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Teachers, librarians and home educators in the UK – use the forms on this page to sign up for free resources.

CS4FN logo - Computer Science For Fun, black text and transparent background

In addition to our free classroom resources we produce Computer Science For Fun, the A4 computing magazine (and blog) for secondary schools and we also produce a primary edition, A Bit of CS4FN, an A5 version with stories and puzzles. They’re fun and free and, thanks to funding from EPSRC, we’ll post copies to you if you’re in the UK. For those outside the UK all of our magazines and booklets are available as PDFs.

  • For Primary classrooms – use the green form to add yourself to our mailing list to receive the next issues of A Bit of CS4FN
  • For Secondary classrooms – use the purple form for the next issue of CS4FN
  • Request back issues or sample copies with the blue form, while stocks last
  • Sign up to our occasional ‘TLC Newsletter’ – our focus is London and the UK but we do have subscribers from around the world.

Information about the four forms is below or keep scrolling to fill one or more of them in while remaining on this page. You can also use Right-Click, Open in New Tab to open one of the forms in a new window.

The forms themselves are also embedded further down the page

Subscription forms

These forms will subscribe you to receive occasional material (e.g. when we print a new issue) or updates about other resources. You can contact us at any time on cs4fn@eecs.qmul.ac.uk to cancel or amend your record.

For new ‘A Bit of CS4FN‘ magazines
Use the green form to sign up to receive by post free print copies of the next issue of A Bit of CS4FN for primary aged kids (~8-12yo). For teachers, librarians and home educators in the 🇬🇧 UK only (everyone can get the PDFs free).

For new CS4FN magazines
Use the purple form to sign up to receive by post free print copies of the next issue of CS4FN for secondary schools (13+). For teachers, librarians and home educators in the 🇬🇧 UK only (PDFs are free to all).

TLC Newsletter
Use the orange form to sign up to receive by email the Teaching London Computing newsletter which contains information about courses, resources, events and various items of interest. We also recommend subscribing to our blog(s) (see below) for the most up to date info. Previous newsletters live here.

Non-subscription request forms

These are for one-off mailings of our primary posters or back issues. Once we’ve sent the items out we’ll delete your record. If you’d like to hear about other items please use the forms above, or subscribe to this blog. For the latest CS4FN articles please visit https://cs4fn.blog.

Back issues
We have back issues for most of our primary mini mags but are now running very low on CS4FN magazines and other booklets (so have created a ‘pot luck’ options). Please use this blue form to request items from our back catalogue. For teachers, librarians and home educators in the 🇬🇧 UK only (PDFs available wherever you are).

Computer Science Hero posters
Use the pink form to receive a set of our A3 diversity in computing ‘heroes’ posters for primary schools. For teachers, librarians and home educators in the 🇬🇧 UK only (for others please download posters here).

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Teaching London Computing (this blog, for teachers and educators)
Type your email address in this box below ⬇️ to get a notification email whenever we publish a blog post on the Teaching London Computing site.

CS4FN (for school-age audiences)
If you, or your class, would like to subscribe to the CS4FN blog please click the subscribe button below.

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All the forms in one place

Green form
UK primary teachers: subscribe to receive #ABitOfCS4FN

Purple form
UK teachers: subscribe to receive CS4FN magazines

Please fill out our purple ‘new subscribers’ form below if you would like to be added to our subscription list. We will send copies of our new magazines if we have the resources to do so.

If you’d also like to receive back issues please also fill out the blue form below.

Blue form
UK teachers: request back issues of older CS4FN magazines

This blue form is for schools wishing to receive back issues of the magazine. If you want to subscribe to receive our next edition(s) of the magazine please also fill in the purple ‘new subscribers’ form above.

Orange form
London / UK teachers: sign-up form to hear about local events
Teachers anywhere: sign-up to hear about online resources

Pink form

This pink form is for UK-based teachers, librarians or home educators to receive a free set of A3 primary ‘Computer Science Heroes’ posters for their classroom, library, corridor or other walls.

If you’ve any questions please contact us on cs4fn@eecs.qmul.ac.uk


This blog is supported through EPSRC grant EP/W033615/1.

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