In this pack there are 4 'thinking mats' that can be printed or displayed in the classroom to help students generate their ideas for writing in ICT and Computing lessons. The thinking mats cover; websites, hardware, software and graphics and are suitable for any Key Stage. They can be easily adapted to create thinking mats for other topics.

Make a large poster of Ada Lovelace to celebrate Women’s History Month, International Women’s Day, or when learning about women in STEM, history, science or mathematics. This makes a great collaboration project. The poster consists of 16, pages to colour in, plus a construction guide and a sample colour scheme to follow. There’s also an Ada Lovelace banner to display with the finished poster, a fact file and small colouring in sheets. File Information: 2 x A4 PDFs 2 x US Letter PDFs The PDFs contain: Colour In Poster - 16 pages Colour in Pictures of Ada Lovelace -2 pages Women’s History Month Banner - 6 pages Ada Lovelace fact file - 1 page Instructions

A great craft activity for ‘unplugged’ computing lessons or pastoral time- make an Ada Lovelace Journal, with 20 double pages, and plenty of embellishments including mini note pages, wallets, envelopes and much more. This project is also ideal for unplugged Computer Science lessons, art lessons and many cross curricular activities. There’s no set way to construct the journal, it is intended for creative use with the vast variety of materials that are included in this 20 page PDF!

Pupils complete the World Cup presentation as they research on the WWW to discover facts about the World Cup.

Here are some activities for learners in KS2, KS3 and KS4 that relate to the World Cup 2014.

This power point presentation supports an introductory lesson about the Robot Arm. The resource supports students' explorations with the movements and function of the arm.

This resource supports the use of Logotacular, a programming learning app for the iPad. The app can also be launched in a web browser. This resource is a paper-based supplement designed for use within a whole Computing lesson. John Grindall's Logotacular is based on Logo, the first programming language for children that was introduced by Seymour Papert in the 1970's.

This resource is great for Computing / ICT lessons for Key Stages 2 and 3. There are many activities such as deciphering messages using a Caesar Cipher and Key Word Cipher templates, a few videos to show the class, and an online encryption game.

Create your own Monopoly board! Select your own theme and edit the template. This is an ideal activity for Computing / ICT / Desktop Publishing, or cross-curricular based learning. If you like this resource, you may also like the Monopoly themed advent calendar that’s for sale at the Learning Hub! There’s plenty more Christmas themed resources available to purchase.