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.
COMPETITION NEWS
123ICT Online Safety Comic Strip Competition
Calling all comic strip writers! This is your chance to win our fantastic new computing scheme of work, 123SOW (worth between £300 and £500, depending upon the size of your School), or a free 123ICT pupil workshop, for your school! To stand a chance of winning these...
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CURRICULUM NEWS
The Arty Factory
The Arty Factory website provides free art resources based on three themes: Art Lessons Art Appreciation Design Lessons The Art Lessons section offers step by step support for a wide variety of art works. One example - drawing an ancient Egyptian head to fit with any...
read moreClosing the Word Gap
Closing the Word Gap has become an important talking point over the last year, since the book was published. Teach It Primary are offering a free book of ideas to help with that problem : Closing the word gap, activities for the classroom. “Worryingly, 69% of primary...
read moreEarth Day
Earth Day is celebrated worldwide on April 22nd every year and was created to save our planet's environment and raise public awareness about pollution. The following three videos are suitable for primary school and may start discussions on how children can help the...
read moreYoungMinds
YoungMinds is a charity that aims to help young people overcome mental health problems. They recognise the fact that approximately three children in every classroom are struggling with a mental health problem. “We’re leading the fight for a future where all young...
read moreBritain’s Funniest Class
Britain’s Funniest Class is a nationwide competition being run by the people behind the Beano Comic. They are asking for three new jokes from your class and the three funniest classes, chosen on the 1st of May, could win a Beano comedy workshop, a bundle of Beano...
read more123HUB News – April 2019
Welcome to the 123HUB News for April 2019! Teachers, why not let the 123HUB save you some of your precious time and help you to find the right quality resources that you need? We now have approaching 2300 great online resources to choose from - check...
read moreNSPCC – PANTS Resources for Schools and Teachers
PANTS resources for schools and teachers were developed last year by the NSPCC Learning group. They are freely downloadable resources to teach 'The Underwear Rule' in a fun but memorable way. It will be a real help for teachers who need to cover this very delicate and...
read moreThe Easter Story
The Easter Story is told in an animation at Cbeebies, this is ideal for younger children. It does not deal with the crucifixion at all, just Jesus coming back to teach everyone on Easter Sunday. This is animated with sand drawings. The illustrated Easter Story told...
read moreMother’s Day
Mothering Sunday, or Mother’s Day, this year is on Sunday the 31st of March. The occasion is covered on a huge number of websites but mostly they are American where the day is a set day each year, unlike here in the UK. Therefore, many of the available sites may not...
read moreSt George’s Day
St George’s day will be upon us very soon (April the 23rd). Children all love the story of St George and the Dragon; but, there is a lot more to this well-known saint than that! Project Britain (Primary Homework Help) has a set of pages about him. There is information...
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