Computing
At Billesdon C of E Primary School, we use Purple Mash as our main resource to deliver the Computing curriculum. Our scheme uses mixed age plans to allow children to develop the statutory skills over a two year period to match our mixed age class structure.
Curriculum Overview - 2 year cycle - click here
Purple Mash Computing Scheme of Work Overview - click here
Purple Mash Progression of Skills document - click here
Parenting in a Digital World (advice for parents) - click here
Intent
At Billesdon C of E Primary School, we aim to provide our children with the necessary skills to use knowledge applied from Maths, Science and Design and Technology to understand computing systems. Our children need to be digitally literate across a wide range of platforms and systems so that they can access the digital world with confidence and skill. Our curriculum is designed to provide confidence and resilience for our children to be safe and overcome the challenges of the digital world whilst also being able to be creative and adaptable within a range of environments on and offline.
Implementation
Our children will be able to organise their knowledge, skill and understanding around our milestones of learning which are designed to reinforce and build upon their prior learning, make connections and develop subject specific vocabulary. Our progression of skills is mapped out in the document available above and is designed to sequentially build skills throughout cycles A & B for our mixed age classes.
Impact
At Billesdon, we teach explicit Computing skills which are assessed continuously throughout lessons and across units of work. At the end of a unit, children use quizzes and their Knowledge Organisers for each unit to reflect upon their knowledge and understanding and our assessment systems enable teachers to make judgements about the learning and progress made.
Link to the National Curriculum for Computing - click here
Link to ParentZone website for a range of advice - click here
