Intent
At Consett Infant School we believe that our Computing provision develops learning and enables children to become confident in exploring a variety of technologies safely.
During Computing lessons children should develop their knowledge of the computing curriculum and acquire knowledge to enable them to become increasingly computer literate, reflecting modern day digital life. They will be encouraged to take risks, be independent and show determination and self-confidence, all of which are fundamental to learning at Consett Infant School. At Consett Infant School our computing curriculum is taken from the National Curriculum and children are taught Digital Literacy, Information Technology and Computer Science.
Implementation
Our curriculum is implemented in a way we feel will give all children the best opportunity to ensure changes are made to their long-term memory. Not only do we want to delivery intellectually stimulating learning, we want all learning to remain with the children as they progress through our school. Teaching and learning facilitates progression in the three strands in the National Curriculum through Foundation Stage and KS1. Computing will be taught and each term there will be teaching across all of the three strands so that work is built upon and skills are developed both through that academic year and through school. We have worked as a whole staff team to plan each subject area to ensure the sequential progression of skills and vocabulary from Reception through to Year 2 based on the National Curriculum and the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and we build on the learning and skill development of the previous years. This is shown clearly in our medium-term planning progression grids which staff follow when planning their lessons. We have a clear assessment document that shows a build on of skills.
Our Reception curriculum is skills-based and our approach focuses on key skills rather than concepts, which are revisited frequently throughout the year in line with the children’s needs. Input may be through whole class teaching, group work, work with individuals, through adult supporting within the continuous provision or enhancements made to the continuous provision.
Impact
In Computing all children will be exposed to high quality teaching and learning that contributes to deep learning and changes being made to their long-term memory.
As a school, we understand that deep learning takes place when subjects are revisited regularly. The children will be given the opportunity to apply their existing knowledge and skills in new and non-routine ways. New learning will be taught all the time whilst revisiting existing learning. In this way, learning will take place over an entire year enabling the children to revisit learning regularly whilst adding new ideas, knowledge and skills. Our clear, progressive planning will ensure that the children then build on what they have learnt in the following years. Our ongoing assessment and knowledge of the children in our classes will ensure that we are fully aware of the children’s progress in Computing. We use an end of year data collection point for Computing.
Please see attached the Progression Maps for Computing.
