High-impact computer science resources that are based on sound educational psychological theories to help all pupils reach their full potential. I’m an experienced teacher/HoD and professionally create computing and computer science teaching resources through my company Nichola Wilkin Ltd. All these resources have been exclusively created by me. I’m an author who has written for both BBC Bitesize and Cambridge University Press. Quality teaching resources you can trust!
High-impact computer science resources that are based on sound educational psychological theories to help all pupils reach their full potential. I’m an experienced teacher/HoD and professionally create computing and computer science teaching resources through my company Nichola Wilkin Ltd. All these resources have been exclusively created by me. I’m an author who has written for both BBC Bitesize and Cambridge University Press. Quality teaching resources you can trust!
Do your students need a little extra help with writing to and reading from external CSV files using Python programming? Are you looking for some ready to use programming challenges that can be easily incorporated into your lessons?
This worksheet can be used as a classroom activity, for a homework task or as a ready-to-use task for quick finishers, making this an invaluable resource to have in your teacher kit.
Download this ready to use worksheet now and take control of your workload. Use it immediately or simply keep it in reserve for when you need it.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This 2-page PDF printable handout includes:
example code,
a task to read code,
a task to correct code and
3 practical challenges for them to practice writing Python code.
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You even have a separate PDF with possible answers.
The diversity of these external CSV file challenges allow pupils to develop a variety of useful programming skills. This resource is perfect for established computer science teachers, non-specialist teachers or newly qualified teachers.
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Please note: This resource is a non-editable PDF
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Do your students need a little extra help with understanding using random values in Python programming? Are you looking for some ready to use programming challenges that can be easily incorporated into your lessons?
This worksheet can be used as a classroom activity, for a homework task or as a ready-to-use task for quick finishers, making this an invaluable resource to have in your teacher kit.
Download this ready-to-use worksheet now and take control of your workload. Use it immediately or simply keep it in reserve for when you need it.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This 2-page PDF printable handout includes:
example code,
a task to read code,
a task to correct code and
4 practical challenges.
.
You even have a separate PDF with possible answers.
The diversity of these random values challenges allows pupils to develop a variety of useful programming skills. This resource is perfect for established computer science teachers, non-specialist teachers or newly qualified teachers.
What are you waiting for? Take action straight away and grab your copy of this wonderful worksheet today that will keep your pupils engaged and making real progress. Everything is done for you which will save you hours of preparation time.
Please note: This resource is a non-editable PDF
FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of my complete resources for which I usually charge full price but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just my little way of saying thank you to my valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
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This Python lesson is perfect to help GCSE classes get back into Python programming after they have had a break from it. It does assume they are familiar with the KS3 national curriculum requirements and have previously been taught about data structures including lists and 2D lists and sub programs.
Please note: This lesson recaps these key areas, giving pupils a chance to practise previously learnt skills but this lesson is not suitable for teaching these elements to your class for the first time.
Download this no-prep lesson now to help you take control of your workload.
This complete lesson includes an attractive dyslexia- friendly PowerPoint presentation includes a pop quiz and lots of practical programming practice. The easy-to-follow teacher’s lesson plan includes all the answers.
This ready-to-use lesson is perfect for non-specialist teachers, newly qualified teachers and teachers who are teaching Python for the first time.
Duration: 1 lesson although you can easily extend this into a longer project by asking the pupils to write up how they tackled the problem, problems they had to overcome, where they looked for help and creating a test table.
This lesson helps pupils understand the following key skills:
Using sensible variable names
Adding comments to programs to explain the coding
Leaving blank lines in programs to make them easier to read
Considering the end user and making the system user friendly
Including sensible input messages and error messages
The importance of testing a program
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This Python lesson is perfect to help refresh pupils’ knowledge of Python programming after they have had a break from it.
It does assume students have previously been taught about if statements, for loops and while loops and this lesson will recap these skills helping to embed them further.
