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Start the new school year with this engaging bundle of back-to-school activities designed to help pupils settle in, share about themselves, and set positive goals. This pack includes 7 ready-to-use worksheets, each with a different focus: All About Me – pupils share quick facts, favourites, and dreams Selfies! Summer Recount – a fun way to reflect on the holidays Goal Writing – mix of drawing and writing to set a personal goal New Year, New Me – prompts for friendships, confidence, and habits Mandala Personality Quiz – unique personality quiz with colouring activity Colouring Sheet – relaxing doodle poster for a calm start Lunchtime! – activity around routines and choices (perfect for PSHE)

I have created a set of 8 independent learning cards to be used with the program Kodu. These are designed for pupils to pick up and explore on their own to develop their own programming skills. The cards consist of 5 possible games the children can create, and 3 interesting world maps. They also include a QR code link to a video guide on how to make the game. **The QR codes had failed so this resource has been updated to ensure they are working**

In my classroom I aim for the pupils to independently use the resources available to them in order for them to develop their skills at their own pace. These card are designed to be used with a Makey Makey board and a set of different classroom objects. They should be laminated when printed so thank the children can draw their ideas on them. Challenge pupils to come up with interesting and creative ideas without you having to prod them every step of the way!

A quick introduction to Google Sketchup, with pupils creating a model of a viking Longhouse. Work is set over a period of 5 weeks, with each lesson adding a step and feature. Variety of skills used. Finally managed to work out how to upload Sketchup files so it comes with 2 models. One is a step by step guide, the other is an example. This is perfect for any schools with a 3D Printer!! If you have any questions please contact me on Twitter @AlwaysComputing

A complete set of editable daily starter slides the entire Summer 2 half term, designed to keep Key Stage 2 pupils engaged during morning or transition time. Each day features: Fluency Maths Questions (arithmetic & reasoning) Daily Doodle Prompts (one-word creative drawing ideas) Quick Sentence Tasks (vocabulary, grammar and sentence improvement) Target Time Tasks (alternating between reading reflections, retrieval tasks, and curriculum recap) Also includes key knowledge recap on Science, Geography and History topics such as volcanoes, biomes, the Great Fire of London, the Industrial Revolution, habitats, electricity and more. Perfect for warm-ups, bell work, or building in daily retrieval and literacy practice. Editable PowerPoint included for full flexibility.

The book Chicken Clicking, by Jeanne Willis, is a wonderful introduction to e-safety, and gives children a simple and clear understanding of the dangers when using the internet. The story is well written and the illustrations are great for young pupils. This unit of work goes through the book, with children taking part in different activities, learning about how to keep themselves safe. Included is a unit of work, resource work sheets and examples. If you have any questions please tweet my @AlwaysComputing.

A half term unit of work on creating effective blog spaces with your pupils. Aimed at upper KS2, but can easily be adapted to suit different year groups. Goes through different stages of creating a successful blog post, and how we can make them interesting rather than just pictures of cats!

This is a pack of lesson ideas for teachers looking to use Minecraft as a creative outlet for topics, or those new to the software who are looking for an interesting way in. It’s also perfect for lunchtime and after school clubs. The cards could be printed out for pupils to look at and choose their own activity. There are 7 different activities with a worksheet to go with, and a poster for your classroom to show pupils the controls. Please review and share, and questions please tweet me @alwayscomputing

PowerPoint, with activity cards, taking pupils through databases and how they work. I've included the picture of the aliens I've used for display purposes. The lesson goes through how we split a database into records and fields.

For those teachers who are stepping in the world of coding and computing using a Makey Makey board can be a brilliant start. I have created a one stop shop starter pack for those who aren't very confident in how to use them in a classroom. The pack contains 4 lesson plans, complete with hand outs for the children, links to the new computing curriculum, photo guides showing you how to set up and links to pre-built Scratch apps to use with the pupils. Everything you need to get started. I have also included future steps and extension ideas, as with a Makey Makey, the possibilities are endless.

A 4 week unit of work with children designing and planning their own chocolate bar, then they produce an advertising campaign to go with it. It looks at what makes a good advert, persuasive language, letter writing, and some drama activities. It includes 4 weeks of planning, with corresponding PowerPoints to guide you and the pupils through the unit. I have also included a work sheet to print and work with. PLEASE REVIEW! Follow me on twitter @alwayscomputing for more teacher resources and inspiration!

The book PenguinPig, by Stuart Spendlow, is a wonderful introduction to e-safety, and gives children a simple and clear understanding of the dangers when using the internet. The story is well written and the illustrations by Amy Bradley are great for young pupils. This unit of work goes through the book, with children taking part in different activities, learning about how to keep themselves safe and whether everything they see is to be believed! Included is a unit of work, resource work sheets and examples. If you have any questions please tweet my @AlwaysComputing.

I have used these progression sheets and data charts and shared them with other schools I work with, and it has proven popular. I have gone through the computing curriculum, picking out key skills, and assigning them to to an age range. Having this guide of where your pupils should be at can prove invaluable to non-computing teaching staff in a primary school. It also gives a rough indicator of the type of program or software pupils could be using to get to this skill set. I also still hold much value to the digital literacy skills pupils were taught under the old ICT curriculum. This is why I have included a progression sheet for this too. I use this daily with pupils, and is great for tracking their skills development. Any questions please get in touch @AlwaysComputing

A fully resourced, 6-week writing unit based on The Wolf’s Secret by Myriam Dahman, ideal for Year 5 and 6. This creative, literature-based sequence explores themes of love, identity and moral choices through drama, vocabulary building and rich writing outcomes. Includes: Detailed lesson plans Grammar starters linked to the text Creative tasks: spell writing, journey mapping, debates Final outcomes: diary entries, arguments, reflective writing EAL and SEND friendly with scaffolded support Perfect for teachers looking to inspire thoughtful, high-quality writing with a powerful and emotive story at its heart.

5 different lesson ideas all based around the theme of cryptography and code breaking. I've seen lots of stuff for secondary pupils on this topic, but nothing for primary, so I thought I'd give it a go! This could easily be adapted for KS3 as well too though! The last PPT on steganography needs you to download a little exe application on the computer, so make sure you've done that before the start of the lesson! Please review and give me some feedback as I'd love to add to it and expand on this. The lessons are all on PPT, and then the guides are little sheets for the pupils to use in the lessons to help them. This can be a really fun topic so I hope they come in handy!

I've been using Kodu for a while now, and decided to pull everything I have together for this starter pack. Kodu is great for the new curriculum as it allows pupils to code and programme a game in real time, seeing how their programming affects the game instantly. In this pack I have included 2 units of work, a beginner and a more advanced level, as well as lots of bits to go with it. For anybody new to the programme, or to computing, this should be a great way to get going. Any questions about it tweet me @alwayscomputing

A complete reading unit for Clockwork by Philip Pullman, designed for upper Key Stage 2. This in-depth resource pack includes everything you need to deliver a rich and engaging 5-week sequence of lessons. The unit focuses on developing pupils’ reading fluency, vocabulary, inference and response to key themes. It’s perfect for whole-class reading or guided reading and is structured to promote high-quality discussion and text-based responses. What’s included: 5 weeks of detailed lesson plans PowerPoints for every lesson Key vocabulary resources Writing opportunities and assessment tasks End-of-unit comprehension and review activities Original sketch-style illustrations for character and setting Created by an experienced UK primary teacher, this unit encourages pupils to think deeply, respond creatively and build confidence with a challenging and beautifully written text. Ideal for Year 5 or Year 6 classes studying narrative structure, mood, and layered character development.