At Allerton Bywater, we intend for the computing curriculum to give our children key fundamental knowledge, understanding and skills in the areas of Information Technology, Computer Science, Digital Literacy and Online Safety. It is from this understanding that we aim for our children to be confident in navigating the online world safely and respectfully, being responsible and positive digital citizens in the future. By the end of Year Six, children should leave us with a bank of abilities in programming and coding; in data handling and data representation; in multimedia; and in basic computer skills. This should serve them well in the Computing curriculum, across the wider curriculum and in everyday life.
Computing is taught in Key Stage One and Key Stage Two on a rolling cycle with another subject (i.e. Children study computing for half of the year). Children use Chromebooks and laptops in Computing lessons and across the curriculum. We are very grateful to the wonderful Friends of Allerton Bywater (FAB) who have fundraised to provide Chromebooks to deliver our Computing curriculum.
We follow a modified version of the Purple Mash scheme of work. We have carefully selected units to ensure that children receive a cohesive breadth of study that will prepare them for the demands of the computing curriculum at high school. In Years Five and Six, children open, edit and submit work using Google Classroom as this is the portal used at Brigshaw High School.
Our work around online safety and being safe online is covered not only in our computing curriculum, but also in collective worship sessions and assemblies. This ensures that online safety is always at the forefront of our children’s minds.
Children have the chance to sign up to the STEM club, run by a member of our governing body, where they can apply some of the logical thinking and computing skills that they acquire in computing lessons.
Formative assessment (quizzes and retrieval practice) gives children the opportunity to revisit knowledge from earlier in the unit and aids retention. Summative assessment, in the form of a final project, allows children to demonstrate multiple strands of learning from across the unit.
For more information on the Computing curriculum, please see Mr Asquith.
