Shield Road Primary School
Intent
At Shield Road, we aim to equip students with a uniquely powerful set of tools to interact successfully with an increasing computer dominated world. We provide our pupils with the skills to participate effectively and safely in the digital world both in school and at home and celebrate the positive effects that social media can have. We understand that technology can cause negative issues both in and outside of the classroom and believe firmly that the one of the best tools we have is to educate our pupils that there are choices online.
We follow the iLearn2 curriculum which ensures that our curriculum is broad and enriching for our pupils. The intent of the iLearn2 Computing scheme of work is to help pupils become independent, creative, safe, respectful and problem-solving digital citizens with a broad and transferrable skillset. iLearn2 makes computing fun for pupils, inspiring them to develop skills beyond the classroom and building an awareness of all the opportunities the subject provides. Throughout all units skills are repeatedly revisited to ensure that our pupils leave with a secure understanding of all elements of the curriculum.
We have arranged the units into specific year groups. The units have been arranged to allow for each class to cover the whole curriculum objectives and deepen their understanding through consolidation.
Implementation
At Shield Road, we believe that clear and effective progression planning is needed to break down the National Curriculum coverage into small progressive steps to meet the requirements of the children in each year group. This enables them to make links to previous learning and quickly build upon it. We also believe strongly that this begins with pupils in EYFS through their curiosity before they enter KS1 and needing to have the
opportunity to develop their curiosity about technology and how and why things work.
Through the iLearn2 units of work, we cover the following areas of the Computing curriculum:
Information Technology
Mouse & keyboard skills
Typing
Image editing
Music creation
Learning about computers from the past, present and future.
Digital art
Data handling
Comic creation
Graphic design
Animation
App design
Computer Science
Mouse & keyboard skills
Typing
Image editing
Digital Literacy
E-safety
Inside a computer
Computer networks & the internet
At Shield Road we have established the use of iPads throughout KS1 and KS2 and these support and enhance learning in not only Computing lessons but across the curriculum.
We are very proud of our new ICT suite that the children get to use with brand new laptops. Year 1 to Year 6 have computing lessons in this room. EYFS have their ICT bedded into their curriculum through continuous provision and discussion.
This year we have digital leaders in the school, every class has 2 and they are in charge of the computing suite and helping their teacher during computing lessons with their expertise of the subject. Each child wears their digital leader badge with pride.
Impact
At Shield Road we take great pride in the teaching and learning of computing and continually strive to ensure that every child can become a confident user of technology, by adapting and changing our curriculum and resources to keep up with current technologies.
Every child will:
- have the opportunity to develop skills both independently and collaboratively
- have misconceptions challenged to deepen their understanding
- use their feedback to further develop their understanding
- develop their understanding in each unit and ensure that units are not repetitive by following the schools overview
Progress of our computing curriculum is demonstrated through outcomes and the record of coverage in the process of achieving these outcomes.
Computing will be monitored regularly to ensure that pupils are receiving high quality lessons which allow them to make good or better progress. Pupils will be fully supported by staff and challenged to allow them to reach their full potential.
