Hi,
I am a former Computing teacher, busy creating lots of resources to help teachers in and out of the classroom. Working on creating revision books and materials for GCSE Computing study.
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Hi,
I am a former Computing teacher, busy creating lots of resources to help teachers in and out of the classroom. Working on creating revision books and materials for GCSE Computing study.
Follow @sfg_academic on Instagram for more information.
Teach pre-school or reception?
Try these simple, “let’s learn our letters” worksheets to help young children recognise and develop their colours and objects around the world.
This sample includes an activity from each topic of the bundle:
2 x Alphabet Cut-outs
1 x Colour in the alphabet
2 x Letter Maze
1 x Letter Search
1 x Phonics Sound Card
2 x Tracing Letters
1 x Match the letter
1 x Wordsearch
Perfect for teachers in nurseries and pre-schools who are prepping children for starting school or sending home for home-schooled children if required.
These worksheets are normally sold as a bundle of 100+ pages which you can find on the link below:
/teaching-resource/let-s-lean-our-letters-pre-school-bundle-13283772
Please note all sheets have been designed and made by me, with some use of AI for images.
I really hope you like these worksheets and if you do like the sample, please leave me a review or consider visiting the bundle page to see what else you can get - this would be very much appreciated.
A mini classroom treasure hunt for introducing or revising Computer Systems and Technology.
This activity includes 10 cards with clues/questions on and your students must find the answers using the other cards and then solve the next clue. All the answers must be written on the answer sheet and then students can use the next step instructions to solve the final secret code.
The clues are designed so they can be solved in any order so pupils can do this in small teams or independently without the need to use the same card at the same time. These clues could be hidden around the classroom.
Perfect for introducing the idea of technology with younger students or as revision purposes for GCSE students.
This activity can be completed in small groups or as a whole class competition for revision or paper-based lessons.
The activity does come with a copy of the answers for the teacher.
This activity is suitable for all years (GCSE+ for revision purposes) but younger students may need some guidance.
Teach pre-school or reception?
Try these simple, “let’s learn our colours” worksheets to help young children recognise and develop their colours and objects around the world.
This sample includes an activity from each topic of the bundle:
2 x colouring book pages
A colour by numbers
A name the paint splat
Recognising objects and their colour sheet
Colouring pages for different colours.
Perfect for teachers in nurseries and pre-schools who are prepping children for starting school or sending home for home-schooled children if required.
These worksheets are normally sold as a bundle of 100+ pages which you can find on the link below:
/teaching-resource/let-s-learn-our-colours-100-pre-school-activities-13261460
Please note all sheets have been designed and made by me, with some use of AI for images.
I really hope you like these worksheets and if you do like the sample, please leave me a review or consider visiting the bundle page to see what else you can get - this would be very much appreciated.
A mini escape room style classroom activity based on Computer Systems.
This activity includes 4 mini activities where pupils have to solve the riddles/clues to find a codeword which at the end the end is used to find the final code.
This activity can be completed in small groups or as a whole class competition for revision or paper-based lessons. The activity does come with a copy of the answers for the teacher.
This activity is suitable for all years (GCSE+ for revision purposes) but younger students may need some guidance.
Lesson 1 - What is a Computer System?
A lesson designed for students to understand and be able to define what a computer system is. Pupils will be looking at the different types of basic computer systems, used in and around school and discussing the different types of tasks you can use a computer system for. This is to encourage pupils to develop their understanding of why we need computers and how they can be used in the real world.
Includes:
Teacher presentation
Student worksheet
Homework sheet
Lesson plan
Need a quick activity for WBD?
Try these quick wordsearches, themed for three different books and therefore can be used across pre-school to early teens.
Harry Potter theme
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
We’re going on Bear Hunt.
Perfect as a starter to your pre-planned WBD lessons or as part of a longer resource.
A full WBD lesson coming soon too.
“Read your way”…
Need a quick activity to introduce your students to Internet Safety?
Quick, 5-10 minute colour by numbers resource, for mixed year groups and abilities.
4 editable slides which differentiate for ages, learning suitability and ability in lessons.
Covers; Internet threats, basic e-safety, hacking, firewalls, malware and passwords.
Teaching your pre-school child the beginning of phonics or want to support your reception aged child with their school work?
I have developed a resource to help introduce the first set of sounds; m, a, s, d and t.
Works well with a range of sets of the phonic flashcards and useful for consolidating children’s learning early on.
This activity worksheet helps children to recognise the sounds of different words (using pictures), practice tracing the letters and then writing independently, being able to read the individual letters and then blending sounds together to form basic words.
Colour by number printable activity, useful when revising systems architecture for basic computer systems.
Students answer each question and their answer tells them which colour to use on the picture.
A great activity for revision purposes or as a starter to your lesson.
Please note in the activity, the correct answers are in bold. Please edit to your preference.
Mixed ability colour by numbers coming soon.
Digital download - drag and drop activity. Uses icons and labels, where pupils must drag the correct text box and drop it under the matching icon.
A great activity for revision purposes or as a starter to your lesson. Can be printed if required and pupils can simply draw a line to match the icons to their name.
Please note, slide 1 is the teacher answers.
Drag and Drop activities available for 14 short topics within the GCSE Computing specification also.
