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Real Robots
Pictures of real robots
Nao robots compete in football match
The Old Robots website
Irobot 20 minute tour of the museum
BBC Click video on a robot that responds to emotions

Interesting Robotics Kit
Kre8 kitsIQ4 Controller
Muscle Wire robot hand
Useless Machine
3D Printer Kit
Arduino starter kit
ArtBot Toys kits for drawing robots 
Roboticky
Dagu Adventure Bot

Projects 
Graham Hastings excellent presentation on physical computing

Computer Programming principles 
Somerset Computional Thinker Attitudes and Skills
Computational Thinking Connections

Algorithms
Flowcharts for practical tasks online activity
Writing flowcharts and pseudo code

Curriculum and Schemes of Work for Computing
Somerset Curriculum for Computing
Computing in the 2014 National Curriculum (p178)
Computing Guide
Computing KS1 & KS2 Planning Grid
Python for Upper KS2
Switched on ICT Control Units Y3-6
Mr Andrews Teaching Computing via 22 apps 
Woodlands Computing Scheme complete
ITT Scheme, resources and links

Progression Mapping
Computing at School working prog doc (p21)
CAS Computing Progression Pathways
Prog Pathways Record Grid
Prog Pathways Badges
Primary Prog Pathways PDF
Somerset Progression in Programming FS and KS1
Computing APP Grid


Resources
Primary Computer Science Pinterest wall
BBC  Cracking the Code Series
Somerset suggested resources for teaching computing
KS1 Resource List
Computing Keyword Posters
Colour and cut out Robot Masks

Scratch
Scratch MOOC ideal for teachers new to the program
Code It Scheme of KS2 Scratch Lessons
Scratch Curriculum Guide
Shark Game Instructions
Programming Concepts supported by Scratch
Royal Society 'Starting from Scratch
Picoboards
5 Scratch Debugging  Problems
Scratch Redstone lessons

Computer programming unplugged activities
Introductory Robot Controlling Activity
Robotics Cup stacking activity
Computer Science unplugged activities
Thinkersmiths Travelling Circus
In Practice Craft Computing
Debugging Beebot algorithms
Homework 1 & 2 loops and variables challenges
Modelling how a search engine works
Bagge Web search activity
Hour of Code Intro to computing binary activity
Beyond an Hour of Code.org unplugged activities

Artificial Intelligence
Brilliant paper looking at the likelihood and risks

How things work
Simon Houghton's mini book
How does Google search work?
Internet in one minute (image file)
www packet play role play 
Search Engine

Computer Programming online activities
Blockly from Code.org
Teacher's guide to Blockly from Code.org
Scratch 2  (www.scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/)
ToonTalk
Ruby script based programming for children

Computer Programming Ipads
Hopscotch
Daisy the Dinosaur
Codaly

How does the Internet work?
Video explaining how a request is handled

Blogging
Blogging page on this site
www.blogcentral.lgfl.net
100 Word Challenge
J2E
Quadblogging

Learning
Save Childhood Movement
Cambridge University Learning without limits

OFSTED and Statutory Stuff
OFSTED E-safety Guidance
School website checklist (starred items statutory )
HTML version of Computing Curriculum showing KS1-4
OFSTED guidance on inspecting ICT

Computing Trips
Visits from the CAS website
Swindon Museum of Computing


Digital Leaders
Digital Leader Network



Scratch
emailtochildren.pdf
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Scratch instructions & codes for Maze game.pdf
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Scratch codes for Maze Game with scoring.doc
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Wedo Alligator and mouse game instructions.docx
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scratch_scoring.docx
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Scratch instructions for programming alligator.docx
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Scratch instructions for making a Wedo sensor tennis game.docx
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alligator_instructions_1.docx
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Avoid the Dragon instructions.docx
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Avoid the dragon scratch2file.sb2
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CPD Activities
Unplugged Objective Based Programming Activity.docx
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An Algorithm for Programming.pdf
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KS1 Find Someone Who.pdf
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KS2 Find Someone Who.doc
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progression_activity.pdf
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computing_comparison_with_ict.pdf
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programing_scratch_for_absolute_beginners.pdf
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computational_thinking_connections.doc
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slick_searching.docx
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web_role_play_game.docx
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instructions_for_a_robot_arm.pdf
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computing_tricky_bits_ks2.pdf
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casprogpathways.pdf
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