Computing
Subject Rational
At St Mary’s we want our pupils to be digitally literate and participate responsibly in a digital world, both now and in the future. Our computing curriculum therefore teaches the principles of data, programming, media, online safety and looks at the impact of technology on our lives. We believe that computer technology should be recognised for the value that it can bring to daily life and the future lives of our students.
How we teach Computing
Our computing curriculum is planned and sequenced so that new knowledge and skills build on what has been taught before. For more information on our computing curriculum areas and our progression of learning objectives see these links:
How Computing is assessed at St Mary’s
Computing is assessed using teacher judgement against the specific skills and knowledge taught that term, in line with the overview created by the subject leader. This assessment is divided into skills and knowledge. Children are also given the opportunity to evaluate their own learning as well, and use sentence stems to support this.
Safer Internet Day 2024 across the school
EYFS shared a story discussing how it feels to see things they don’t like online. Ks1 talked about trusted adults and who to speak to when they feel uneasy about what they have seen online.
LKS2 talked about ‘influencers’ and the impact they have on their audience. They then designed positive influencers that they would like to see online
UKS2 looked at technology and how it has changed over the years and predicted what changes we might see in the future, demonstrating how we navigat
e change.
