Computing
Intent
At Fir Bank Primary School, we understand that technology is an inevitable part of our pupil’s lives. Therefore, it is imperative that we provide our learners with a high-quality computing education that will prepare them for our modern, technological world.
We want our children to become digital masters by gaining substantive and disciplinary knowledge in the three main areas of the computing curriculum: computer science (programming and understanding how digital systems work), information technology (using computer systems to store, retrieve and send information) and digital literacy (evaluating digital content and using technology safely and respectfully). We aim to give our pupils the life-skills that will enable them to embrace and utilise new technology and to build their skills for career opportunities later in life.
We hope that the use of technology will assist in the support of learning across the entire curriculum and ensure that the curriculum is creative, engaging and accessible to every child. We aim to develop pupil’s resilience, critical thinking, reasoning and problem-solving skills as this can then be applied to everyday life. We want our pupils to be fluent with a range of tools to best express their understanding. It is also important that our children learn to make the right choices and be responsible, safe and positive; particularly when using the internet and social media.
At Fir Bank Primary School, we want our pupils to have a range of experiences to advance their understanding of themselves as individuals, within their community but also as members of a wider global community and as responsible digital citizens.
Implementation
At Fir Bank, computing is taught in discreet computing lessons. The computing curriculum is delivered through our own scheme of learning based on Purple Mash On-line Learning platform. Every lesson in our scheme has been individually planned so that it can be effectively taught using the infrastructure we have in place at school and so that it can met the needs of all our pupils.
Consideration is given to how greater depth will be taught, learnt and demonstrated within each lesson, as well as how learners will be supported in line with the school’s commitment to inclusion.
Impact
Evidence of a broad and balances computing curriculum which demonstrates children’s acquisition of identified through sticky knowledge and skills.
Children are able to review their successes in achieving the lesson objectives and are actively encouraged to identify their own areas of development.
As children progress throughout school, they develop a deep knowledge, understanding and appreciation of their local area and its place within the wider geographical context.
We measure the impact of our curriculum through the following methods;
- Learning walks and professional dialogue with teachers.
- Accessing children’s understanding of vocabulary before and after the ‘knowledge and skills’ have been taught.
- Images and videos of the children’s practical learning (books/ class floor book/displays)
- Interviewing children about their learning (pupil voice).