West Country TSA
The West Country Teaching School Alliance (WCTSA) is a vibrant and diverse partnership of schools working across Devon and Somerset to create a sustainable and powerful system for school improvement. The Alliance, which is led by Uffculme School, is an inclusive, cross-phase Alliance fostering excellence in education from Primary to Post -16. The strength of the Alliance lies not only in its combined expertise, but also in its commitment to provide a world class education for all; holding the core values of trust, openness and a commitment to lifelong learning at the heart of all we do.
If you’re new, moving towards or an existing teacher of KS3 computing then this course will allow you to explore the subject knowledge required to confidently teach the KS3 programme of study. The sessions within this course are designed to give you the subject knowledge around key topics such as algorithms, data representation, hardware and programming, whilst also exploring useful and engaging strategies for delivering this content in the classroom.
| Event Date | 22-09-2020 9:00 am |
| Event End Date | 02-10-2020 2:30 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 10-09-2020 |
| Cut off date | 18-09-2020 |
| Individual Price | £35.00 |
Find out how algorithms are designed and how programs are written to provide clear instructions to machines. Learn about the binary system used by computers to store and process data, and how to convert to and from the familiar denary system of numbers zero to nine. Create some simple block-based computer programs and discover how to implement them using the Python programming language. Use your knowledge to write programs that can handle user input and manipulate variable values before outputting simple messages to the screen.
| Event Date | 28-09-2020 4:00 pm |
| Event End Date | 05-10-2020 5:30 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 10-09-2020 |
| Cut off date | 25-09-2020 |
| Individual Price | Free |
Learn essential subject knowledge to become a skilled teacher of primary computing. Be prepared to teach algorithms and programming to all ages of children, helping them develop their understanding through effective pedagogy.
| Event Date | 05-10-2020 12:30 pm |
| Event End Date | 08-10-2020 1:30 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 22-09-2020 |
| Cut off date | 02-10-2020 |
| Individual Price | £35.00 |
Learn how to write code to input, process and output data, and how to manipulate data stored in variables. Using the building blocks of sequence, selection and iteration you’ll begin to understand how programs are constructed to perform a multitude of simple and more complex tasks.
| Event Date | 07-10-2020 2:30 pm |
| Event End Date | 14-10-2020 4:00 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 10-09-2020 |
| Cut off date | 02-10-2020 |
| Individual Price | Free |
Learn essential subject knowledge to become a skilled teacher of primary computing. Be prepared to teach algorithms and programming to all ages of children, helping them develop their understanding through effective pedagogy.
| Event Date | 19-10-2020 12:30 pm |
| Event End Date | 22-10-2020 1:30 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 22-09-2020 |
| Cut off date | 16-10-2020 |
| Individual Price | £35.00 |
In this course you’ll learn about data types, and how data structures are manipulated in Python programs.
| Event Date | 02-11-2020 3:30 pm |
| Event End Date | 11-11-2020 5:00 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 10-09-2020 |
| Cut off date | 30-10-2020 |
| Individual Price | Free |
For primary computing teachers who are new to the subject or its leadership. This CPD covers the whole computing curriculum at an introductory level, including programming essentials using Scratch.
| Event Date | 09-11-2020 12:30 pm |
| Event End Date | 12-11-2020 1:15 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 22-09-2020 |
| Cut off date | 06-11-2020 |
| Individual Price | £35.00 |
Learn how to write code to input, process and output data, and how to manipulate data stored in variables. Using the building blocks of sequence, selection and iteration you’ll begin to understand how programs are constructed to perform a multitude of simple and more complex tasks.
| Event Date | 09-12-2020 2:30 pm |
| Event End Date | 16-12-2020 4:00 pm |
| Registration Start Date | 10-09-2020 |
| Cut off date | 04-12-2020 |
| Individual Price | Free |