This video helps teachers feel confident teaching Scratch block categories and provides practical strategies to support the children in creating interactive coding projects.
year: Year 5
Pupil video: How to make gears
Children learn to make, mount and test paper gears using card, paperclips, dough and more in this step-by-step Design and technology construction guide video.
Teacher video: Algorithms
Support teaching algorithms in Key Stages 1 and 2 with this Computing video, using Scratch and everyday examples to help the children build coding confidence.
Pupil video: Gears
This pupil video explores how gears transfer movement and force in machines, with real-life and historical examples showing how different-sized gears affect speed, direction and power.
Teacher video: Why doesn’t Christianity always look the same?
This Religion and worldviews video introduces teachers to the key ideas behind the unit “What is religion and how can we live together with different worldviews?” equipping them with the knowledge to guide children in exploring diversity within Christianity.
Teacher video: Understanding repetition and loops
Introduce loops and repetition with Scratch in this Computing video, helping teachers support the children in building simple, animated programs in Year 3.
Teacher video: Variables
This Computing scheme of work video helps teachers explain variables clearly, with Scratch and micro:bit examples to support coding in Years 4 and 5.
Teacher video: What was the British Empire?
This video introduces children to the history of the British Empire, explaining how it grew through exploration, trade and war, and how it affected people across the world.
Pupil video: Online safety rap Year 5
Support Year 5 online safety with this Computing video and song, helping the children build resilience and make responsible digital choices with confidence.
