Ropery Walk Primary School

Seaham, County Durham SR7 7JZ

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Home / Our Curriculum / Curriculum Content / Computing

Computing

Our Vision for Computing

“ A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.” DFE

Our computing curriculum has a clear and simple aim: to provide children with the skills and knowledge they need to live in an ever-changing digital world. ​

 ​To ensure our children are equipped, we follow a tailor-made curriculum that has been informed by the Local Authority. We teach computing both discretely as a subject and across the curriculum. It is an embedded set of skills we encourage the children to develop throughout all of their learning.  Our spiral curriculum covers the three key areas: computer science, digital literacy and IT. 

Computing is a fundamental part of our teaching and learning at Ropery Walk. To keep in line with the rapid changes in technology, we take the views of staff, parents and pupils regularly in the form of questionnaires, letters and events. This feedback is used to help us adapt our computing curriculum according to the needs of our children.

Long Term Plans

You can view or download our Computing Long Term Plans by clicking the links below:

Y1 curriculum long term plan

Y12 curriculum long term plan

Y2 curriculum long term plan

 Y34 curriculum long term plan

Y45 curriculum long term plan

Y5 curriculum long term plan

Y6 curriculum long term plan

Whole School Online Safety Long Term Plan

Skills and Progression

Below you can find our whole school skills and progression documents.

Progression of Skills and KnowledgeEYFS+KS1

Progression of Skills and Knowledge KS2

Curriculum Aims

Key Stage 1 Curriculum Aims Key Stage 2 Curriculum Aims
Understand what algorithms are; how they are implemented as programs on digital devices; and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions Design, write, and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
Create and debug simple programs Use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output
Use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs Use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work, and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs
Communicate safely and respectfully online, keeping personal information private; recognise common uses of information technology beyond school Understand computer networks including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the world wide web; and the opportunities they offer for creative communication and collaboration
Use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content Use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked and be discerning in evaluating digital content
Use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; know where to go to for help and support when they have concerns about material on the internet Select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting information, communicating and collaborating effectively
Recognise common uses of information technology beyond school Use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; know a range of ways to report concerns and inappropriate behaviour

More information about the skills taught can be found here.

iPads at Ropery Walk

At Ropery Walk we understand that technology is now a part of every day life for our children. This is reflected in the school curriculum, where each child has been allocated an I-Pad in Key Stage 2, and children have access to shared I-Pads in Key Stage 1. As well as stand alone lessons, computing takes a cross-curricular approach at Ropery Walk as the children use a variety of apps to support their learning across subjects.

The children love using Times table Rockstars and Numbots to support their learning in maths. We use Showbie, Lexia, Reading Plus and Fiction Express to enhance our English lessons.

 

I-Pad Party
Times Table Rockstars

Creating a safe password

E-Safety apps

 

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