Our curriculum services to schools
123ICT offer a comprehensive range of services to support the delivery of the computing curriculum. These include the termly computing competitions we run for schools and our popular curriculum blog for teachers.
The following collection of curriculum services are designed by 123ICT to support teachers in the classroom:
123SOW is our scheme of work for the primary Computing curriculum.
It is designed to challenge teachers and pupils to learn new, engaging computing skills and is entirely cloud based with video tutorials.
Our challenges cover the whole primary computing curriculum and our drag and drop planner includes a coverage checker.
123HUB is our FREE resource bank for primary school teachers.
It is designed to assist teachers in finding good quality online resources and each month we create a featured resource pack.
There are over 2000 recommended website links which have been hand-vetted by experienced primary school teachers.
Our 123SAFE service provides online safety advice and training.
It is designed to keep pupils safe and teaching staff up to date with the latest information, advice and the teaching resources
All our workshops and staff meetings use material that is CEOP approved and available via our 123SOW and 123HUB platforms.
SPECIALIST TEACHING
All 123ICT consultants are certified Google Level 1 Educators, with many staff holding the Level 2 qualification. In addition, our team includes Google for Education Trainers that can help your teaching staff engage with cloud computing through dedicated lessons or cross-curricular teaching sessions.
123ICT also employs specialist computing teachers who deliver regular classroom teaching as part of our contract with schools and academies. This can be arranged as weekly PPA cover or as classroom sessions alongside teachers as part of their CPD.
COMPUTING COMPETITIONS
123ICT Computing Competitions Roundup 2022
Create a Digital Game Competition Results The 123ICT Computing Competitions for the 2021-22 academic year have now drawn to a close with the recent Create a Digital Game Competition. Our congratulations go to Rory Hartley from Woodstock Primary School for winning the...
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CURRICULUM NEWS
STEM Christmas Teaching Resources
The STEM Christmas Teaching Resources offered by the IET is an amazing, inspiring set of ideas ranging from 30 minute (or less) tasks to experiments, baking, crafts and outdoor activities split into KS1 and KS2 ages. They are linked to the curricular subjects:...
Christmas Paperwork Ideas
Christmas paperwork ideas can inspire small quick items that are suitable for sale in Christmas bazaars, may act as small gifts etc, some of them are easy to make and aid the development of drawing and cutting skills, others are more complex and depend on maths...
3D Christmas Cards
3D Christmas Cards take a while to make, especially for a whole class! To get everyone’s complete it could well take the art and D&T sessions for a few weeks. Here are some ideas to inspire: For the younger children are a couple of simple ideas on the...
No Pens Day 2023
No Pens Day 2023 is coming soon. This event invites your school to join in the fun on Wednesday, 29th November, or any day during that week that works best for you. "No Pens Day is a chance for children to have fun raising valuable funds for Speech and Language UK...
BBC 500 Words – closing soon
BBC 500 Words competition is OPEN for a few more days, it closes on 10th November, if you have not taken part yet, there is still just about time! It’s a story-writing competition for all children aged 5-11 years. “Write a story you would love to read.” WorldBookDay,...
Sustainability Webs for primary science
Sustainability Webs for primary science have been developed by the Royal Society of Chemistry. https://edu.rsc.org/primary-science/sustainability-contexts-for-primary-science/4014614.article The sustainability webs are here to help teachers to teach sustainability...
AI Video Makers
I tried an AI video maker that could be useful for teachers and children in their classes too. Ai.Invideo.io is free to use but has watermarks on the images. The app needs text prompts which can be up to 3000 characters. I fed ChatGTP with the message: Halloween,...
AI and story settings
AI and story settings is an exciting concept! Blockade Labs has developed a Skybox website where teachers type a few words in and a 3D scene is created for them. I can imagine gathering ideas from the class and generating several on a whiteboard asking children to...
KS2 poems – Best ideas and resources
KS2 poems – Best ideas and resources have been put together by Teachwire. “You may be a budding poet yourself or, frankly, a little afraid of it, but there’s no reason not to dive into teaching KS2 poems with this plethora of resources and ideas from poetry experts...
Creating Presentations with AI
Creating Presentations with AI can be done with several apps. One that I have played with is Gamma. With absolutely minimal prompts I asked it to create an "Online safety for children under-11" presentation – I didn’t give it any extra info. Within seconds it produced...