Computing

Intent

The Longhill Primary School Computing curriculum is designed to prepare children for an ever-changing digital world from the early stages in EYFS to the latter years in Y6. We aim to foster a love of all areas of computing and equip students with the skills, confidence and drive to succeed within the computing framework. Computational thinking is a key skill within computing and this teaches our students the resilience and problem solving skills to tackle difficult problems in all aspects of life. Knowledge and skills are built up progressively and sequenced in a way that allows pupils to build on their understanding year on year. Students will be engaged in purposeful projects with a specific end goal, in order for them to apply their understanding, allowing them to see the importance of computing in the wider world. Children will be taught about how to be responsible users of technology across the computing curriculum.

Implementation

A range of strategies are used within lessons to ensure that computing is accessible to all children, and through Quality First Teaching all children make good progress with computing. Our computing curriculum carefully considers each strand of computing – Digital Literacy (including Online Safety), Information Technology and Computer Science, therefore creating a broad and balanced curriculum that challenges pupils in accordance with the National Curriculum. This ensures that children become confident and responsible users of technology, and that they are able to safely express their ideas this is also embedded through our knowledge and understanding of  education for a connected world. They will be able to manipulate and create a range of digital content, and know how digital systems work in order to program these themselves.

Impact

• Children demonstrate good computing skills and, particularly in upper key stage 2, children are able to apply their computing understanding into cross-curricular projects.
• Children develop skills that will enable them to use technology responsibly and effectively within society. This will lead to good job opportunities. Skills are progressively built on each year to prepare children for future learning.
• Children are prepared for an ever-changing society and will have problem-solving skills from computational thinking to allow them to approach difficult tasks with high-levels of resilience.

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Unit overviews for Computing curriculum