COMPUTING
Computing Intent
Computing is taught throughout the school in all year groups. Students have access to their own iPads for computing lessons. These iPads can also be used in other lessons to ensure that computing skills are cross-curricular.
All classes will have individual lessons on e-safety in conjunction with RSHE lessons so that all students understand acceptable and non-acceptable use within society today. The CUSP iPad curriculum that is used in conjunction with the Teach Computing curriculum is KS2 and KS3 has strong cross curricular links with online safety and RSHE.
Currently, class 5 are undertaking a GSCE computing course (OCR exam board).
An overview of areas that we will be looking at are as follows:
Class 1
- Relationships & Being Kind, Refusing & Reporting and Handling & Reporting Mean Behaviour
- Special effects
- Computer systems and networks – Communication and networks
- Programming introduction and development
Classes 2 and 3
- App development
- Modelling data using spreadsheets.
- Developing for the web
- Programming skills – Scratch and introduction to Python
Class 4
- Python programming
- Media – Animations
- Data science
- Cyber security
Class 5
- Programming introduction and extension – Python
- Data representations
- Network security
- Impacts of technology
Class 6
- Online safety
- IT and the world of work
- Media
- Physical computing – Build a robot buggy
Careers
Studying computing enables students to learn the skills for a wide range of technical careers including:
- Web developer
- Software Tester
- Data scientist
- Software developer
- Systems programmer
- Network administrator