Inspiring third millennium learners
The Curriculum Innovation Service blog
We are always reviewing and adding content to our Computing Scheme of Work. Sometimes it’s teaching activities, sometimes it’s teacher guides or video tutorials. Here are some of the latest updates. You’ll need to be logged in to the site before clicking the...
Paul Scott and myself took the train to the big smoke to see what was new at BETT this year. For those who don’t know BETT is one of the largest education technology shows in the world. Companies showcase their new products and...
You have probably heard about the Momo Challenge through traditional media and social media in recent weeks. The challenge has often been reported as the Momo Suicide Challenge alleging that children and young people are contacted by a mysterious character called Momo and...
Having created a simple animated sequence last week showing that a plant needed light and water to grow this week’s target was to add a suitable backdrop and show an assortment of flowers all growing at the same time to create the final...
So this week we had our second Geek Squad session at Shipley C.E. Primary. Having experimented with the basic tools of Go Ink’s animation app last week, we started to explore using multiple frames to make the animations a little longer and a...
On Wednesday, I delivered my first two hour Geek Squad session at Shipley CE Bradford. The squad consisted of fourteen year 5 and 6 children with one year 4 child. After brief introductions, we discussed the theme for the day animation. The children...
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of meeting the Digital Leaders at Keighley St Andrew’s C of E Primary school. The Digital Leaders are Arisha, Arif, Laibah, Ibraheem and Saima and their lead teacher is the year 5 teacher Lauren Mooney....
This July we hosted our first Curriculum Innovation Gaming Festival. The Festival was open to any school who took out Premium Services as part of our subscription. The objective is to let children know the gaming industry is a valid...
For many years I have been a strong advocate of paying for any content you watch and abiding by copyright laws. Often, through work and in my personal life, my views on this seem to be contrary to several of my peers. To...
During the investigation Sherkey has interviewed each of the suspects and you can listen to their interviews below. When you have listened to the interview make a transcript of the interview so that you can highlight the key facts and information from each...
Our sleuth Sherkey Holmes is back with his wonderful assistant Javeira Volts. Sherkey Flatts is an internationally renowned sleuth who has worked with organisations across the world to capture dangerous villains and solve some of the most complicated...
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Geek Squad animation session 3
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Geek Squad animation session 2
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Geek Squad animation session 1
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