Computing Curriculum

Intent

To use technology confidently and safely to enhance their lives and the lives of others. To become computational thinkers and use our creativity to understanding the change the world.

Implementation

The Computing curriculum provides in-depth and fun opportunities for children to develop their computing skills and apply them in a variety of ways.  Children have the opportuntiity to build upon previous learning and can apply their learning through a variety of games, spreadsheets and other digital platforms.

We introduced the Purple Mash Scheme in 2024.  Purple Mash enables staff and pupils in our school to access all of the Computing tools they need in one place.  The scheme is kept up to date with the latest online safety software and resources are updated regularly to ensure they benefit the children's learning.

Each child is provided with their own Purple Mash login which allows them to access their computing learning both in school and at home.  This will encourage children to access games linked to the National Curriculum.

Purple Mash supports the teaching of the three distinct strands of the Computing National Curriculum- Computer Science, Information Technology and Digital Literacy.

Impact

We want children to become well-versed with the basic functions of computers, such as search bars, emails, filtering etc.  We want childen to develop their use of programming and apply this in new ways.

• Strengths: Children enjoy computing and are knowledgeable on how to stay safe online.
• Areas to Develop: Teachers were not confident in the teaching of computing using the old resources, so we have chosen a comprehensive computing coverage to rectify this.  CPD is being provided in November to aid teachers on how to use Purple Mash in the classroom.  We want to see Purple Mash embedded this year.