Tech savvy volunteers are needed to help schools in Cornwall teach children computing skills.

The new computing curriculum means all children must be taught computer science and coding from the age of five.

Not-for-profit organisation Code Club Pro is on the hunt for volunteers in South West England with a passion for computers to lend just eight hours of their time to support local teachers. 

England is one of the first counties in the world to make computing compulsory from the age of five. Sequencing, debugging and algorithms can be baffling to the uninitiated and many primary school teachers feel unprepared to teach this new curriculum.

Head of Code Club Pro, Lauren Hyams, says: “We all know that digital technology is advancing at an incredible pace and it’s vital that children understand how it works. We need computer experts and enthusiasts in South West England to share their expertise and passion for coding with the next generation.“

"Code Club Pro’s training has highlighted that once teachers understand the technical language and core computing concepts, they are really excited about it. In our pilot training, we found that once teachers understand the technical language and the core concepts, teachers are really excited about it. They can immediately see how computing can help with other subjects too, like literacy, maths, and art.

"As Computing Co-ordinator at the school it was hugely useful to see others explain that it won't be the huge, difficult monster to teach that it might have appeared to be when we first got news of the new curriculum."

Code Club Pro is inviting those with a computer science background interested in volunteering in South West England to complete a five-minute quiz at www.codeclubpro.org/become-a-trainer after which they attend a training workshop.