Barefoot Computing

Last night I went along to a Barefoot workshop held at my feeder school to see first hand what the Barefoot project is all about.

The Barefoot Computing project is about helping primary school teachers get ready for the computer science element of the new computing curriculum. They have developed high-quality, practical cross-curricular computer science resources and workshops to support primary school teachers in England.

I was really impressed by the way the broke down Computational thinking into relevant examples that anybody could understand and could be implemented in a Primary classroom with only a little preparation.



Here in the South West Barefoot is run by the SWGfl and delivered by volunteers who work in industry. You can either host a free workshop in your school or attend any of the upcoming workshops.

Where	When	Time	Contact / Reserve Place
Mount Hawke School, Truro	12th Feb 2015	13.00 - 14.30	Sophie Brown
Meysey Hampton Church of England Primary School, Gloucestershire	23rd Feb 2015	11.00 - 12.30	Sophie Brown
Elmhurst Junior School, Street	2nd March 2015	15.30 - 17.00	Sophie Brown
St Mary's Middle School, Puddletown	3rd March 2015	16.00 - 17.30	Sophie Brown
Highcliffe St Mark Primary, Dorset	4th March 2015	15.30 - 17.00	Sophie Brown
Worlebury St. Paul's Primary School, Weston Super Mare	10th March 2015	15.45 - 17.15	Sophie Brown
Mount Street Primary, Plymouth	11th March 2015	13.00 - 14.30	Sophie.brown
Symondsbury Primary, Dorset	11th March 2015	15.45 - 17.15	Sophie Brown
Combe Down Primary School, Bath	11th March 2015	16.00 - 17.30	Sophie Brown
Wraxall C of E VA Primary School	11th March 2015	16.00 - 17.30	Sophie Brown
St Mary's Primary, Thorncombe	16th March 2015	15.15 - 16.45	Sophie Brown
Churchdown Parton Manor Junior School, Gloucester	18th March 2015	10.00 - 11.30	Sophie Brown