Computing
At Bantock School we believe that computing should permeate the curriculum, allowing our children to learn how they want, when they want and where they want. We believe that computing should be a ‘tool’ for learning, which children can make use of when they decide. Effective computing, coupled with well trained, competent and enthusiastic staff, will allow our children to develop the necessary computing skills needed for lifelong learning in the 21st Century.
SHINE
Succeed
Pupils will succeed through gaining skills that will support their education and beyond in the 21st Century.
Happy
Pupils will enjoy learning through a variety of engaging resources that will stimulate them throughout the curriculum.
Inspire
Pupils will be inspired by technology to imagine, plan, create and share, which will support their lifelong learning.
Nurture
Pupils will build friendly and trusting relationships with other pupils and staff that will allow for collaborative work.
Educate
Pupils will be treated as individuals with their own skillsets and learning styles that will be encouraged to thrive through their learning.
Through ICT sessions and the wider curriculum, Bantock aims to ensure pupils:
Purpose of Study
A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems. The core of computing is computer science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.
Early Years
Through access to a range of technology as well as structured modelling from adults, children will:
Pupils are taught to:
Pupils are taught to:
SHINE
Succeed
Pupils will succeed through gaining skills that will support their education and beyond in the 21st Century.
Happy
Pupils will enjoy learning through a variety of engaging resources that will stimulate them throughout the curriculum.
Inspire
Pupils will be inspired by technology to imagine, plan, create and share, which will support their lifelong learning.
Nurture
Pupils will build friendly and trusting relationships with other pupils and staff that will allow for collaborative work.
Educate
Pupils will be treated as individuals with their own skillsets and learning styles that will be encouraged to thrive through their learning.
Through ICT sessions and the wider curriculum, Bantock aims to ensure pupils:
- 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
- are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology
Purpose of Study
A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems. The core of computing is computer science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.
Early Years
Through access to a range of technology as well as structured modelling from adults, children will:
- recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They select and use technology for particular purposes.
- use what they have learnt about media and materials in original ways, thinking about uses and purposes. They represent their own ideas, thoughts and feelings through design and technology, art, music, dance, role-play and stories.
Pupils are taught to:
- understand what algorithms are, how they are implemented as programs on digital devices, and that programs execute by following precise and unambiguous instructions
- create and debug simple programs
- use logical reasoning to predict the behaviour of simple programs
- use technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content
- recognise common uses of information technology beyond school
- use technology safely and respectfully, keeping personal information private; identify where to go for help and support when they have concerns about content or contact on the internet or other online technologies
Pupils are taught to:
- design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller parts
- use sequence, selection, and repetition in programs; work with variables and various forms of input and output
- use logical reasoning to explain how some simple algorithms work and to detect and correct errors in algorithms and programs
- understand computer networks, including the internet; how they can provide multiple services, such as the World Wide Web, and the opportunities they offer for communication and collaboration
- use search technologies effectively, appreciate how results are selected and ranked, and be discerning in evaluating digital content
- select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information
- use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly; recognise acceptable/unacceptable behaviour; identify a range of ways to report concerns about content and contact
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