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Intent Statement
The National Curriculum is used to underpin our Computing curriculum, which is taught in discrete blocks within each year group. Our curriculum reflects our school values: aiming to instil respect for the equipment that is used in computing and technology; encouraging children to use computational thinking to overcome challenges; opening our minds to new posibilities and opportunities in an increasingly digital world, take care of our well-being by remaining safe online; and speaking kindly to each other when communicating online. The children will be challenged in the areas of Digital Literacy, Computer Science and Information Technology. The children will be encouraged to think creatively which is vital in the ever-evolving and changing landscape of technology. Implementation
At Great Linford, we use the Kapow Primary Scheme, which we follow for our computing curriculum. The scheme is organised into key areas which creates a cyclical route that allows pupils to develop their computing knowledge and skills by revisiting and build on previous learning:
Lessons incorporate a range of teaching strategies from independent tasks, paired and group work. A high value has also been placed on unplugged activities to develop computational thinking as well as digital activities. This variety means that lessons are engaging and appeal to those with a variety of learning styles. Differentiated guidance is available for every lesson to ensure that lessons can be accessed by all pupils and opportunities to stretch pupils’ learning in building a foundation of factual knowledge by encouraging recall of key facts and vocabulary. Strong subject knowledge is vital for staff to be able to deliver a highly effective and robust curriculum. Each of the units of lessons include teacher videos to develop subject knowledge and support ongoing CPD. Kapow ensures every teacher feels supported to deliver a computing curriculum to a high standard that ensures pupil progression. Impact
The impact of our curriculum is constantly monitored through both formative and summative assessment opportunities. Each lesson includes guidance to support teachers in assessing pupils against learning objectives and each unit has a Post Unit Assessment. Clear links to prior learning allows teachers to carefully plan Memory Flashbacks in lessons to identify and address any gaps in knowledge or misconceptions. Children leave Great Linford Primary School equipped with a range of skills to enable them to succeed in secondary education and be active participants in the ever-increasing digital world. The expected impact of following the Kapow scheme is that children will:
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Subject Days
Safer Internet Day Supporting from home
MyOn: https://www.myon.co.uk/login/ TTRS: https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth Numbots: https://numbots.com/ Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/ Scratch Jr: https://www.scratchjr.org/ Don't forget home learning always includes computing activites! |
Computing in our school...On Tuesday 11th February, the school celebrated Safer Internet Day. The theme this year was ‘Too good to be true?’ and how to protect yourself and others from scams online. The children were introduced to the theme in assembly on Monday and were all thoroughly engaged and had wonderful knowledge on what a scam is and who can you trust with your personal information. Throughout the day on Tuesday, the children completed an activity. KS1 focused on who was a trusted adult and how those adults help them with online problems. KS2 became news reporters, they created a script and reported on how to spot scams online and how to best deal with them.
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Our Curriculum Journey
Online Safety
