Create your own Queen in this Computing PowerPoint activity for KS1. Teach your children how to insert, resize and rotate shapes in addition to changing their outline colour and fill coulr. Use the premade shape templates to help you and then drag and drop the shapes to create the picture of the Queen.

This is a super easy way to practice shading in fractions of shapes. Click sections of the shapes to colour them in. Clicking them multiple times will rotate through 4 diffierent colours. Take on the challenge! -Perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard or for individual use -Over a 160 unique, editable questions -5 levels of difficulty (self-differentiation) -Special macros to create replay-ability and randomise questions. *Note: You must enable macros on opening this PowerPoint file*

“You arrive at three ancient doors. Which door do you choose?” Write your own adventure stories where you, the reader, choose your own path - like authors such as Ian Livingstone. Differentiated through 10,7 or 5 paragraphs, write them on the PowerPoint files provided and the hyperlink buttons will take you to the next part of the story. There are two sets of immersive PowerPoint files that each give you starting/linking sentences - provided are 1st person and 3rd person files. Perfect for practicing setting descriptions and creating writing with suspense! *Included are some images from a computer game called Legend of Grimrock. Please note that these images are readily available via their website and are simply added in this package for convenience, not profit.

Creating posters can be a relatively easy thing to do. Sometimes, we want to delve a little deeper and create dramatic looking posters. This involves teaching the children vital Computing/ICT skills across not just one program but several. Use this step-by-step picture guide to create WW2 Propaganda posters. This activity uses tools from across two software programs: PowerPoint and Artrage (A free art program). The download link for Artrage is attached. If you aren’t able to use Artrage, then you can use the 10 painted backgrounds that are included in this purchase.

We have a new guide of how to create a treasure chest in PowerPoint. This simple to use guide gives you step-by-step instructions of how to create this Computing lesson. This guide also has the introduction of the different cursor styles that can be taught to your children. If you like our guides, follow us on Facebook and Instagram with our tag @martingouldendigitalresources for more ideas of how to teach Computing in your classrooms!

Have you been teaching Computing and you have come across lots of terms you are unsure of? Want to know which vocabulary the children should be learning alongside Computing? We have put together a short list of some go to vocabulary that will be useful for both teachers and children to learn alongside their Computing lessons. This free resource can be shared on screen or printed off for children to be easily access.

Using the free program Sculptris, teach your children how to sculpt organically in 3D. This is ideal for first time Sculptris users who have never done any 3D modelling - The step-by-step picture guide will show you exactly what and where to click and what each of your settings should look like. Also included is a download link to a Sculptris file that teaches children how to use the camera tools effectively to find 8 hidden numbers. Build on this basic model by creating self portraits, famous people, old/young topics etc.

Ever made a resource on PowerPoint, but when you come to print it half of it is missing? Well this step by step guide is just for you! It explains with clear images, how to change the page set up to portrait/landscape and to change the paper size to A4/A3. This means you can make and print your resources without missing anything off! More helpful tutorials coming soon.

A document designed to help support the children when creating Newspaper reports on the computer. It separates key skills into the different year groups, that shows progression of key skills. Tutorial on our Instagram page, explaining how we create the layout. @martingouldendigitalresources

Struggling to come up with how to teach your children how to be safe online? This resource comes with instructions of how to embed e-safety into your general day to day teaching of Computing. Included in the files are: -Instructions of how to use it in your lessons Traffic light system to support the rating of e-safety Check out our Instagram page @martingouldendigitalresources of more ways to teach the children about online safety.

Introducing our educational digital resource - Create your own Three Little Pigs' Houses! This interactive tool allows children to design and build their own versions of the famous houses from the beloved fairy tale. From straw and sticks to bricks and mortar, this resource can be linked to materials in Science, making it an ideal way for kids to engage with the subject in a fun and creative way. With easy-to-use features and colorful graphics, children can explore the concepts of building materials and construction while unleashing their creativity. Let's bring the story of the Three Little Pigs to life with this engaging and educational resource!