The below online resources are aimed at Primary school children, aged between approximately 5-11.
Some of these resources are separated by Key Stage to help you find the right level for your children. However, please feel free to explore all the different activities available.
| Resource | Description |
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| Barefoot - Home Learning | A range of unplugged activities and digital games aimed at primary aged students brought to you by Computing at School and BT |
| Dr Chip’s Daily Dose | Science, engineering and computing activities to try at home |
| Teach London Computing | A selection of fun activities designed to help you learn about computing |
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Quick projects to suit all ages, searchable by computing topic, level, coding language and micro:bit feature |
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Activities to explore the fundamentals of computer science without having to use a computer, including magic tricks and secret codes. |
| Resource | Description |
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| BBC Bitesize - KS1 Computing | Age specific learning materials from the BBC |
| Resource | Description |
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| BBC Bitesize - KS2 Computing | Age specific learning materials from the BBC |
| Raspberry Pi - Digital Making at Home | Create and code projects at home with a new project each week |
| Code Club | Stet by step instructions to create coding projects |
| MakeCode - Online Learning | Projects for micro:bit |
| Blockly Games | Series of games to prepare students for programming with a text based language |
| Scratch - Parents’ Guide | Guidance for parents on helping children develop programs using blocks of code |
| micro:bit home learning | Playful projects to build your digital skills together, perfect for ages 8 and up |
The apps outlined below enable children to undertake a range of programming tasks using tablet devices. Apps stated as having a "Creative" mode provide an open-ended environment for children to learn within.
| App name | iOS | Android | Price | KS1(5-7) | L KS2(7-9) | U KS2(9-11) | Creative mode | Sign up |
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| Daisy the Dinosaur | Y | N | Free | Y | N | N | Yes | No |
| Kodable | Y | Y | Free | Y | Y | N | No | No |
| Bee-Bot | Y | N | Free | Y | Y | N | No | No |
| ScratchJr | Y | Y | Free | Y | Y | N | Yes | No |
| The Foos | Y | Y | Free | Y | Y | N | No | No |
| Light-bot | Y | Y | Free / Paid | Y | Y | Y | No | No |
| A.L.E.X | Y | Y | Free | Y | Y | Y | Yes | No |
| Move the Turtle | Y | N | Paid | Y | Y | Y | Yes | No |
| Pyonkee | Y | N | Free | Y | Y | Y | Yes | No |
| Hopscotch | Y | N | Free | N | Y | Y | Yes | Yes |
| Cato's Hike | Y | N | Paid | N | Y | Y | Yes | No |
| Tynker | Y | Y | Free / Paid | N | Y | Y | Yes | Optional |
| Tickle | Y | N | Free | N | Y | Y | Yes | No |
| CodeQuest (HTML) | Y | N | Paid | N | Y | Y | No | No |
| Cargo-Bot | Y | N | ree | N | Y | Y | No | No |
| Code Warriors | Y | Y | Freemium | N | N | Y | No | Yes |
| pythoni3.3 | Y | N | Freemium | N | N | Y | Yes | No |
| Treehouse | Y | Y | Freemium | N | N | Y | No | Yes |
| Swiftly | Y | N | Free | N | N | Y | No | No |