Download this ready to use lesson now and take control of your workload.
It includes an attractive dyslexia-friendly PowerPoint presentation that includes differentiated lesson objectives, created in authentic English by an experienced computer science teacher and the lesson also includes lots of practical programming practice. It also includes a comprehensive lesson plan including all the answers.
This ready-to-use lesson is perfect for non-specialist teachers, newly qualified teachers and teachers who are teaching Python for the first time.
Please note: This lesson does assume the pupils have previously been taught the basic programming constructs of sequence, selection (if statements) and iteration (while and for loops) and just need a refresher.
Duration: 1 lesson.
This lesson helps pupils understand the following key skills:
Basic If statements
If…elif statements
Nested if statements
Using “and” and “or” in conditions
For loops
While loops
Flow diagrams
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Are you looking for a fun, hands-on activity to reinforce how to program using forever loops in Scratch? These flash card coding challenges are easy to use and will keep your students engaged whist embedding how to use the Scratch forever code in their programming.
Your students will be having so much fun they won’t even realise they’re learning!
This pack includes 20 different Scratch coding flash cards WITH THE ANSWERS. You have the option of printing in colour but we also include a black and white version to save you ink.
Grab your copy now and either use them straight away or keep them as a handy addition to your teacher’s tool kit.
HOW CAN I USE THESE FLASH CARDS IN MY CLASSROOM?
Your students pick a card and create the programming challenge described on the front of the flash card. Once they have created their Scratch program, students test their completed program and turn over to see the suggested Scratch code answer on the reverse of the card. If they get stuck, they can always turn the card over to see the suggested solution they can copy.
When they have their program working correctly, students swap their flash card for another and repeat the process.
Students can work individually or in pairs for this activity and love the competitive nature of using these flash cards as they see how many they can complete.
These flash cards are great when used as:
a starter,
a plenary,
for early-finishers or
as an easy, highly engaging in-class activity.
.
HOW DO I PREPARE THE CARDS?
These flash cards are so easy to prepare. Simply print, glue the back and fold in half along the vertical guideline, before cutting to size.
If you want to reuse them time and time again, it may be worth laminating your flash cards.
There are 20 individual programming challenges so you may need to prepare more than one set for larger classes.
These are an excellent addition to your computing teacher’s toolkit and you’ll wonder how you ever managed without them.
Get your copy of these user-friendly, highly engaging Scratch flash cards before you forget. Go on, click on the “Buy Now” button straight away. If you don’t, you’ll regret it later.
FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of my complete resources for which I usually charge full price but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just my little way of saying thank you to my valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
Click here to take a peek at my Computational Thinking Escape Room - a finalist in the Teach Secondary Awards.
Are you looking for a fun, hands-on activity to reinforce how to program using repeat loops in Scratch? These flash card coding challenges are easy to use and will keep your students engaged whist embedding how to use the Scratch repeat code in their programming.
Your students will be having so much fun, they won’t even realise they’re learning!
This pack includes 20 different Scratch coding flash cards WITH THE ANSWERS. You have the option of printing in colour but we also include a black and white version to save you ink.
Grab your copy now and either use them straight away or keep them as a handy addition to your teacher’s tool kit.
HOW CAN I USE THESE FLASH CARDS IN MY CLASSROOM?
Your students pick a card and create the programming challenge described on the front of the flash card. Once they have created their Scratch program, students test their completed program and turn over to see the suggested Scratch code answer on the reverse of the card. If they get stuck, they can always turn the card over to see the suggested solution they can copy.
When they have their program working correctly, students swap their flash card for another and repeat the process.
Students can work individually or in pairs for this activity and love the competitive nature of using these flash cards as they see how many they can complete.
These flash cards are great when used as:
a starter,
a plenary,
for early-finishers or
as an easy, highly engaging in-class activity.
.
HOW DO I PREPARE THE CARDS?
These flash cards are so easy to prepare. Simply print, glue the back and fold in half along the vertical guideline, before cutting to size.
