Why we teach Computing at St. Chad’s
Computing equips our pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. It also has deep links with mathematics, science, and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems.
Computing teaches our pupils 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, our pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content.
Computing also ensures that our 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.
How we teach Computing at St. Chad’s
Computing skills are taught discretely in designated lessons once a week in Year 1 to Year 6. Our pupils are also encouraged to apply their skills across all areas of learning such as creating PowerPoint presentations and Comic book designing programs in Literacy, animations and digital pieces in Art and Design and generating graphs in Science and Maths.
St. Chad’s is committed to e-safety and so our pupils are regularly taught how to keep themselves safe in cyberspace through age appropriate activities.
What we aim to achieve through the teaching of Computing at St. Chad’s
To ensure that all of our pupils:
- can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
- can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems
- can 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