Planning and Teaching

Teachers plan weekly Computing lessons taking learning objectives and lesson ideas from our ‘Purple Mash’ Scheme of Work. This scheme covers all of the revised National Curriculum Computing Programmes of Study for Key Stages 1 and 2 (2014).

The scheme is broken down into six different themed units of work for each year group and one unit is covered each half term. In their weekly planning teachers adapt the lesson suggestions based on the needs of individual pupils in their class and the computer programs we have in school. All work is differentiated according to need.

Every class is timetabled to use the computer suite twice a week. One of these sessions is to teach the Computing programmes of study and the other lesson is to support cross-curricular work. Teachers make use of Interactive Whiteboards in every class to model the use of various programs and applications. Each year group also has the opportunity to request the use of portable laptops and iPads in class.

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Click here for progression framework

Click here for National Curriculum documents

Online Safety

Different aspects of Online Safety are taught, every term, as a part of our Computing curriculum. We also hold an annual Friendship/Online Safety Week to promote a sensible use of the latest technology. This includes pupil assemblies, workshops for parents and staff training. We have various policies in place to protect staff and children.

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Click on the links below for useful websites to use at home