‘Computing is not about computers anymore. It is about living’ – Nicholas Negroponte.
From September 2023, our Computing curriculum has been designed using the ‘Teach Computing’ curriculum resources. The curriculum ensures children have high quality learning in relation to:
Algorithms
Computing systems
Creating media
Data & information
Design & development
EEffective use of tools
Impact of technology
Networks
Programming
Safety & security
The Teach Computing Curriculum has been written to support all pupils. Each lesson is sequenced so that it builds on the learning from the previous lesson, and where appropriate, activities are scaffolded so that all pupils can succeed and thrive. Scaffolded activities provide pupils with extra resources, such as visual prompts, to reach the same learning goals as the rest of the class. Exploratory tasks foster a deeper understanding of a concept, encouraging pupils to apply their learning in different contexts and make connections with other learning
experiences.
The units for key stages 1 and 2 are based on a spiral curriculum. This means that each of the themes is revisited regularly (at least once in each year group), and pupils revisit each theme through a new unit that consolidates and builds on prior learning within that theme. This style of curriculum design reduces the amount of knowledge lost through forgetting, as topics are revisited yearly. It also ensures that connections are made even if different teachers are teaching the units within a theme in consecutive years.