Intent

Technology is ever evolving and therefore continuingly altering everyone’s lives around us. In these rapidly changing times, Carr Green Primary School aims to teach computing to equip our children to take part fully in a world where school, home life and future aspirations are continually being transformed by the many aspects of technology we now take for granted each day.

Here at Carr Green, it is our intention to enable our children to gain confidence and knowledge to explore, analyse, exchange and present information in a responsible way through the use of technology. It is our aim to ensure that children leave Carr Green computer literate, knowing more about computer systems, remembering how to use technology safely and responsibly, and understanding more about the role computers play in our daily lives.

The national curriculum for computing aims to ensure that all 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

To ensure this happens, children are exposed to a range of technology enabling them to be confident, creative and independent learners. It is our intention that children have every opportunity available to allow them to achieve this through both discrete teaching of skills and provide opportunities through other subjects to use and enhance their developed skills.