Computing Presentation using Kapow in Primary

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Computing at Kapow
Primary
Specialist-created Computing scheme of work for
EYFS to year 6

What are the challenges faced by classroom teachers?
● Lacking confidence in their own computing knowledge or ability.
● A lack of time to plan and resource engaging lessons in non-core subjects.
● Struggling to ‘pitch’ the lesson at the correct level (pun intended!) for the age
range you teach and for those pupils who need further support or extension.
● Being unaware of the resources available to them and how to use them.
● Ensuring that lessons build on previous years’ learning.
● Assessing children’s progress.

How Kapow Primary can help
● Short teacher in-built CPD videos to
explain each lesson and upskill
teachers.
● Lessons created by computing
specialists, suitable for both specialist
and non-specialist teachers to follow.

How Kapow Primary can help
● Knowledge organisers for each unit help to
explain key computing terms in age-appropriate
language.
● Engaging lessons, often with cross-curricular
themes.

How Kapow Primary’s lessons work
We support primary school teachers to deliver Computing lessons like subject specialists, ensuring
pupil progression of skills.
A Computing
lesson
Lesson plan
Teacher video Resources

● Over 170 expertly-created teacher
videos to support the teaching of
lessons.
● Teacher skills videos to illustrate key
skills for teaching Computing.
● Available for the majority of
Computing lessons.
● Takes the teacher through the
teaching sequence.
What’s in a Teacher
Video?

Lesson Objectives:
● Main learning
objective.
● Success criteria.
● National Curriculum
links.
● Cross curricular links
(where appropriate).
Before the lesson:
● Videos to watch.
● Preparatory and
logistical guidance.
● Resources to print.
● Where to find relevant
videos and resources.
Parts of lesson:
● Attention Grabber.
● Main Event.
● Wrapping Up.
All detailed in full
sentences and
paragraphs.
After the lesson:
● Glossary.
● Assessment.
● Next steps.
What’s in a Computing lesson plan?

Presentations designed for
interactive whiteboards and
smartboards and including sound
clips.
Printable worksheets and high-
quality images.
Ready-made classroom resources

Other useful documents: Long-term plans
● The Long-term plan tells you what order we
suggest you teach the lessons.
● It also has guidance to explain how we have
designed our scheme of work and why.
● Gives guidance on how to fit in the teaching
of Online Safety across all year groups.

Other useful documents: Condensed long-term plans
● The Condensed Long-term plan tells
you which units we suggest you teach
if you have less time, to ensure
curriculum coverage in only 20 weeks.

Other useful documents: Curriculum Overview
● We’ve made sure there’s full coverage of the National curriculum attainment
targets — see Curriculum overview. This document shows the National
Curriculum attainment targets, Kapow Primary strands and which units
address these targets.
This makes it a really useful document if you want to adapt or omit a unit to suit your school as you
can check you will still have full coverage of the curriculum.

Other useful documents: Curriculum Overview
● This document also gives you a brief overview of each unit, to be used
alongside our detailed individual lesson plans.

Other useful documents: Education for a Connected World Mapping
● This document details how Kapow Primary's Computing and RSE & PSHE
schemes address the Education for a Connected World framework. This
overview will enhance schools’ Online Safety provision based on new,
updated DfE guidelines.

Other useful documents: Required Hardware and Software
● A list of the software and hardware required to teach Kapow Primary's
Computing scheme of work.

Other useful documents: Progression of skills and knowledge
● We’ve made sure there’s a clear
progression in skills and
knowledge each year — see
Progression of skills and knowledge.
This document is another one that
is useful when adapting the scheme of
work to suit your needs.

Other useful documents: Computing assessment spreadsheet
● Use this to record assessments made within your Computing lessons
(using the Assessment section of the lesson plan).
● It automatically calculates the percentage of lessons each child was
working towards, securely at and at greater depth against the learning
intention.

Kapow Primary webinars
● Kapow Primary has a comprehensive schedule of subject-specific CPD
webinars each month covering subject leader skills, recent updates to
the music curriculum and more.
● The recordings and accompanying slides are available on-demand for
customers only and those on a free trial.
● You can find our future webinar list here.

“Professional Development
Programmes should be
sustained over time”
Department for Education
“Teachers say that they find
subject-specific CPD more
beneficial”
Wellcome Trust
“The best CPD is
interspersed with
episodes of practice”
UCL Institute for Education
Evidence
Kapo
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Prima
ry
Over 170 on-demand,
bite-sized CPD videos
Continuous Subject-specific Immediately applicable
All resources provided
immediately apply what
has been learned
Each video is unique to
the topic/lesson you
want to teach
What makes Kapow Primary’s CPD so
impactful?

● Founded by teachers for teachers.
● The team includes former Espresso (Discovery Education) and Twinkl senior
leaders.
● Used in a variety of primary schools, in the UK and internationally.
● Created in response to a need for specialist help with non-core subjects.
● Online platform available 24/7.
● Constantly evolving and improving.
● Over 1800 schools already using Kapow Primary’s schemes of work.
The Kapow Primary story

● Join our Facebook community group for ideas, support and inspiration.
Access resources for free
● Click here for a Computing
subject leader toolkit.
● Click here to start your free 7-day trial.

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