Computing

At St Patrick’s our Computing curriculum aims to ensure our pupils are well-prepared, digitally literate. citizens of the future. Children encounter a rich variety of hardware including Beebots, iPads, laptops, cameras, micro:bits, crumble kits, and interactive whiteboards, and digital software including paint, scratch, data loggers, stop motion studio, chrome music lab. Children develop an understanding of how digital technology and other computational systems are designed, programmed, and operated. Children are able to use computing in creative and innovative ways across the curriculum, encouraging an understanding of computing in its application to real-world situations, systems and products.

Throughout their Computing journey at St Patrick’s children advance through the following units:

Computing Systems and Networks
Programming
Data and Information
Creating Media

EYFS:

take part in an online safety day
access interactive whiteboards
play with programmable robots

Key Stage 1:

take part in an online safety day
learn about computing systems and networks
programme robots
programme quizzes
use data loggers and present information using pictograms
create digital art
create digital music

Key Stage 2:

take part in an online safety day
learn about computing systems and networks
programme digital music
programme games
use data loggers and present information using branching databases
programme microbits
programme crumble kits
create photographic media
create stop motion animation
log data using spreadsheets
create vector graphic media
create 3D model media