Computing Overview
Computing is part of everyday life and is essential for most of us, both at home and at school.
At All Saints’, we develop computing skills from Reception onwards and build on the children’s knowledge each year, embedding technology across the curriculum in other subjects. We aim to ensure lessons are fun, stimulating, engaging and cross curricular.
To cover the National Curriculum and to ensure progression across the school we use Rising Stars, Switched On computing scheme of work. Each year group completes six units as well as six online safety lessons, one each half term – little but often is the best approach for online safety.
The Computing Curriculum is split into three strands of learning – Computer Science, Information Technology and Digital Literacy:
Computer Science – children are taught to problem solve using algorithms. They write their own codes and learn to programme. They are also provided with the opportunity to debug their code to improve it.
Information Technology – children are provided with the opportunity to organise, store and retrieve digital content. This helps them develop their vocabulary for computing.
Digital Literacy – children learn how to use devices correctly and safely as well as develop their understanding of online safety.
We use a wide range of age-appropriate resources to build the children’s skills; ranging from programmable toys in early years, to laptops, iPads and coding software, known as Scratch, in key stages 1 and 2.