If you want to reuse them time and time again, it may be worth laminating your flash cards.
There are 20 individual programming challenges so you may need to prepare more than one set for larger classes.
These are an excellent addition to your computing teacher’s toolkit and you’ll wonder how you ever managed without them.
Get your copy of these user-friendly, highly engaging Scratch flash cards before you forget. Go on, click on the “Buy Now” button straight away. If you don’t, you’ll regret it later.
FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of my complete resources for which I usually charge full price but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just my little way of saying thank you to my valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
Click here to take a peek at my Computational Thinking Escape Room - a finalist in the Teach Secondary Awards.
Are you looking for a fun, hands-on activity to reinforce how to program using sensing in Scratch? These flash card coding challenges are easy to use and will keep your students engaged whist embedding how to use the Scratch sensing blocks in their programming.
Please note: students will need to use the If block to complete these flash card challenges and must also know how to use loops (forever and repeat).
Your students will be having so much fun, they won’t even realise they’re learning!
This pack includes 20 different Scratch coding flash cards WITH THE ANSWERS. You have the option of printing in colour but we also include a black and white version to save you ink.
Grab your copy now and either use them straight away or keep them as a handy addition to your teacher’s tool kit.
HOW CAN I USE THESE FLASH CARDS IN MY CLASSROOM?
Your students pick a card and create the programming challenge described on the front of the flash card. Once they have created their Scratch program, students test their completed program and turn over to see the suggested Scratch code answer on the reverse of the card. If they get stuck, they can always turn the card over to see the suggested solution they can copy.
When they have their program working correctly, students swap their flash card for another and repeat the process.
Students can work individually or in pairs for this activity and love the competitive nature of using these flash cards as they see how many they can complete.
These flash cards are great when used as:
a starter,
a plenary,
for early-finishers or
as an easy, highly engaging in-class activity.
.
HOW DO I PREPARE THE CARDS?
These flash cards are so easy to prepare. Simply print, glue the back and fold in half along the vertical guideline, before cutting to size.
If you want to reuse them time and time again, it may be worth laminating your flash cards.
There are 20 individual programming challenges so you may need to prepare more than one set for larger classes.
These are an excellent addition to your computing teacher’s toolkit and you’ll wonder how you ever managed without them.
Get your copy of these user-friendly, highly engaging Scratch flash cards before you forget. Go on, click on the “Buy Now” button straight away. If you don’t, you’ll regret it later.
FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of my complete resources for which I usually charge full price but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just my little way of saying thank you to my valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
Click here to take a peek at my Computational Thinking Escape Room - a finalist in the Teach Secondary Awards.
Are you looking for a fun, hands-on activity to reinforce how to program using variables and operators in Scratch? These flash card coding challenges are easy to use and will keep your students engaged whist embedding how to use the Scratch variables and operators in their programming.
Your students will be having so much fun, they won’t even realise they’re learning!
This pack includes 20 different Scratch coding flash cards WITH THE ANSWERS. You have the option of printing in colour but we also include a black and white version to save you ink.
Grab your copy now and either use them straight away or keep them as a handy addition to your teacher’s tool kit.
HOW CAN I USE THESE FLASH CARDS IN MY CLASSROOM?
Your students pick a card and create the programming challenge described on the front of the flash card. Once they have created their Scratch program, students test their completed program and turn over to see the suggested Scratch code answer on the reverse of the card. If they get stuck, they can always turn the card over to see the suggested solution they can copy.
When they have their program working correctly, students swap their flash card for another and repeat the process.
Students can work individually or in pairs for this activity and love the competitive nature of using these flash cards as they see how many they can complete.
These flash cards are great when used as:
a starter,
a plenary,
for early-finishers or
as an easy, highly engaging in-class activity.
.
HOW DO I PREPARE THE CARDS?
