Computing at Brook
Our Vision for Computing:
- For all our pupils to have a growing understanding of the concepts of computer science and use this understanding to further learn and develop their knowledge and skills through the next step of their education and beyond
- For all our pupils to become responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology, keeping themselves and others safe – Care
- For all our pupils to become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world – Creativity
Our Curriculum
Every year, each class will learn a broad range of Computing skills and knowledge: understanding technology, coding for programs, the internet and networks. Online Safety plays an important role throughout the year as well as more focussed learning through internet and network topics. This element of the curriculum is supported through our PSHE/RHE curriculum too. We use the Teach Computing scheme.
We make links through concepts, looking back at prior learning across the approaches from the Computing curriculum, as well as through planned long-term and medium-term retrieval tasks.
*Online Safety is taught both explicitly each year as well as implicitly throughout all areas of the computing curriculum and the wider curriculum.
Within Early Years, key objectives are taught to prepare pupils for their KS1 learning, as well as ensure they have a secure understanding of online safety at an age-appropriate level.
