Elevate with Autumn Residentials

We are super excited to be launching our autumn residentials, taking place here in York at the National STEM Learning Centre!

Residential CPD is high-impact, intensive training in a classroom environment, where you can reflect, network with peers and develop your teaching in interactive and impactful ways. Courses are delivered face-to-face, with accommodation and meals included for the duration of your stay so you can maximise your learning.

What’s even more exciting is the residential provision is completely free if you work in a state-funded school in England.

Check out what we have on:

An Introduction to A Level Computer Science – 22-23 October 2024

For those new to teaching the subject or who want to improve their subject knowledge. You will:

• enhance your understanding of functions and procedures
• gain insights into passing by reference vs. passing by value
• advance your skills in indexing, handling lists and arrays, managing exceptions, binary representation, floating point conversions, arithmetic with floating point numbers, and assembly language for Little Man Computer

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Help! How do I lead primary computing? - 23-24 October 2024

For those who are new to leading primary computing. You will:

• gain confidence in the role and expectations of a computing subject leader, and support other teachers in effectively
• develop and improve your school’s computing curriculum, its intent, implementation, and assessment processes
• implement effective monitoring and evidencing and understanding of the curriculum’s knowledge and skills

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Getting started with Python programming – 30-31 October 2024

For those who want to start their journey with Python programming. You will:

• develop basic program constructs using variables, handling user input, and output to the screen
• follow the program flow, identifying variable values at different stages, and create and control indefinite loop structures
• include user-written and built-in functions, pass data between functions and main programs, and manipulate simple data in Python lists

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Essentials for teaching primary computing – 27-28 November 2024

For those who want to explore the computing curriculum before taking a deeper dive into teaching programming. You will:

• understand the computing curriculum, emphasising knowledge and skill development
• develop an understanding of high-quality computing education tailored to your school
• learn to create and debug programs using Scratch and ScratchJr, and teach programming through effective pedagogies

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Algorithms and programming for OCR GCSE specification – 10-11 December 2024

For those who want to explore the fundamentals required for teaching algorithms and programming, aligned with the OCR 9-1 GCSE specification. You will:

• learn the key building blocks of algorithms and represent them using pseudocode and flowcharts
• gain confidence in tracing and improving algorithms, and develop basic program constructs using variables, handling user input, and output to the screen
• follow program flow, identify variable values at different stages, and create and control indefinite loop structures

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Leading and assessing primary computing – 11-12 December 2024

For those who want to successfully lead primary computing, with a focus on supporting staff and assessment. You will:

• understand the computing curriculum, emphasising knowledge and skill development
• support other teachers confidently across various professional development contexts
• recognise appropriate formative and summative assessment techniques and explore ways to gather and store evidence effectively

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Why choose a residential?

All these courses offer the added benefit of extended time outside the classroom to engage in discussions with other teachers and gain ideas from both peers and experienced course leaders.

You'll also explore the beauty that the city of York has to offer in your free time - what's not to like? Don't miss out!

Book your next residential course today - we can't wait to see you here.