These flash cards are so easy to prepare. Simply print, glue the back and fold in half along the vertical guideline, before cutting to size.
If you want to reuse them time and time again, it may be worth laminating your flash cards.
There are 20 individual programming challenges so you may need to prepare more than one set for larger classes.
These are an excellent addition to your computing teacher’s toolkit and you’ll wonder how you ever managed without them.
Get your copy of these user-friendly, highly engaging Scratch flash cards before you forget. Go on, click on the “Buy Now” button straight away. If you don’t, you’ll regret it later.
FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of my complete resources for which I usually charge full price but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just my little way of saying thank you to my valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
Click here to take a peek at my Computational Thinking Escape Room - a finalist in the Teach Secondary Awards.
Are you looking for a robust, ready to use summative assessment to test your students understanding of data representation?
Computers science teachers have been left in a wilderness, without a rigorous, fair and consistent way to test your student’s knowledge in key stage 3 … UNTIL NOW!
WHAT IS TESTED?
This written test has been carefully mapped to the UK’s Computing At Schools (CAS) Progression Pathways. It includes a mixture of multiple-choice, short answer and long answer questions.
This assessment covers the following CAS Progression Pathway descriptions:
Understands how numbers, images, sounds and character sets use the same bit patterns.
Performs simple operations using bit patterns e.g. binary addition.
Understands the relationship between resolution and colour depth, including the effect on file size.
Distinguishes between data used in a simple program (a variable) and the storage structure for that data.
Knows the relationship between data representation and data quality.
Understands the relationship between binary and electrical circuits, including Boolean logic.
Understands how and why values are data typed in many different languages when manipulated within programs.
Performs operations using bit patterns e.g. conversion between binary and hexadecimal, binary subtraction etc.
Understands and can explain the need for data compression and performs simple compression methods.
Knows what a relational database is and understands the benefits of storing data in multiple tables.
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The test lasts 50 minutes.
WHO IS THIS ASSESSMENT FOR?
This test is paper 1 and has been written for year 9. If you are looking for the year 7 (paper 1) assessment, click here. If you are looking for the year 8 (paper 2) assessment, click here.
HOW DO I USE THE ASSESSMENT?
This assessment is super easy to use. Simply print out the question paper and give to your students. It is better to run this assessment in class rather than as a homework task to ensure reliability.
Students complete the test on paper.
HOW IS THE ASSESSMENT MARKED?
You mark the papers yourself but don’t worry, you get an easy to follow mark scheme and can even watch the helpful video which shows you exactly how to mark it.
HOW IS THE ASSESSMENT GRADED?
Included in the resource is an Excel spreadsheet. Once you enter the marks onto the spreadsheet, it will automatically show you the total marks, the grade (A* to U) and if they have met expectations, are above expectations or are below expectations to help you with report writing. You also get a summary showing you how well the CAS Progression Pathways have been answered by your students to help you with future planning.
This simple, easy to use summative assessment paper provides you with useful feedback your senior leadership team will love. Download it now to add it to your teacher toolkit.
This visually appealing knowledge organiser is a quick summary to recap ethical, legal, cultural and environmental concerns. It can help pupils revise for end of unit tests or GCSE computer science exams by including small straightforward facts that can be learnt in minutes.
A powerful revision aid that your students will love.
What are you waiting for? Grab your copy now and together we can boost your pupil’s confidence in understanding ethical, legal, cultural and environmental concerns with using technology.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This PDF knowledge organiser includes the important facts and a separate PDF document includes revision tips and an exam style question including a possible answer.
HOW CAN I USE IT?
This resource makes an ideal homework task, can be used as part of a lesson or given to pupils to help them with their revision.
WHAT DOES IT COVER?
This knowledge organiser includes easy to digest facts on the following topics:
Ethical implications
Stakeholders
Environmental impacts
Cultural implications
Digital divide
Privacy issues
Open source and proprietary software
The Data Protection Act 1998
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Creative Commons Licensing
The Computer Misuse Act 1990
The Freedom of Information Act 2000
.
