COMPUTING AT LINGS
At Lings Primary School, our children will begin their computing journey in the Early Years and Foundation Stage. They will have access to a wide range of digital devices and will explore technology in real-life contexts, such as a supermarket checkout, pelican crossing, microphones, speakers and CD player.
In Key Stages 1 & 2, we use the Teach Computing programme and resources to support our teaching in this subject. Our aim for all children is to provide a high-quality computing curriculum which is ambitious, creative and inclusive. It should equip children with relevant skills and prepare them for an ever-evolving digital world. They should become digitally literate and understand how to keep themselves safe online.
The curriculum will teach children to be competent, confident and creative users of technology and responsible digital citizens. Learners will have the opportunity to gain an understanding of different kinds of computational systems. Children will develop the knowledge and skills needed to be able to express themselves and their ideas clearly through digital media. It will enable them to see how these skills will be useful to them as active participants in both a digital world as well as in the workplace, such as being inspired to pursue further study and career paths in Programming, Engineering and Computer Science. By the time they leave Lings Primary School, children will understand and apply core principles and concepts of computer science, including logic, algorithms and data representation. They will learn to analyse problems in computational terms and have repeated practical experience of writing computing programs to solve problems.
Online Safety
Online safety will be at the heart of all learning. These are taught every term through the Teach Computing curriculum where online safety forms a part of each unit. We also use Project Evolve resources, which covers each of the 330 statements from the UK Council for Internet Safety’s Framework: Education for a Connected World”. These focus on the themes of self-image and identity, online relationships, online reputation, online bullying, managing online information, health, wellbeing and lifestyle, privacy and security, and copyright and ownership.