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P,S,E
They can learn how to
Work as a group
Take care with equipment
Take risks and explore
Persist and concentrate
C,L,L
It will develop their skills of using language for
thinking
communicating
It can be also used for letter recognition and pre-reading support activities
Use for
problem solving
estimating and measuring
Explicitly mentioned - children should 'Instruct a programmable toy'.
Supports goals for information and communication technology e.g.
Know how to operate simple equipment
Complete a simple program on the computer and/or perform simple functions on ICT apparatus
It can also help with goals for helping children develop a 'Sense of Place' and 'Designing and Making skills'.
Use it for
Craft work
Can develop
Use forward, backward and turning in PE sessions - children can pretend to be robots.
These ideas are from Ruth Pimentel. Many thanks for permission to publish them here.