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Clophill St Marys CofE lower school

Computing

Intent:

A high-quality computing education equips our children to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science, and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems. We ensure that our children become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.

Implementation:

Mrs. Hickman is our Computing Co-ordinator.

At St. Mary's, Computing is taught through "Understanding the World" and is in elements of "Physical Development" within the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum in Acorn and Chestnut (Nursery and Reception):

Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage

We teach the Computing National Curriculum in Birch to Oak (Years 1 to 4):

Computing Programmes of Study Key Stages 1 and 2

The following table shows which Computing topics are taught throughout the school.  We use Purple Mash to deliver our Computing curriculum:

 

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Acorn (Nursery)

Online Safety

 

 

Understanding and Using Technology

 

Technology Around us and Beyond School

Chestnut (Reception) 

Online Safety - Safety and Privacy

Technology Around Us 

 

Robots 

Drawing Skills

 

Quizzes

Sounds

Photography

 

Birch

(Year 1)

 

 

Online Safety & Exploring Purple Mash (4)

Technology Outside School (2) 

 

 

Grouping and Sorting (2)

Lego Builders (3)

Maze Explorers (3)

Coding (6)

Pictograms (3)

Animated Story Books (5)

Hazel

(Year 2)

 

Online Safety (2)

Making Music (3)

Effective Searching (3)

Coding (6)

Spreadsheets (6)

 Creating Pictures (5)

Presenting Ideas (4)

Rowan (Year 3)

 

Online Safety (3)

Coding (6)

Microbits (4)

Spreadsheets (6)

 

 

Touch Typing (4)

Emails (6)

Branching Databases (4)

Graphing (2)

 

Oak

(Year 4) 

Online Safety (4)

Coding (6)

Microbits (2)

Logo (4)

Animation (3)

Effective Searchng (3)

 

Artificial Intelligence (4)

Writing for Different Audiences (5)

Digital Literacy topics

Computer Science topics

Information Technology topics

Our Progression of Knowledge in Computing document can be found here:

Computing Progression Map

Impact:

All children are assessed in Computing by their teachers, on a termly basis.  Mrs. Hickman then analyses the attainment and progress of the whole school in this area.  This information informs future teaching and learning in Computing.