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Helping Young Learners Understand AI: Introducing Barefoot AI Explorers

Barefoot Computing is proud to introduce AI Explorers, a new set of classroom-ready resources created in collaboration with Ciena, designed to help pupils aged 5-11 understand artificial intelligence in an accessible and meaningful way.

AI Explorers provides two sequenced units of learning that are practical, discussion-based and hands-on, enabling teachers to deliver engaging AI lessons without needing specialist knowledge.

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Find your Regional Community today!

Did you know? Our Regional Communities are ready to join, connecting computing educators and industry professionals across the UK.

If you're not already involved with your regional community, it's the best place to stay up to date with what’s happening in your area, and find ready-to-use resources and ideas, hear about events and workshops near you, and connect with others.

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Primary Resource of the Month: Coding For Climate Action

This month Ben Davies has chosen Coding for Climate Action as the CAS Primary Resource of the Month. Uploaded by Matt Hewlett, this resource is a great way of using the micro: bits to add real world context to your computing lessons.

Mythbusters

This month’s CAS Secondary Resource of the Month chosen by Becci Davis is Mythbusters. Uploaded by Laurence James, this resource is filled with so many topics and activities from fake news, to searching vs prompting, algorithms in social media and echo chambers, deep fakes and more!

Upcoming Online Community events

CAS AI: Inclusive Tools to Help All Students, Every Subject & Age

Our demonstration will start with Kami's free tools to show how resources can be repurposed and save printing time and money. Then move on to premium tools: showing how Kami’s built-in features such as text-to-speech, translation, voice and video feedback, re-levelling, and explanation tools can remove barriers for students with SEND, EAL, and diverse learning preferences, giving students more independence and choice across the curriculum.

Event starts 19th May @ 4:15pm

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CAS AI: Canva Education Showcase – Transforming Creativity

This session will showcase the powerful new features of Canva Education and explore how they can transform teaching, learning, and creative workflows across your school.

Building on the growing role of AI in education—supporting lesson planning, reducing workload, and enhancing classroom experiences —this live demo will give you a practical look at how Canva’s latest AI tools can be used immediately in your setting.

Event starts 29th June @ 4:10pm

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CAS Secondary: If Year 7 Are Doing the New GCSE, What Should KS3 Look Like?

This session will support teachers and curriculum leaders to make confident, defensible decisions about Key Stage 3 computing during a period of uncertainty. Rather than attempting to predict future GCSE requirements or pausing curriculum development, we will explore how to design a purposeful and coherent KS3 curriculum that remains rigorous, engaging, and educationally sound.

Event starts 6th July @ 4:15pm

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