Primary Tech Review

Scaffolding provides support when concepts are unfamiliar. These concepts can be basic, or advanced. All children benefit from scaffolding in computing lessons, which can gradually be withdrawn as children's confidence with a concept increases and reinstated when confidence decreases. Often, it is the teacher who provides children with scaffolding. However, children should also have the agency and opportunity to select their own scaffolding when they need it, as well the agen

Educational visits have the potential to enthuse children about Computing and provide them with context how computers affect society. Although there is not a dedicated Computing museum in London, a well-planned visit to the Science Museum has huge potential for enriching work done in Computing lessons or providing inspiration for further study. The Science Museum is a huge building and at times can be busy. For a Computing visit to be most beneficial, teachers will need clear

Kerbal Space Program encapsulates so many of the things we should encourage in education: goal setting, experimentation, dealing with repeated setbacks, problem solving and fun! Kerbal Space Program consists of several modes, including 'sandbox' and 'career' modes. Sandbox gives players access to all of the parts from the beginning, whereas career mode requires players to earn parts through completing missions. These missions range in difficulty from just taking off, to achie