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 for 2021-22
Following on from the great success of our competitions and Computing Champions League last year, here is what you can expect from our competitions for 2021-22! Our new style competitions, linked to the 123SOW, along with our 123ICT Computing Champions...
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CURRICULUM NEWS
Free Sound Effects for School Projects
Free Sounds effects to liven up and enrich school projects are easily found and freely downloadable. Think about writing out your Halloween poem on a PowerPoint slide and adding a few ghostly sounds to make it more interesting! Go to MixKit free sound effects, choose...
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpower Plot
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpower plot is just one of the historical collections on The Tower of London website. 'Who was Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?' is the title of the site. “Everyone knows how Fawkes was caught in the act, imprisoned and tortured at the Tower...
Making a Class Booklet of Halloween Poems
Making a class booklet of children’s poems is very easy using either Google Slides or PowerPoint. Halloween, or Christmas, class poem collections would be great to share with parents. Firstly find a really nice template to use. Fppt.com offers a collection for...
Pickatale for Schools
Pickatale for Schools is a FREE reading tool for teachers and young learners. It is a unique library of amazing levelled reading books that makes reading fun and helps to build reading confidence in primary school children! "'Pickatale for schools' is a free digital...
National Poetry Day 2021
Apologies, due to editorial restraints, this post is being published just after the National Poetry Day 2021 event, which was held on the 7th of October; however, the excellent resources and advise available on their website can still be put to good use and engaging...
Christopher Columbus Hero and Villain
Christopher Columbus, hero and villain, is one of the key explorers who changed history. There are some fairly new resources to explore: Columbus Day, a special day in America, 12 October is sometimes called Native American day - more of a counter celebration. There...
Teacher Tea Break with Cookie!
Teacher Tea Break with Cookie! is an event being shared through Zoom by Teach Primary for National Teacher's Day. "Sit back and relax this National Teacher’s Day as legendary Blue Peter presenter and children’s book author Konnie Huq takes over your classroom for an...
Classhook Video Clips
Classhook video clips is a collection of short, vetted clips suitable for use in education across all ages. There is a completely free version which may be sufficient for primary school teachers, enabling them to find resources for use to explain various concepts or...
Back History Month
October is Back History Month and there are many resources shared for use in educational establishments as well as speakers willing to talk to children. Settle Stories are doing a special storytelling screening event for KS1 and 2. “The Story – The Best Musician -...
Digital Parenting Week 2021
Digital Parenting Week 2021 is the 11th to 15th October. It is planning to be a celebration of the parental skills developed during home-schooling over the course of the pandemic lockdowns. “At Parent Zone, we believe that the crucial role parents play in helping...