Hi all! We teach Computing across different schools and often get asked for interactive resources - so that's what we make. Most resources you will find on here are interactive activities for the children to complete, either on their own device or as an interactive whiteboard activity! Please feel free to send requests or for variations of things found in our shop.
Hi all! We teach Computing across different schools and often get asked for interactive resources - so that's what we make. Most resources you will find on here are interactive activities for the children to complete, either on their own device or as an interactive whiteboard activity! Please feel free to send requests or for variations of things found in our shop.
Introducing one of our first in a series of Number Formations sheets.
These sheets have been created to help with the development of children learning about number formations.
Included on each number sheet:
a number rhyme to help remember the formation of the number
numbers to be able to trace
space to practice the number formation
For more ideas please follow us on our Instagram page @martingouldendigitalresources
Editing Stations are a great tool to use in the classroom for children right across Primary School.
Included in this resource is all the instructions and stops you will need to help your children learn how to edit.
Each of the slides can be edited to make it more personalised for the class and year group you are teaching.
If you use these in the classroom, we would love to hear some feedback as a review. Or post it your Instagram page and tag us @martingouldendigitalresources
Struggling to come up with how to teach your children how to be safe online?
This resource comes with instructions of how to embed e-safety into your general day to day teaching of Computing.
Included in the files are:
-Instructions of how to use it in your lessons
Traffic light system to support the rating of e-safety
Check out our Instagram page @martingouldendigitalresources of more ways to teach the children about online safety.
A beautiful variety of space/alien themed writing templates both in landscape and portrait.
Several pages of each, differentiated with varying amounts of lines and line thicknesses.
Why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
Ancient Egypt Gods and Goddesses Posters
8 posters of the following Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses on .pdf:
Ra
Thoth
Isis
Anubis
Horus
Hathor
Set
Khnum
Printable at any size up to A3.
Includes a link to a purchasable item in my shop where you or your children can make their own Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses using a really easy to use drag-and-drop PowerPoint file.
Simply search ‘create egypt gods’
Let’s get Nursery and Reception typing!
Whilst the youngest children are super tech savvy these days, we sometimes forget to teach the basics. This activity introduces EYFS children to typing words on a computer. For this activity we recommend running carpet sessions with small groups of children. Ideally, have this PowerPoint displayed on your interactive white board and use a wireless keyboard that can be passed around the group to type onto. (For your keyboard, we highly recommend buying some lower case letter stickers to stick on the keys!)
Work through each slide following the instructions at the beginning of each section. The sections are as follows:
Copying letters
Initial sounds - type the letter of the initial sound for the pictured animal
CVC - type out the cvc words
Copy the whole word
Type your name
Type the alphabet
Have you been teaching Computing and you have come across lots of terms you are unsure of? Want to know which vocabulary the children should be learning alongside Computing?
We have put together a short list of some go to vocabulary that will be useful for both teachers and children to learn alongside their Computing lessons.
This free resource can be shared on screen or printed off for children to be easily access.
We have a new guide of how to create a treasure chest in PowerPoint.
This simple to use guide gives you step-by-step instructions of how to create this Computing lesson. This guide also has the introduction of the different cursor styles that can be taught to your children.
If you like our guides, follow us on Facebook and Instagram with our tag @martingouldendigitalresources for more ideas of how to teach Computing in your classrooms!
Goulden Time Animal Pairs Memory Game Preview - Interactive games for touchscreens and whiteboards. This game focuses on memory and trying to match pairs of animals. This game plus many more can be found FREE at www.gouldentime.com
Goulden Time Balloon Pop Preview - Interactive games for touchscreens and whiteboards. This game focuses on simple one touch interaction - touch a balloon and it pops. Great for those with sensory needs and those practising hand-eye co-ordination. This game plus many more can be found FREE at www.gouldentime.com
A beautiful variety of dinosaur themed writing templates in landscape.
Several pages of each, differentiated with varying amounts of lines and line thicknesses.
