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Computing

Our Intent

The overarching intent for Computing in the National Curriculum (2014) is to equip pupils with the skills to:

  • can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
  • can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems
  • can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar
    technologies, analytically to solve problems
  • are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.

The document below shows where each of the requirements are covered and built on in following years.

Computing National Curriculum Cross Reference

Computing has strong links with other subjects within our curriculum. The following document explains those links where children link learning in computing with other knowledge acquired.

Computing and the Wider Curriculum

Computing in Key Stage 1

In Key Stage 1, pupils develop their understanding of computing related principles through use age-appropriate applications. As they progress through the school, the applications will become more complex.

What does this look like?

This term, the Year 1’s has created pictures on 2Paint. See beneath for a screenshot.

In the same term, the Year 2s have also created a painting using the more advanced version of this application.

You can see that this application offers new template features and a slight tweak to the user interface.

Linking Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2

As the children progress, the features of individual applications will be embedded into new more complex applications. For example, beneath is the sprite editor found in Year 5’s game creation topic. You can clearly see how it links to the applications from Key Stage 1. This allows children to more easily access their learning independently as they already know how to use certain elements of the new applications.

Our Way

Please open the following file for an overview of our curriculum for Computing.

Computing Whole School Curriculum Overview

Would you like to know more?

Please contact our Computing Lead, Mr Kelly, through our school office or by using the contact form.