North Frodingham, Driffield, North Humberside YO25 8LA

01262 488227

northfrod@eastriding.gov.uk

North Frodingham Primary School

Caring, Sharing, Together Learning

COMPUTING

Our Computing subject lead is Beeford Teacher Mr Bell

As we are federated with Beeford Primary School some subjects share a subject lead with both schools.

INTENT

At North Frodingham Primary School we believe that our children are entitled to a broad and balanced curriculum that gives them opportunities to develop skills and knowledge to operate in the 21st century workplace. We aim for our children to be digitally literate and competent users of technology. In line with the national curriculum 2014, the curriculum 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.

 

IMPLEMENTATION

Computing lessons are taught as discreet computing sessions and as part of a themed approach giving children the opportunity to develop connections and improve their skills.

The school subscribes to ‘Purple Mash’ and follows the scheme of work for mixed age classes. The school uses ‘Natterhub’ alongside this to reinforce online safety.

A progression of Computing skills has been mapped for each year group and is used to ensure that children have opportunities to improve their work.

Where possible meaningful links will be made between the computing curriculum and the wider curriculum.

The school has recently refreshed computing hardware to ensure that each child is able to access a range of software independently.

Children are assessed at the end of each unit of work.


IMPACT

Through our computing curriculum our children will become digitally literate and competent users of technology with a genuine interest in the subject.

Our computing curriculum will develop resilience, problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Outcomes for each child are recorded at the end of a unit of work and regularly throughout the year and analysed for next steps.

 

EARLY YEARS

Computing is not explicitly mentioned as part of the England EYFS curriculum.
However, in our early years classrooms, many topics are explored using technology to produce creative work and solve problems.