Computing

Intent

At St Sidwell’s C of E Primary, the planning and teaching of computing is an essential part of the curriculum; a subject that not only stands alone but is woven through and should be an integral part of all learning. Computing, in general, is a significant part of everyone’s daily life and children should be able to discerningly make use of the latest technologies to support them in all aspects of their lives. Computing within our school aims, therefore, to provide a wealth of learning opportunities and transferrable skills explicitly within the computing lesson and across other curriculum subjects. Computing skills are a major factor in enabling children to be confident, creative and independent learners and it is our intention that children have every opportunity available to allow them to achieve this.

Implementation

At St Sidwell's, we teach Computing discreetly, as well as though other curriculum areas, using Purple Mash which:

• Enables children to find, explore, analyse, exchange and present information.

• Develops the skills necessary for children to be able to use information in a discriminating and effective way. Ensure that children know more, remember more and understand more in computing so that they leave primary school computer literate in programming, multimedia, technology in our lives and handling data.

• Develops pupil’s learning in the acquisition of knowledge of the world around them that ensures all pupils can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems.

• Builds a computing curriculum that prepares pupils to live safely and make healthy, positive choices in an increasingly digital British society where pupils can evaluate and apply information technology.

Impact

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• Children will be confident users of technology, able to use it to accomplish a wide variety of goals, both at home and in school.
• Children will have a secure and comprehensive knowledge of the implications of technology and digital systems. This is important in a society where technologies and trends are rapidly evolving.
• Children will have a strong skill set in digital literacy, information technology and computer science and be able to apply those skills widely.
• Children will be able to apply the British values of democracy, tolerance, mutual respect, rule of law and liberty when using digital systems.
• Children will be equipped to be able to make healthy, safe choices when online

Computing Progression Map EYFS - Year 6Whole School Computing Overview