All of our Children begin their computing education using purple mash in order to learn skills and programs. This is then embedded in their learning through our creative curriculum.

Our computing curriculum recognises that the key skills and foundations of Computing are taught as a discrete subject and these skills are then developed by being woven through other areas of the curriculum.  

Many of the skills are transferrable which provides a wealth of learning opportunities across the curriculum subjects including Art, D&T, Maths, Geography, Science, and English. Computing is taught once a week discretely and as regularly as possible in support of other areas of learning across the school.

In the Foundation Stage Computing is taught as a part of our curriculum. Despite Technology being removed from the ‘Understanding the World’ area of the Early Years curriculum we feel this is an essential part of their development.

The children will recognise that technology is used across the whole school.

Our children have access to laptops and iPads, they have iPods to take photographs and videos and also floor robots to begin experimenting with control and algorithms in Computer Science.

Computer Science teaches the principles of information and computation.

It involves creating and debugging simple programs using algorithms, we introduce the language of Computer Science in different contexts. We begin with using precise verbal instructions (algorithms) to carry out classroom routines or explain how to plant a seed. We then move on to using the Beebots and then creating their own game on Purple Mash using coding. The children will need to ‘fix’ their games and Beebot programs as they go wrong, ‘debugging’ their own algorithms.