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We want to support you the best way we can, so we’ve put together lots of useful tips to help you and your child learn together with Rapid Router.

A guide to using Rapid Router at home!

About Rapid Router

You can read more about Rapid Router on our about us page or watch our 5 year celebration video here. We have been providing free lesson plans, printable worksheets and supportive videos to teachers since 2014

Not all of these teachers are programming experts, so we have designed our teaching resources with that in mind. All the resources are aligned to the National Curriculum and have been available during the school closures.

Coding and Lesson plans

Learning to program is a very important skill, it teaches problem-solving, logical thinking and encourages resilience and planning.

You are now able to access the lesson plans that only teachers can usually access, and we realise that you may have very little time to plan, so we will also provide a short parents’ guide to the Rapid Router levels (coming soon).

We want our resources to be helpful, so please let us know what you think!

Free resources for parents

How to support your child

If you have time to support your child using Rapid Router, you can make use of the teaching resources to guide them and expand their learning.

However, if you are too busy for this, you should find that your child is happy to work unaided once you have got them started.

If you need help with any level, or have a general question about the game, please contact us. You can see your child’s progress in the scoreboard.

What will my child learn about?

By controlling a van using movement commands and working out the shortest route to destination, your child will be learning about:

  • Algorithms and how they relate to programs

  • Creating and debugging simple programs

  • Logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs

These are all part of the Computing strand of the English National Curriculum.

Key Stage 1

Ages 5–7, Years 1–2

Levels 1–16

Key Stage 2

Ages 8–11, Years 3–6

Levels 17–28

Key Stage 3

Ages 12–14, Years 7–9

Levels 29–109

Our top tips for home learning!

Encouragement

Be encouraging. This might be completely new to your child. Encourage their learning and praise their progress.

Social

Maintain social contact. Do encourage your child to communicate with their friends. You could even support them in starting a project.

Routine

Routines are important. Your children are used to having their school day organised and might be feeling quite anxious and unsettled.

Outdoors

Get outdoors. Don’t forget to take a break and get outside for fresh air and exercise. This will help you all to focus in lesson time.

Fun

Keep positive and remember to have fun too! Your positive attitude will rub off on your child and help them feel calm.

Goals

Set realistic goals! The change to remote learning was unplanned for many parents. Don’t worry about not being prepared, we can help you get through it.

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