Computing

Curriculum Mapping – Computing

Our Computing Curriculum

Our focus is that the Computing Curriculum prepares our pupils to be able to handle and use technology safely in preparation for their adult life. Of all the curriculum subjects that are covered in the primary curriculum, Computing is the one that is most evolving and needs frequent evaluating over the relevance of its content. Teaching staff receive regular CPD opportunities of updated software and technologies in order
to deliver this information to colleagues and to pupils effectively.

Online safety is embedded within the whole curriculum and is taught as a discrete unit as well as within other curriculum subjects. Safer Internet Day each year provides the opportunity to raise awareness to pupils as well to parents and carers through parent workshops and update meetings. Each year pupils take part in the ‘code for life’ project which gives all children the opportunity to work with code in a variety of contexts.

Cross- curricular links to online publishing, digital literacy links and the maths curriculum are strongly promoted to ensure that pupils have access to the Computing curriculum throughout their time here at Shebbear. Throughout their time at Shebbear, children develop from using ‘block based language’ to ‘text based language’ to prepare them for Computing at Secondary level Pupils are exposed to a range of software and hardware that broadens their experience with technology in preparing them for their next step at Secondary level.

Computing Curriculum Overview