Areas of

Improvement
(based on
confidence and audit
results)
Coding & programming

Independent Learning Completed

8th January 2016 During our KS3 placement I

observed a year 7 computing class where they
were using Scratch to build a simple pacman
based game. I observed the students placing the
instructions into the script section.
14th January 2016 Signed up to Scratch and
watched tutorial videos of how to make simple
animations. I practiced using different
instructions in the scripts area and eventually
animated my name. This can be found under the
ICT in the Classroom section of my blog.

Spreadsheet - Excel

20th February Explored Blippit website and

watched tutorial videos on youtube. Looked at
the features which could be used for Key Stage
2. Blippit Blocks allows children to simply build
and de-bug programmes using basic code.
6th January 2016 Observed an ICT lesson in
Year 7 where the children were using excel to
input data and create bar charts.
I practiced at home using Excel 2010, I inputted
some made up data such as fake test scores for
a handful of pupils. I then selected the cells I
wanted to be displayed through column charts
and pie charts.

Administration systems
for recording progress

13th February Girlfriend (Maths Teacher)

showed me how they input assessment data
from her Secondary school into Excel
11th December 2015 After my class had
completed 2 tests in Maths the teacher showed
me how she can record the data through the
Abacus Activlearn site.
She inputted each of the results next to the

name of the students and she was able to

compare the results between those tests
completed in October. This was an easy way to
track progress and flag up any students who had
not made progress in their results.

E-safety & child

protection

25th Jan 5th February Observed Reception

teachers uploading observations into EYFS
tracker. The teacher showed me how she could
upload an observation and match the
information against the developmental ages of
young children. (More information on About Me
page.)
19th December 2015 Completed the E-safety
module on Blackboard. The educational video
made me realise just how easily children can put
trust in something that seems very legitimate at
first.
November 2015 I spoke to the technician in my
GPP school who was telling me about the
content restriction blogs he has placed on all the
iPads in the school. He mentioned that a teacher
or a pupil cannot download an app or unsuitable
material without permission. If an app is
approved as useful to the delivering the
curriculum then it will be installed on all 120
iPads in the school.
February 2016 - I explored TES for possible
lesson resources. Looked at a couple of
PowerPoint presentations and how some have
included the use of role play getting children to
play strangers.

Understanding the
curriculum
requirements
debugging programs

I explored the website KidSmart, looking at

possible activities and example lesson plans.
18th December ICT training day at a Catholic
school in Stretford. The ICT co-ordinator talked
to us about the curriculum requirements and
how they use some apps on the iPads to achieve
certain objectives.

You can use programs like Blippit for designing

apps and software. Scratch is useful for talking
about algorithms and simple code.