Computing

Why Computing is important

We live in a rapidly changing world, one in which Computing plays an increasingly dominant role, and it is our responsibility to prepare our pupils for this world by ensuring their Computing skills are equal to the needs of society at large.

Work and leisure activities are becoming transformed by access to varied and developing technology, and pupils need to use Computing tools to enable rapid access to ideas and experiences from a wide range of people, communities and cultures. They must use Computing to find, explore, analyse, exchange and present ideas. They learn how to employ Computing to use information responsibly, creatively and with discrimination.

The use of Computing promotes initiative and independent learning; skills vital to the modern world, and pupils need to make informed judgments about when and where to use Computing tools safely, and to best effect, and consider its positive and negative implications for its use in the world, both now and in the future.

At Haimo Primary School, our aim is to create motivated ‘life-long’ learners with Computing knowledge and skills that can enhance and extend learning and teaching across the whole curriculum. As technology is continually developing and new technologies emerging, we, as a school, will strive to give all pupils the skills to prepare them for a future in which Computing is an integral part of society.

How our Computing curriculum is designed

Haimo’s Computing curriculum is formed from the requirements of the National Curriculum. We have adopted the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) scheme of work to form the long term and medium-term plans for computing. The school follows the Teach Computing scheme of work from years 1-6, recording all stages of work into pupil shared computing folders for each year group.

How children learn Computing at Haimo

Computing lessons are taught discretely, with lessons focusing on several different strands:

E-Safety
Computing Systems & Networks
Coding
Media creation and presentation
Data collection and presentation

Pupils are also provided the opportunity to apply the skills they are taught within these lessons across the curriculum for tasks such as research and presentation of work. Teachers also use Computing devices within other lessons in order to raise standards and demonstrate the importance of digital literacy within day to day life.

Please click here for a link to the Computing curriculum map