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Are you looking to expand your student’s knowledge of Python programming? These Python challenges give students 7 coding activities all focused on extending their knowledge of using While Loops in Python.
If you are familiar with my best-selling Python book “Python by Example: Learning to Program in 150 Challenges” by Nichola Lacey, these new challenges will expand on the skills taught and give your student’s more coding practice.
Download this wonderful set of Python challenges today to see just how useful they are.
WHO ARE THESE PYTHON CHALLENGES FOR?
These challenges assume students have some basic knowledge of programming with Python and know how to use input and a basic print statement as well as being familiar with using if statements in Python.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This pack includes a single 4 page PDF which gives your students an explanation of using while loops in Python, example code and 7 programming challenges for them to work through. You also get another PDF which contains printed versions of the suggested solutions AND you get the Python solutions in Python programs so you can open them and look at the code using an IDLE.
HOW CAN YOU USE THESE PYTHON CHALLENGES?
These challenges are very flexible and can be used in a variety of ways. The main PDF includes an explanation, example code and a page of Python coding challenges. Students can work through them individually and the attractive PDF handout makes a perfect homework task.
Alternatively, you can print out the example code and page of Python challenges to give to your class as a starter, plenary or other in-class activity to enable your students to practise using their new skills.
You may even want to isolate the programming challenges into individual tasks, rather than use them as a printed activity to use them in your lesson as small individual coding challenges.
They are also ideal for quick finishers or to motivate higher ability students to keep them interested and learning a new skill whilst you help other students who need a little more reassurance of the basics.
As you have a separate PDF of the answers you can give them to your class at a later date for them to mark themselves, although most students do not require this as they will discover if their code works when they run it and will debug if they find an error. You could also have the answer sheet ready as a help sheet for those who are stuck and need help.
What are you waiting for? Grab your copy of these flexible and highly useful Python challenges immediately. Your students will love them.
This visually appealing knowledge organiser is a quick summary to recap computational logic. It can help pupils revise for end of unit tests or GCSE computer science exams by including small straightforward facts that can be learnt in minutes.
A powerful revision aid that your students will love.
What are you waiting for? Grab your copy now and together we can boost your pupil’s confidence in understanding computational logic.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This PDF knowledge organiser includes the important facts and a separate PDF document includes revision tips and an exam style question including a possible answer.
HOW CAN I USE IT?
This resource makes an ideal homework task, can be used as part of a lesson or given to pupils to help them with their revision.
WHAT DOES IT COVER?
This knowledge organiser includes easy to digest facts on the following topics:
AND, OR and NOT gates and truth tables
Combining logic gates into logic circuits
Applying logical operators to truth tables to solve problems
AND, OR and NOT shorthand (^, ˅ and ¬)
Computing-related mathematics
.
Get your copy of this fantastic knowledge organiser now. You’ll wonder how you ever managed without it.
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FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of our complete resources which we will usually charge full price for but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just our little way of saying thank you to our valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
This visually appealing knowledge organiser is a quick summary to recap algorithms. It can help pupils revise for end of unit tests or GCSE computer science exams by including small straightforward facts that can be learnt in minutes.
A powerful revision aid that your students will love.
What are you waiting for? Grab your copy now and together we can boost your pupil’s confidence in understanding algorithms… .
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This PDF knowledge organiser includes the important facts and a separate PDF document includes revision tips and an exam style question including a possible answer.
HOW CAN I USE IT?
This resource makes an ideal homework task, can be used as part of a lesson or given to pupils to help them with their revision.
WHAT DOES IT COVER?
This knowledge organiser includes easy to digest facts on the following topics:
Computational thinking
Abstraction
Decomposition
Algorithmic thinking
Binary search
Linear search
Bubble sort
Merge sort
Insertion sort
Pseudocode
Flow diagrams
.
