job straight away.”, “It’s so important for programming skills to be second nature to kids. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter for the latest news, content and tips about Online Safety, Security, and Education Technology, We are a charity dedicated to empowering the safe and secure use of technology through innovative services, tools, content and policy, nationally and globally. 198 talking about this. It really has been a case of, you can go anywhere.”. About Us, Stores a unique session ID which references data held on our server about your session, such as login information, Stores the cookie preferences you select here, Tracks assets that have been pushed to your device in an HTTP/2.0 Server Push, An anonymous unique ID assiged to your browser for Google Analytics tracking, An anonymous unique ID assiged to your browser session for Google Analytics tracking, A counter that is used to throttle the request rate to Google Analytics. As part of BT Skills for Tomorrow, Barefoot is supporting teachers to give 5 million kids the tech skills they need to thrive by 2025. Here to help you deliver the primary computing curriculum brilliantly, save you time and build your confidence. These Bytes are designed to teach children about the necessary problem-solving skills they need, such as algorithms, decomposition and patterns while boosting morale and injecting fun back into the classroom. I always wanted to give back.”, “Barefoot Volunteers go into primary schools to host workshops with teachers. www.barefootcomputing.org We’re making sure primary school teachers can deliver the computer. ARE YOU A PARENT? Empowering you to deliver the primary computing curriculum brilliantly, New home learning activities now available, Little Bytes of learning fun, a big Byte of teaching inspiration! I gave my first workshop in 2016.

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