Intent:
At St Mary's, we strive to give children a thorough and ambitious education in computing, equipping them to use technology, computational thinking and creativity to understand and engage with the changing world around them. It is now more important than ever that children are able to use technology positively, responsibly and safely, and that they see good models of this.
Throughout their educational journey at St Mary's, children will have gained key knowledge and skills in the three main strands of the National Curriculum for Computing:
Furthermore, from Nursery to Year 6, experiences in computing and the wider curriculum are planned to develop children’s computational thinking skills. In class and during home learning, children enjoy completeing tasks using Google Workspace, Seesaw, Timestable Rockstars and more.
E-safety is taught through both computing and RSE lessons, as well as reinforced and discussed each time children interact with technology. We enjoy celebrating events such as e-safety week, where we come together as a school to consider how we can be safe when using technology.
Implementation:
Our scheme of work for Computing is adapted from the ‘Teach Computing’ Curriculum and covers all aspects of the National Curriculum. This scheme was chosen as it has been created by subject experts and based on the latest pedagogical research. It provides an innovative progression framework where computing content (concepts, knowledge, skills and objectives) has been organised into interconnected networks called learning graphs.