Get your copy of this fantastic knowledge organiser now. You’ll wonder how you ever managed without it.
FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of our complete resources which we will usually charge full price for but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just our little way of saying thank you to our valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
Click here to see my other computer science knowledge organisers
This visually appealing knowledge organiser is a quick summary to recap translators and programming languages. It can help pupils revise for end-of-unit tests or GCSE computer science exams by including small straightforward facts that can be learned in minutes.
A powerful revision aid that your students will love.
What are you waiting for? Grab your copy now and together we can boost your pupils’ confidence in understanding translators and programming languages.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
This PDF knowledge organiser includes the important facts and a separate PDF document includes revision tips and an exam-style question including a possible answer.
HOW CAN I USE IT?
This resource makes an ideal homework task, can be used as part of a lesson or given to pupils to help them with their revision.
WHAT DOES IT COVER?
This knowledge organiser includes easy-to-digest facts on the following topics:
High-level languages
Low-level languages including machine code and assembly language
Translators including compilers, interpreters and assemblers
Common tools and facilities of an IDE including editors, error diagnostics, run-time environments and translators
.
Get your copy of this fantastic knowledge organiser now. You’ll wonder how you ever managed without it.
FREE BONUS PRODUCT INCLUDED
As a special thank you for purchasing this product I am pleased to be able to also include a surprise FREE bonus gift. This gift is one of my complete resources for which I usually charge full price but is yours absolutely free when you purchase this product. Just my little way of saying thank you to my valued customers. I hope you enjoy it and get use out of it, with my compliments.
Click here to see my other computer science knowledge organisers
These refreshingly different attractive PDF knowledge organisers can be used for computer science revision. Also included are revision tips and practise exam questions including marks to allow pupils to practise answering exam type questions.
Includes the following topics:
Systems Architecture
Memory and Storage
Wired and wireless networks
Network topologies, protocols and layers
System security
System software
Ethical, legal, cultural and environmental concerns
Algorithms
Programming techniques
Producing robust programs
Computational logic
Translators and facilities of programming languages
Data representation
How can a rubber duck help you be a better programmer? How can they possibly have a place in our classrooms? What is rubber duck debugging?
When I first heard about this strange phenomenon, I was a little sceptical. Is this just another gimmick? Is there a surplus of rubber ducks that need repurposing? No, apparently this is a recognised programming technique that really works.
What do you do?
You need enough rubber ducks so that each pupil has their own duck. Amazon sell bags of rubber ducks for a reasonable price.
Run through the presentation with them, give them the 3 Python programs to practice with and watch as your programming classes learn how to solve many of their programming problems without having to rely on you!
If you are having trouble finding non-squeaky ducks you can either print out an image of the duck to be blue-tacked to the corner of their screen for everyone, or try the squeaky ducks but tell them, if there is an excessive amount of squeaking they will have their duck taken away and given a "flat duck"instead.
Are you ready for an exhilarating and festive end of term Christmas activity? Look no further than our electrifying Christmas Computing Quiz, tailor-made for your Year 7 students!
Prepare to be dazzled with a captivating fusion of computing challenges specially crafted for Year 7, seamlessly intertwined with a medley of delightful and interactive Christmas activities that will leave both your SLT and your year 7 computing pupils in high spirits as the term concludes.
HOW DOES THE CHRISTMAS COMPUTING QUIZ WORK?
Once you’ve purchased the resource you get a PDF which contains a link. Share the provided link with your students and watch as it whisks them away to an enchanting digital realm filled with engaging questions and intriguing tasks.
Your year 7 computing students can embark on this journey of knowledge and fun on their own, or, for an added dose of excitement, encourage pairs of students to team up and tackle the quiz together. The joy multiplies as collaboration ignites their enthusiasm.
And the best part? The quiz is a self-guided adventure. As your students conquer each challenge, the next one automatically beckons, providing you with invaluable time to support those in need or attend to the myriad of other holiday season tasks tugging at your attention.
