Why?

• Computing is integrated thoroughly throughout modern life and children need the skills to create, evaluate and manipulate digital content
• Computing teaching will develop the children’s critical thinking about the content they create, share and consume
• Computing develops the children’s problem solving abilities by asking them to create code, identify bugs and make logical deductions
• Being digitally literate will prepare children to navigate the online world safely
• Creating digital content allows the children to be open minded about their work by asking ‘What if…’ questions

Our teaching approach

• Foundation Week
• Publishing in other subjects
• Google Classroom
• STEAM and NATM

Why?

• The curriculum is divided into 3 categories: Digital Literacy, Information Technology, Computer Science
• Computing will be taught for a whole day, once a term during Foundation Subject week. This will ensure high status and time is given to the subject
• Autumn term will be Presenting Information, Spring will be Evaluating and Manipulating Data, Summer will be Coding
• The day will start with Online Safety lessons
• There will be at least two sessions of skills teaching before a final open ended outcome task that uses these skills
• To support the teachers the curriculum will be based on the Purple Mash scheme of work. This will allow teachers to use quality resources as the basis of their plans
• Final outcomes will be stored and presented as appropriate through Purple Mash display boards, Google Drive, QR codes
• The final outcome will be relevant to the children’s interests, age and linked to other subjects they are learning
• Coding lessons will use a range of different platforms including Purple Mash, Scratch, Lego WeDo, Lego Mindstorms and BBC Micro Bits
• Computing opportunities will be available through other subjects and will build on the children’s learning.