Purpose of the Curriculum:
(What will a high quality Computing education do for our children?)
- Equip pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world
- Equip pupils to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content
- Become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology
- Ensure children are at level suitable for the future workplace and are active participants in a rapidly changing digital world
Aim of the Curriculum:
By the end of their time at St Mary & St Margaret’s CE Primary, all pupils should be able to:
- Understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
- Analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems
- Evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems
- Be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.