The Intent, Implementation and Impact of our Curriculum – Computing
Intent
At our school we want pupils to be MASTERS of technology and not slaves to it. Technology is everywhere and will play a pivotal part in students' lives,. Therefore, we want to model and educate our pupils on how to use technology positively, responsibly and safely. We want our pupils to be creators not consumers and our broad curriculum encompassing computer science, information technology and digital literacy reflects this. We want our pupils to understand that there is always a choice with using technology and as a school we utilise technology (especially social media) to model positive use. We recognise that the best prevention for a lot of issues we currently see with technology/social media is through education.
Implementation
As a school we have chosen the Purple Mash Scheme of Work from Nursery to Year 6. The scheme of work supports our teachers in delivering fun and engaging lessons which help to raise the standards and allow all pupils to achieve their full potential. In order to ensure our children receive a broad and balanced curriculum where the knowledge and skills build year on year to deepen and challenge our learners. We have also mapped out a progression of skills using additional software to Purple Mash such as Scratch, Kodu, Word, Power Point, Publisher and Excel.
The Scheme is developed through these areas:
- Coding and Computational thinking
- Spreadsheets
- Internet and Email
- Art and Design
- Music
- Databases and graphing
- Writing and presenting
- Communication and Networks
Impact
We hope to see our children confident when using technology, aware of how to treat devices and demonstrating how to stay safe in today’s world. We want them to see how technology can benefit working, life and free time without becoming something that is unnecessarily relied upon.
We measure the impact of our curriculum using the following methods:
· Summative assessment of pupil discussions about their learning.
· Images of the children’s practical learning.
· Children’s work saved onto their individual accounts.
· Interviewing the pupils about their learning (pupil voice).
· Annual reporting to parents of standards across the curriculum.