An Elf themed treasure hunt style resource made for a Christmas Fayre.
Includes 6 x challenge activities (to be displayed around the fayre) and an answer sheet.
When families have identified 6 of the missing elves, the final elf name remaining is the answer for a small prize.
Perfect for a quick activity at a Christmas Fayre.
Please note, the design is a template but all the content created is my own.
Ready for a whole topic, pre-planned including a termly workbook and teacher presentations.
Please check out my sample workbook (one lesson available) and let me know what you think. Please add a review to give me any pointers that need improving.
Full workbook will be available very soon.
SAMPLE KNOWLEDGE ORGANISER.
GCSE Knowledge Organiser - DATA REPRESENTATION
Try out the new knowledge organisers, this one is for Data Representation and contains a compressed version of what you need to know for the GCSE Computing exam.
Useful for last minute revision, support for class activities or homework or great for some exam preparation in the lead up to exams. Can be used by teachers too - feel free to print for your class.
If you like this, please see my bundle for sale which contains all topics for the OCR GCSE Computing exam.
Happy Revising!
A mini classroom treasure hunt for introducing or revising Computer Systems and Technology.
This activity includes 10 cards with clues/questions on and your students must find the answers using the other cards and then solve the next clue. All the answers must be written on the answer sheet and then students can use the next step instructions to solve the final secret code.
The clues are designed so they can be solved in any order so pupils can do this in small teams or independently without the need to use the same card at the same time. These clues could be hidden around the classroom.
Perfect for introducing the idea of technology with younger students or as revision purposes for GCSE students.
This activity can be completed in small groups or as a whole class competition for revision or paper-based lessons.
The activity does come with a copy of the answers for the teacher.
This activity is suitable for all years (GCSE+ for revision purposes) but younger students may need some guidance.
A set of 7 quick, starter activities to set your students off recapping the keyterms and learning from the previous lesson. The starter activities cover the following topics:
Computer Systems - label the basic components of a computer system.
Ethical Issues - Identify the issue for each scenario.
Flowcharts - label the flowchart shapes.
Input and Output - Describe the input and output devices.
Network Topologies - Label the network topology.
Storage Devices - Label the characteristic for each of the storage device statements.
The Von Neumman Architecture - label the components/registers on the diagram.
Each starter activity is printable or for use on the PC and comes in a range of abilities; low (with prompts/support) to high (no additional prompting). Each presentation includes a copy of the teacher answers too.
The activities are designed to be quick, recap tasks help encourage students to keep revising what they have learnt.
Digital drag and drop resources for a range of topics within the GCSE computing specification.
All activities can be used on MS PPT or Google Slides.
Topics included in the bundle:
Computational Thinking
Computer Systems
Input and Output
E-safety
Networks
Memory
Network Hardware
Network Topologies
Legislation
Secondary Storage
The CPU
Search and Sort Algorithms
The Internet
Security Threats
Please note that each PPT contains a copy of the teachers answers (first slide).
Activities can be used with all secondary school aged pupils.
Colour by number printable activity, useful for revising systems architecture for basic computer systems; memory, secondary storage and the CPU!
Students answer each question and their answer tells them which colour to use on the picture. This resource includes** four** different levelled colour by number activities so are suitable for a mixed ability class or for different year groups.
A great activity for revision purposes or as a starter to your lesson, which allows pupils to work independently.
Please note in the activity, the correct answers are in bold. Please edit to your preference.
Lesson 2 - Input and Output Devices
A lesson designed for students to be introduced to input and output devices and give examples of these in basic computer systems.
Pupils will be identifying basic devices, explaining what they are used for within a computer system and then using this knowledge to think about how computer systems are used in different industries e.g. Airports, supermarkets and hospitals.
This lesson develops on from the previous lesson about what computer systems are.
Answers to all activities are included within the presentation.
Includes:
Teacher presentation
Student worksheet
Homework sheet
Wordsearch printable activity, useful for revising computer systems, input and output, memory, secondary storage and the CPU.
There are three different levelled wordsearches, a** higher, middle and lower** level activity to suit a range of student needs. Each has a different type of clue or hint to help pupils who maybe need a bit of extra support.
A great activity for revision purposes or as a starter to your lesson and useful for not only getting pupils to revise the definitions or keywords used throughout this topic but also to encourage them to develop their spelling and grammar skills.
Answer sheets are provided too for quick teacher marking.
A huge 36 slide presentation with Computing classroom welcome slides for spring term 2.
One welcome slide for every day, can be used across multiple classes or pick and choose the ones you want to use, depending on when you see your classes.
Each slide contains:
A starter activity
The date
Keywords
A short revision activity
A challenge/SPAG activity or Agree/Disagree point.
Please note, I have created these welcome slides to the theme of “data representation” so all starter activities and keywords are tailored to meet the data representation aspect of the GCSE Spec. However, these starter activities are great for introducing the topic or as simple refresher or recap activities if you are on a different topic currently. Or, you could simply change the date to match when you are teaching data representation.
All slides are fully editable so feel free to change the keywords if more appropriate. These welcome slides are designed to allow students to independently revise binary/denary etc. while settling into the classroom. These can be used for different abilities.
For two of the activities, I have included a worksheet to go with it for pupils to note their answers down.
Hope it comes in handy!