Computing

Why is Computing important?

Our Computing provision at New Cangle aims to equip our children to participate in a rapidly changing world which is increasingly being transformed by technology. It is our intention to enable children to find, explore, analyse, exchange and present information in a safe, responsible and respectful manner. Not only do we want pupils to be digitally literate, competent end-users of technology but, through our Computing lessons, we aim to develop computational thinking skills.

Computing skills are a major factor in enabling children to be confident, creative and independent learners, and it is our intention at New Cangle that children have every opportunity to allow them to achieve this.

Aims of the Computing Curriculum

The national curriculum for Computing aims to ensure that all pupils:

· Understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation

· Analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems

· Evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems

· Become responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.

Computing at New Cangle

 At New Cangle, we use the NCCE Teach Computing scheme of work: https://teachcomputing.org/curriculum which is a fully-resourced Computing scheme offering full coverage of the National Curriculum for Computing from Years 1–6, ensuring that children develop the knowledge, skills and understanding required throughout the primary years. 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. This style of curriculum design reduces the amount of knowledge lost, as topics are revisited annually. It also ensures that connections are made, regardless of whether different teachers are delivering the units within a theme in consecutive years.

The Teach Computing Curriculum uses the Education for a Connected World framework https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-for-a-connected-world to provide coverage for online safety and digital citizenship. At New Cangle, most objectives in the Education for a Connected World framework are covered in the Teach Computing Curriculum, and some are reinforced throughout the year in PSHE and other curriculum lessons, where relevant.

More detail of our computing curriculum can be found in the following documents: Computing Intent, Implementation & Impact Statement and Computing Curriculum Map

Computing is led by Mrs Clinch, who is always keen to embrace new technology and is currently studying to become an Apple Teacher.