Curriculum Overview
At New Road Primary School we offer high-quality computing education to equip pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.
We aim to strengthen the deep links computing has with mathematics, science and design and technology, and help to provide insights into both natural and artificial systems.
Teachers use the Teach Computing Curriculum to deliver their lessons. Each lesson is sequenced so it builds on the learning from the previous lesson and where appropriate , activities are scaffolded so that all pupils can succeed and thrive. Scaffolded activities provide pupils with extra resources such as visual prompts so all pupils can reach the same learning goals.
The curriculum is structured in units covering the following 10 strands:
Algorithms
Computer networks
Computer systems
Creating media
Data and information
Design and development
Effective use of tools
Impact of technology
Programming
Safety and security
Every lesson includes formative assessment opportunities for the teachers to use. They vary from teacher observation or questioning to marked activities. These assessments ensure that teachers are adapting their teaching to suit the needs of the children.
Here is an overview of the curriculum from Year 1 - Year 6 and below is the vocabulary that is explicitly taught in each year group-