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Computing at Kenmont
At Kenmont Primary School, our intent in teaching computing is to equip students with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to navigate an increasingly digital world. We aim to foster a love for technology while ensuring that students develop critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and creativity through hands-on learning experiences.
Computing, as a curriculum subject is a significant part of a child’s education. This is because computing plays a vital role in everyone’s daily lives and should therefore be at the forefront of primary education. Computing can provide both an extensive and wealth of knowledge, experience and fundamental life skills in modern-day society.
Furthermore, at the forefront of our curriculum is Online Safety. The ever-adapting world of technology can expose children to many areas of risk. Online Safety is a vital part of our curriculum and every lesson taught will be underpinned by this term. We will ensure that each child has a clear understanding of how to stay safe online and which procedures they should follow to protect themselves whilst using technology.
At Kenmont, we follow the National Centre for Computing Education scheme of work which has six different units
· Computing Systems and Networks
· Creating Media A
· Programming A
· Data and Information
· Creating Media B
· Programming B
These are the followed in year groups 1-6. With the units being structured the same across every year group, following the same unit headings, it allows for progression to be clear across all classes. The tasks provided are set to build on prior knowledge from the previous year, develop the use of subject specific vocabulary, make links to the wider life of the school environment and challenge pupils in their computing knowledge.
Staff ensure that skills progress and are consolidated from those that have been attained in previous years. This happens through our three questions at the start and end of every lesson. We measure the impact of our curriculum through pupil discussions and interviewing the pupils about their learning through pupil voice, monitoring with our subject computing lead and through book, website and photographic evidence.
By the time they leave Kenmont, children will be confident users of technology, able to use it to accomplish a wide variety of goals, both at home and in school. Children will become critical thinkers that can solve problems. They will be responsible, respectful and safe users of data, information and communication technology. Children will be able to apply the British Values of democracy, tolerance, mutual respect, rule of law and liberty when using digital systems.
As our children become more aware and more confident of their abilities in relation to Computing, they will become more independent and key skills such as problem-solving, self-evaluating, logical thinking and computational thinking should become second-nature and will become life-skills. To conclude, the biggest impact we would like to have on Kenmont pupils is for them to be aware of and understand the benefits of using the internet, but also the consequences of its misuse – They should be entirely aware of how to keep themselves safe online.
Progression of Skills and Knowledge
Computing progression of skills and knowledge document details how our curriculum builds pupils knowledge and skills over their time at the school.
Computing Progression of Skills and Knowledge