Computing

Intent

At Forest of Galtres Anglican Methodist Primary School we want pupils to be masters of technology. Technology is everywhere and will play a pivotal part in pupils’ lives,. Therefore, we want to model and educate our pupils on how to use technology positively, responsibly and safely. We want our pupils to be creators and our broad curriculum encompassing computer science, information technology and digital literacy reflects this. We want our pupils to understand that there is always a choice with using technology and as a school we utilise technology, including social media, to model positive use. We recognise that the best prevention for a lot of issues we currently see with technology/social media is through education. Building our knowledge in this subject will allow pupils to effectively demonstrate their learning through creative use of technology. We recognise that technology can allow pupils to share their learning in creative ways. We also understand the accessibility opportunities technology can provide for our pupils. Our knowledge rich curriculum is balanced with the opportunity for pupils to apply their knowledge creatively which will in turn help our pupils become skilful computer scientists. 

We encourage staff to try and embed computing across the whole curriculum to make learning creative and accessible. We want our pupils to be fluent with a range of tools to best express their understanding and children have the independence and confidence to choose the best tool to fulfil the task and challenge set by teachers. 

Implementation

Our Computing curriculum is underpinned by 12 principles of Computing pedagogy. For more information, please see our implementation guide (Please add computing implementation document)

Online safety

Online safety is at the heart of our computing and PSHE curriculum. 

Our online safety curriculum is underpinned by Education for a Connected World. It enables the development of teaching and learning as well as guidance to support children and young people to live knowledgeably, responsibly and safely in a digital world. It focuses specifically on eight different aspects of online education: 

  1. Self-image and Identity 
  2. Online relationships
  3. Online reputation 
  4. Online bullying 
  5. Managing online information 
  6. Health, wellbeing and lifestyle 
  7. Privacy and security 
  8. Copyright and ownership 

We support and broaden the provision of online safety education, so that it is empowering, builds resilience and effects positive culture change. The objectives promote the development of safe and appropriate long term behaviours, and support educators in shaping the culture within their setting and beyond. 

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