Following the popularity of our CPD course for computing teachers, we’re now offering free training courses for teachers of any subject!
Whatever your subject, any secondary school teachers are eligible to join our virtual course to upskill through sessions on computational thinking and programming concepts and how to implement them across the curriculum for Wales.
The course is split into 3 units you can opt to take part in, with a certificate available to those who complete each unit and the associated assignment. Alternatively, you can choose to join individual units or sessions if you’d rather just explore a certain topic covered from the course (although you won’t get a certificate for this!).
| Unit | Session | Date | Time | Topic |
| 1: Computational Thinking + Scratch | 1 | 12/9/23 | 4-5.30pm | Introduction – Computational Thinking |
| 1: Computational Thinking + Scratch | 2 | 19/9/23 | 4-5.30pm | LOGO (Scratch Pen) |
| 1: Computational Thinking + Scratch | 3 | 26/9/23 | 4-5.30pm | Block Coding (Scratch) 1 |
| 1: Computational Thinking + Scratch | 4 | 3/10/23 | 4-5.30pm | Block Coding (Scratch) 2 |
| 1: Computational Thinking + Scratch | 5 | 10/10/23 | 4-5.30pm | Block Coding (Scratch) 3 |
| 1: Computational Thinking + Scratch | 6 | 17/10/23 | 4-5.30pm | Thinking Computationally Across the Curriculum |
| Half term | ||||
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 7 | 7/11/23 | 4-5.30pm | Introduction to Microbits |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 8 | 14/11/23 | 4-5.30pm | Microbits across the curriculum |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 9 | 21/11/23 | 4-5.30pm | Introduction to Python via Microbits |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 10 | 28/11/23 | 4-5.30pm | Python Programming |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 11 | 5/12/23 | 4-5.30pm | Python Programming |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 12 | 12/12/23 | 4-5.30pm | Python Programming |
| Christmas holidays | ||||
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 13 | 9/1/24 | 4-5.30pm | Python Programming |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 14 | 16/1/24 | 4-5.30pm | Python Programming |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 15 | 23/1/24 | 4-5.30pm | Python Programming |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 16 | 30/1/24 | 4-5.30pm | Python Programming |
| 2: Microbit + Python Programming | 17 | 6/2/24 | 4-5.30pm | Applying Python to Cross Curricular Purposes |
| Half term | ||||
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 18 | 27/2/24 | 4-5.30pm | Greenfoot |
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 19 | 5/3/24 | 4-5.30pm | Greenfoot |
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 20 | 12/3/24 | 4-5.30pm | Assembly Language with Little Man Computer |
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 21 | 19/3/24 | 4-5.30pm | Assembly Language with Little Man Computer |
| Easter holidays | ||||
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 22 | 9/4/24 | 4-5.30pm | Number Systems |
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 23 | 16/4/24 | 4-5.30pm | Number Systems |
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 24 | 23/4/24 | 4-5.30pm | File Types + Compression |
| Half term | ||||
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 25 | 4/6/24 | 4-5.30pm | Boolean Algebra |
| 3: GCSE Computer Science Content | 26 | 11/6/24 | 4-5.30pm | Boolean Algebra |