Fear not, for we’ve thought of everything. All the answers are readily available in the comprehensive teacher’s guide, ensuring you can rescue any students who find themselves in a puzzling predicament.
This captivating experience is designed to last between 35 to 45 minutes so you may need to provide a second activity for particularly speedy early finishers.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
You get a single PDF file which contains the link to the activity and the answers to the quiz.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Grab your copy of the Year 7 Christmas Computing Quiz – a timeless gem that you can deploy year after year with a new wave of Year 7 computing students. Let the festivities begin!
COMPUTING TOPICS INCLUDE:
Computer hardware
Famous people in computing
Scratch programming
Software
E-Safety
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IMPORTANT NOTE:
In order to run the quizzes there are a few activities which require links to external websites. Here are the external sites that you will need to have unblocked on your school network.
view . genial . ly
jigsawexplorer . com
PLEASE NOTE:
This game is intended to be used on a desktop or laptop computer and some of the features will not be available on an iPad or other mobile device.
Are you ready for an exhilarating and festive end of term Christmas activity? Look no further than our electrifying Christmas Computing Quiz, tailor-made for your Year 9 students!
Prepare to be dazzled with this “Who done it?” style quiz specially crafted for Year 9. Solve the mystery by answering computing questions correctly in order to interview witnesses and suspects, seamlessly intertwined with a Christmas theme that will leave both your SLT and your year 9 computing pupils in high spirits as the term concludes.
HOW DOES THE CHRISTMAS COMPUTING QUIZ WORK?
Once you’ve purchased the resource you get a PDF which contains a link. Share the provided link with your students and watch as it whisks them away to an enchanting digital realm filled with engaging questions and an intriguing mystery to solve.
Your year 9 computing students can embark on this journey of knowledge and fun on their own, or, for an added dose of excitement, encourage pairs of students to team up and tackle the quiz together. The joy multiplies as collaboration ignites their enthusiasm.
And the best part? The quiz is a self-guided adventure. As your students conquer each stage, the next one automatically beckons, providing you with invaluable time to support those in need or attend to the myriad of other holiday season tasks tugging at your attention.
Fear not, for we’ve thought of everything. All the answers are readily available in the comprehensive teacher’s guide, ensuring you can rescue any students who find themselves in a puzzling predicament.
This captivating experience is designed to last between 30 to 40 minutes so you may need to provide a second activity for particularly speedy early finishers.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
You get a single PDF file which contains the link to the activity and the answers to the computing questions along with the solution to the mystery.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Grab your copy of the Year 9 Christmas Computing Quiz – a timeless gem that you can deploy year after year with a new wave of Year 9 computing students. Let the festivities begin!
COMPUTING TOPICS INCLUDE:
Computer laws
Software (spreadsheets and graphics)
Networks and the internet
Algorithms and logic
Programming
Data representation
Hardware
Computer systems
.
Click here to check out this amazing bundle to get all 5 Key Stage 3 Computing and GCSE Computer Science quizzes at a knock down price.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
In order to run the quizzes there are a few activities which require links to external websites. Here are the external sites that you will need to have unblocked on your school network.
view . genial . ly
jigsawexplorer . com
PLEASE NOTE:
This game is intended to be used on a desktop or laptop computer and some of the features will not be available on an iPad or other mobile device.
Are you ready for an exhilarating and festive end of term Christmas activity? Look no further than our electrifying Christmas Computing Quiz, tailor-made for your Year 11 computer science students!
Prepare to be dazzled with a captivating fusion of computing challenges specially crafted for Year 11, seamlessly intertwined with a medley of delightful and interactive Christmas activities that will leave both your SLT and your year 11 computer science pupils in high spirits as the term concludes.
Students complete a number of computing and fun festive questions and activities using a multitude of formats. Along the way they collect numbers which will be used unlock a door and release Santa from the Krampus’ Prison and save Christmas!
