Teaching Primary Programming with Scratch

Home Learning Book 5-6 (age 9-11)

Bagge Phil

This book, written by Phil Bagge and published in conjunction with Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service (HIAS), has been devised for children of KS2 (Year 5 and 6) age to learn programming outside of school.

It contains a series of programming projects that gradually introduce children to algorithm design, evaluation and generalisation. Children will learn how to use selection, procedures and variables through becoming creators of a wide variety of programming projects. Maths, literacy, humanities, gaming and music are all put to the test. Read the short introduction to find out more.

The Scratch programming language, widely recognised in schools, is freely accessible online or as a download and is the ideal place to begin programming.

About the author

As a Computing at Schools Regional Coordinator and Primary Computing Master Teacher, Phil Bagge has been sharing his expertise with the teaching community for well over ten years. Phil was involved in creating and refining the new Computing Curriculum through the BCS and CAS. He currently teaches computing science in three Hampshire junior schools where he has created a curriculum that covers all the objectives of the new National Curriculum.