Benefits for the teacher:
- a progressive scheme of work
- detailed lesson plans
- an online classroom with video explainers and pupils feedback form
- animated videos release you from the front of the classroom enabling more time to be spent with each group
- planned support and extension activities
- a comprehensive box of components already organised and ready to use. Just provide consumables such as cardboard boxes and paint.
Benefits for the pupil:
- engages more pupils, especially girls, than a purely screen based computer science programme
- the excitement of designing and making
- online classroom allows pupils to work at their own pace
- animated videos explain key concepts and provide support
- extension activities encourage pupils to use their new knowledge and skills within other problems
- the course encourages collaboration with classmates