Our Computing leader is Mrs Rachel Woodier
Computing Intent
At our school we want pupils to be MASTERS of technology and not slaves to it. Technology is everywhere and will play a pivotal part in students’ lives. Therefore, we want to model and educate our pupils on how to use technology positively, responsibly and safely. We want our pupils to be creators not consumers and our broad curriculum encompassing computer science, information technology and digital literacy reflects this.
We want our pupils to understand that there is always a choice with using technology and as a school we utilise technology (including social media) to model positive use.
We recognise that the best prevention for a lot of issues we currently see with technology/social media is through education.
We recognise that technology can allow pupils to share their learning in creative ways. We also understand the accessibility opportunities technology can provide for our pupils. Our knowledge rich curriculum has to be balanced with the opportunity for pupils to apply their knowledge creatively which will in turn help our pupils become skilful computer scientists.
We encourage staff to try and embed computing across the whole curriculum to make learning creative and accessible. We want our pupils to be fluent with a range of tools to best express their understanding and hope by Upper Key Stage 2, children have the independence and confidence to choose the best tool to fulfil the task and challenge set by teachers.
Implementation
Children experience purposeful computing lessons each week, this allows them sufficient time to practice their knowledge and skills. Recalls of knowledge and skills throughout the embedding of technology in the rest of the curriculum will ensure these are consolidated in long-term memory.
Each unit has been built around an innovative progression framework where computing content has been organised into interconnected networks. See the Curriculum Journey tab for the progression throughout KS1 to KS4.