Early Years

From the moment your pupils enter school, most children already have acquired some foundation building blocks in computing. 

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There are many resources that support teaching computing in the EYFS. Although not a legal requirement, many schools are choosing to support and harness technology in the EYFS, giving children the best possible start by introducing 'Computational Thinking' elements to the foundation stage curriculum. 

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To access support materials from Barefoot Computing from Computing At School please use this link.

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The concepts and approaches of Computational Thinking, as outlined in the poster, can be integrated into themes and activities that are already being taught. 

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Modifying your current curriculum to incorporate 'plugged' or 'unplugged' computing curriculum enables children to access the computing skills. Unplugged computing activities allows teachers to teach a concept without requiring lots of computing equipment.

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Log into the Barefoot Computing Resources to access lesson plans, vocabulary cards, questioning prompts and the guide to Computational Thinking in the EYFS.

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Get in touch if you would like to know more about how to adapt your curriculum to build in links to computing through

 

• Teacher/adult lead activities

• Scaffolded activities

• Child initiated activities

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