Resource Bank: Computing – Coding skills videos

A comprehensive range of coding skills videos which explain and demonstrate key coding concepts. These videos are designed to both guide and support teachers who find the programming component of the computing curriculum challenging, whilst also acting as a refresher for those more confident in their subject knowledge.

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Teacher video: What is coding?

This video helps teachers feel confident supporting pupils in learning coding fundamentals, with practical strategies for guiding simple programs and developing computational thinking.
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Teacher video: Introduction to Scratch

This video helps teachers feel confident supporting pupils in using Scratch blocks, with practical strategies for guiding creative and interactive coding projects.
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Teacher video: Introduction to ScratchJr

This video helps teachers feel confident supporting pupils in using ScratchJr, with practical strategies for guiding creative, interactive coding projects.
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Teacher video: Coding blocks

Explore the essential Scratch blocks and their functions, from motion and events to variables and sensing.
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Teacher video: Algorithms

This video helps teachers introduce algorithms and step-by-step instructions used in computing and everyday life.
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Teacher video: Repetition and loops

This video explains how repetition and loops work in Scratch, helping pupils create animations and games with repeated actions
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Teacher video: Variables

This video explains how variables store and change information in coding.
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Teacher video: Debugging

This Computing scheme of work video supports teachers in teaching debugging, with real-world examples and Scratch techniques to build problem-solving skills.
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Teacher video: Computational thinking

This video explores computational thinking and its four key elements: decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithm design.
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Teacher video: Computing vocabulary

This video defines key computing terms, from abstraction and algorithms to debugging and variables.
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Teacher video: What is HTML?

This video introduces the basics of HTML, empowering teachers to confidently guide Year 4 pupils in understanding how web pages are structured and displayed.
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Teacher video: Understanding HTML tags

This video introduces essential HTML tags that structure web content. Learn how headings, paragraphs, images, lists, and interactive elements shape a webpage.
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Teacher video: Debugging in Key stage 1

This video introduces teachers to debugging, explaining that it is the process of finding and fixing errors in algorithms.
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