HOW DOES THE CHRISTMAS COMPUTING QUIZ WORK?
Once you’ve purchased the resource you get a PDF which contains a link. Share the provided link with your students and watch as it whisks them away to an enchanting digital realm filled with engaging questions and intriguing tasks.
Your year 11 computer science students can embark on this journey of knowledge and fun on their own, or, for an added dose of excitement, encourage pairs of students to team up and tackle the quiz together. The joy multiplies as collaboration ignites their enthusiasm.
And the best part? The quiz is a self-guided adventure. As your students conquer each challenge, the next one automatically beckons, providing you with invaluable time to support those in need or attend to the myriad of other holiday season tasks tugging at your attention.
Fear not, for we’ve thought of everything. All the answers are readily available in the comprehensive teacher’s guide, ensuring you can rescue any students who find themselves in a puzzling predicament.
This captivating experience is designed to last around 60 minutes but you may wish to provide an additional activity in case you have any particularly speedy early finishers.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
You get a single PDF file which contains the link to the activity and the answers to the quiz.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Grab your copy of the Year 11 Christmas Computing Quiz – a timeless gem that you can deploy year after year with a new wave of Year 11 computer science students. Let the festivities begin!
COMPUTING TOPICS INCLUDE:
Python programming
Hardware and software
Data representation
Searching and sorting algorithms
.
Click here to check out this amazing bundle to get all 5 Key Stage 3 Computing and GCSE Computer Science quizzes at a knock down price.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
In order to run the quizzes there are a few activities which require links to external websites. Here are the external sites that you will need to have unblocked on your school network.
view . genial . ly
jigsawexplorer . com
Are you ready for an exhilarating and festive end of term Christmas activity? Look no further than our electrifying Christmas Computing Quizzes. This bundle includes 2 quizzes: one for year 10 and one for year 11 meaning you are reuse them year after year without fear that your students will have done them before.
Prepare to be dazzled with these fun digital student-led quizzes specially crafted for each year group studying GCSE Computer Science. Decode the secret Christmas message or break Santa out of prison by answering computing questions correctly with a Christmas theme that will leave both your SLT and your GCSE Computer Science pupils in high spirits as the term concludes.
HOW DO THE CHRISTMAS COMPUTING QUIZZES WORK?
Once you’ve purchased the resource you get a PDF file for each quiz which contains a link. Share the provided link with your students and watch as it whisks them away to an enchanting digital realm filled with engaging questions and a different, fun Christmas theme for each quiz.
Your students can embark on this journey of knowledge and fun on their own, or, for an added dose of excitement, encourage pairs of students to team up and tackle the quiz together. The joy multiplies as collaboration ignites their enthusiasm.
And the best part? The quiz is a self-guided adventure. As your students conquer each stage, the next one automatically beckons, providing you with invaluable time to support those in need or attend to the myriad of other holiday season tasks tugging at your attention.
Fear not, for we’ve thought of everything. All the answers are readily available in the comprehensive teacher’s guides, ensuring you can rescue any students who find themselves in a puzzling predicament.
These captivating experiences are designed to last around 60 minutes but you may need to provide a second activity for particularly speedy early finishers.
WHAT IS INCLUDED?
You get two PDF files, one for each quiz, which contains the link to the activity and includes the answers.
Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity! Grab your copy of this great value GCSE Computer Science Christmas Quiz bundle – a timeless gem that you can deploy year after year with each new wave of GCSE Computer Science students. Let the festivities begin!
Click here to check out this amazing bundle to get all 5 Key Stage 3 Computing and GCSE Computer Science quizzes at a knock down price.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
In order to run the quizzes there are a few activities which require links to external websites. Here are the external sites that you will need to have unblocked on your school network.
view . genial . ly
jigsawexplorer . com
what3words . com
PLEASE NOTE:
This game is intended to be used on a desktop or laptop computer and some of the features will not be available on an iPad or mobile device.