The purpose of study

A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems. The core of computing is computer science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.

Aims

The national curriculum for computing aims to ensure that all pupils:

• can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
• can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems
• can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems
• are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology

Meet Chloe Computing.

Chloe Computing is part of our Curriculum Crew who is introduced at the start of each topic and lesson, providing a visual link to lessons and allows our children to focus on the skills needed in the upcoming tasks.

Chloe is featured as part of our Computing Pathway Journey - allowing the children to revisit and consolidate prior learning .

2024-2025

Nursery

Reception

We have been using the programme '2 Simple' on the interactive board to create artwork linked to the story Owl Babies. 

Year 1

We are exploring digital drawing this term. We have learned how to log on to the computers and use the mouse to create artwork.

We have used different digital brushes and even learned how to draw shapes!

Year 2 

Computing IT around us

We have been learning all about IT around us. We have explored what IT is and how it impacts our lives. Following from this we have looked at the impact it would have if we know longer had IT around us. We have looked at and recognised different types of IT around us and how they are involved in our everyday life. We are currently looking at IT inside our school and the wider community. 

Photography

We have been exploring the use of IT in photography.  We learned about what makes a good photo and practised taking photographs in different orientations (landscape and portrait) to see which is more appropriate depending on the subject.  Finally we used online editing tools to explore how to add filters to our own images and took selfies to practise on.  We added colour filters to our selfies and explored how editing our colour choices could impact our final image.

Year 3

Stikbot Animation

Year 4

   Podcasting Using Bandlab.

Working with Phillipa from The Word, we used Bandlab to design and create a podcast, We explored how we could edit , add music and effects to our podcast.

Year4

   Computer Systems and Networks.

 As well as exploring Networks and Computer Systems , we are also learning how we can use a Green screen to take us on wonderful adventures. So far we have found ourselves in The Nowhere Emporium , performing our free verse poems inspired by the novel.

Year 5

Lego Spike Prime

Vector Drawings

We have explored using Google Drawings to create vector drawings. This included creating lines and shapes and adding colours and additional features.

Year 6

Tinkercad

We were lucky to have Mr Robert in our school to carry out a session on Tinkercad. Using 3D modelling, we created sculptures of ice palaces. 
Take a look at our wonderful creations… 

Internet Communication

As part of our Internet Communication topic, we have looked at how to explore the web and use search engines in order to refine our searches when looking for information. 

2023-2024

Nursery

Reception

This week we looked at technology. We looked at different things that are technology as a class before splitting in to groups to go on a technology hunt around our school. We saw things like computers, dishwashers, printers and even cameras!

We have been using 2simple to draw pictures of harvest festival vegetables that we brought in from home to make soup. We read the story of Oliver's vegetables and talked about the  vegetable patch in his Granda's garden.

Lego Spike

During summer term we have been using Lego Spike which has introduced children to engineering design skills. Children have worked collaboratively to build a swing and then they have used coding blocks to create and test a program to make the swing move. 

In Year 1 we have used different devices in our computing sessions.

This term we are looking at basic skills for using our electronic devices, as well as digital painting!

This term our topic is Digital Writing. We have been learning how to recognise and identify keys on a keyboard. To help us with this we coloured in each letter on a keyboard and then typed each letter onto a word document. The children are growing in confidence each week. 

Year 2

In computing half term we have been exploring Lego Spike when learning about coding and algorithms.  We built models in teams using online instructions then created algorithms to make them move and make sounds.  We looked at how changing the variables of speed and available sound effects made or models better or worse.

Year 3

Year 4

We explored how to edit digital images using an online editor. We discovered that changes can be made to images using a range of tools, such as using the ‘crop’ tool and how to change the colour and brightness of images. We evaluated the effect that these effects have on an image.

Lego Spike

We had a great time using Lego to make our learning come to life! We worked in pairs to follow the building instructions to make a playground ride. We then connected our Lego models to the Chrome books so we could program them to move and light up!

Year 5

Last Transmission Home.

Using a greenscreen we edited and recorded our powerful and emotive speeches sending our final transmission home after a failed mission to Mars.

Micro:bits

  The micro:bit can be programmed to do a number of different things, it can be a digital watch, fitness tracker or a games console. The device features 25 LED lights and two programmable buttons, which can be used in game-play or to skip through tracks in a playlist. We used online coding to program the micro:bit to display our name in lights, we have designed our own emoji's and created a working dice.

Year 6

Safer Internet Day

During Safer Internet Day, we explored the use of AI and discussed the importance of it in our world today.

We then designed our own influencers and identified what they promote and created positive messages they would post on social media.

Lego Spike Prime

Year 6 enjoyed working in pairs to build the ''break dancer.'' They then experimented with timing and syncing the motion of the legs with the blinking light on the hub. They had the opportunity to programme with variables and data to add different sounds and notes.