Computing
At Annesley Primary and Nursery School, we believe that 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 our curriculum is designed to ensure that every child becomes a confident, creative and responsible user of technology who understands how digital systems work and can put this knowledge to use through programming. We aim to provide an ambitious, coherently sequenced curriculum in which pupils develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to participate safely and successfully in an increasingly digital world.
Throughout their time in school, pupils move from following instructions and using programmable toys in the early years, through block-based coding in 2Code, 2Go and Logo, to writing programs with variables, functions and input, and using text-based Python by Year 6. Alongside this, they learn to use a widening range of software to create, combine and present content, to collect and analyse data in spreadsheets and databases, and to search for and judge information critically. Precise computing vocabulary is taught explicitly in every unit, and online safety is woven through all learning so that pupils know how to protect themselves and others and where to go for help.
By the end of Year 6, pupils leave Annesley Primary and Nursery School as confident, creative and responsible digital citizens who can design, write and debug programs to achieve specific goals, use logical reasoning to explain how algorithms work, select and combine software to create content and analyse data, evaluate digital content critically, and use technology safely and respectfully. They are well prepared to continue their study of computing at Key Stage 3 and beyond.
Our ARCHIE framework embeds six core values across our curriculum – Ambition, Resilience, Confidence, Honesty, Independence, and Equality. Click on the link to see how these values apply to Computing at Annesley Primary & Nursery School:
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