Had the pleasure of supporting a primary school and delivered a micro:bit focused session. As a secondary teacher this was a great opportunity (although a little nerve wracking) to deliver a session to mixed age years 3 and 4 on a topic I am passionate about.
It was greatly received and had parents and children taking it further outside the classroom. I purchased the moisture sensor from Kitronik to support the current topic of plants. Definately would love to do more of this and support schools in a new way!
Get in touch if I can help your school and deliver sessions.
Visit the micro:bit page for the link to the workbook.
"I love the variety. I love creating resources and helping teachers to realise what's out there and what ideas they can use in their own lessons."
News article featured in the Express and Star in the midlands talks about Pam Jones and her book launch and the work she does as a compuitng curriculum consultant.
Lovely to be featured in the Express and Star and the Shropshire Star printed versions alongside my two daughters.
I am pleased to be able to offer Online Safety sessions in your school. This could be:
Online safety is essential for all people to safely navigate the technological world we live in today. The only way fro young people to stay safe, is to ensure they are educated and also the people around them. If you as a parent do not fully understand the varying platforms your child is visiting, how can you keep them safe. Our sessions are there to help educate all to how to keep yourselves, your children and your pupils safe online.
If you are a school in Shropshire contact Richard on AmazingICT@icloud.com
If you are outside Shropshire or another type of organisation, please email me on pam@computingforschools.com
Staffordshire based Children’s author gets a Twitter boost from Theo Paphitis.
A Staffordshire based author has received a business boost from Retail Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis. Last week, Pam Jones, author of Jack and the Bubble Busters and owner of Computing 4 Schools, tweeted Theo about her business during ‘Small Business Sunday’ and was one of six weekly winners to gain a retweet or repost by Theo to his over half a million Twitter and Instagram followers. The weekly initiative, set up by Theo in 2010, now has over 3,500 #SBS winners and supports small businesses in the UK. Business and retail entrepreneur and self-confessed Shopkeeper, Theo re‐tweeted Pam Jones’s message to his over 500,000 Twitter and Instagram followers and as a result, www.bubblebusters.co.uk has more followers and extra orders for her children’s book. They are also profiled on the #SBS website (www.theopaphitissbs.com) that is exclusive to all Small Business Sunday winners.
Jack and the Bubble Busters is the first book in a new series where Jack is recruited to become a Bubble Buster Hunter.
A Bubble Buster is someone who is online trying to steal your personal information and through challenges Jack is able to learn the identity of a Bubble Buster to report back to HQ. The book follows Jack through a challenge, meeting new friends with their own skills to help along the way. This book introduces children to problem solving skills. The aim of the book is to learn skills aligned to Computational Thinking. In this book children are introduced to decomposition and algorithms.
Jack and the Bubble Busters is a new children's book aimed at key stage 2 pupils aged 6 to 10 years old. Feedback has been more effective with school years 3 and 4 which is children aged 8-10. Mystery based story intorducing key concepts decomposition, algorithms and online safety. Key themes: Computational Thinking, Decomposition, Algorithms and Online Safety