Why not make some of your own dinosaurs using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create and build your own dinosaur’
Using the free program Sculptris, teach your children how to sculpt organically in 3D. This is ideal for first time Sculptris users who have never done any 3D modelling - The step-by-step picture guide will show you exactly what and where to click and what each of your settings should look like.
Also included is a download link to a Sculptris file that teaches children how to use the camera tools effectively to find 8 hidden numbers.
Build on this basic model by creating self portraits, famous people, old/young topics etc.
A beautiful variety of alien posters.
Contains 14 unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and describe. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
The resources contains 2 sets of posters. The first set gives each alien one made up name. The second set gives each alien two names to sound out. We threw in a little alliteration on the second set just for fun!
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
Goulden Time Shooting Stars Preview - Interactive games for touchscreens and whiteboards. This game focuses on simple one touch interaction - touch a star and it will shoot off in shower of shapes and sounds. Great for those with sensory needs and those practising hand-eye co-ordination. This game plus many more can be found FREE at www.gouldentime.com
Goulden Time Number Formation Preview - Interactive games for touchscreens and whiteboards. This game focuses on developing early writing skills, in particular, writing numbers. Slide your finger, pen or mouse over the the dots that make up the digit and they’ll illuminate as you go. Great for developing fine motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination and as a sensory needs resource. This game plus many more can be found FREE at www.gouldentime.com
A beautiful variety of space/alien posters.
Contains 14 unique aliens with a variety of features to explore and discuss. Each has a different number of colourful arms, legs, eyes, teeth, antennae and regular shaped mouths to identify.
If you want to take the discussions further, you might also be interested in creating some ‘WANTED’ style posters using the same aliens in this resource.
Click HERE to view the Wanted Posters
Also, why not make some of your own aliens using an interactive, drag-and-drop activity?
It’s a perfect activity for the interactive whiteboard or for the children to work independently on the computer:
You can find the resource on TES at my shop:
www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/martinjgoulden
Or by searching the TES resources for
‘create your own alien’
Goulden Time Free Write Preview - Interactive games for touchscreens and whiteboards. This game focuses on open ended mark making that automatically fades over a short time. Great for developing fine motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination and as a sensory needs resource. This game plus many more can be found FREE at www.gouldentime.com
Goulden Time Glockenspiel Preview - Interactive games for touchscreens and whiteboards. This game focuses allows people to freely play on a digital Glockenspiel. Great for developing fine motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination and as a sensory needs resource whilst composing music. This game plus many more can be found FREE at www.gouldentime.com
This FREE demo file contains:
5 types of arithmetic questions.
30 randomly generated questions for each question type. That’s 150 questions!
Each set of questions is differentiated 3 ways with difficulty progression within.
Easily printable for worksheets and answers are printable too.
Even better completed on the computer by the children as it AUTOMARKS the work giving instant feedback and opportunity to correct.
Infinite re-usability due to being able to random generate new questions with the click of a button.
The full version contains an incredibly extensive but easy to use file with:
36 types of arithmetic questions.
30 randomly generated questions for each question type. That’s over 1000 questions!
Each set of questions is differentiated 3 ways with difficulty progression within.
Easily printable for worksheets and answers are printable too.
Even better completed on the computer by the children as it AUTOMARKS the work giving instant feedback and opportunity to correct.
Infinite re-usability due to being able to random generate new questions with the click of a button.
For the best description of this resources, please watch the associated YouTube video.
My name is Martin Goulden and I’ve worked in Primary Schools for over 10 years, first as a TA and now as an independent Computing specialist. As my wife is a teacher, I know the pressure that teachers are under in order to provide individualised learning, assessment and feedback for each child. I once saw a teacher spend hours and hours preparing and then marking a handful of individualised arithmetic questions only to find that, as usual, some children had completely missed the mark. I had to help, not just the teachers to save the hours of prep and marking time but the children too, to give them instant feedback and satisfaction during their arithmetic sessions.
It has taken me around 100 hours to create this resource in the hope that it will collectively save teachers thousands of hours and provide children with a great platform to learn from.
