We intend for our Computing Curriculum to be aspirational, enabling and inclusive, as well as ambitious and innovative.

We intend for our Computing Curriculum at East Hunsbury Primary School to:

• Empower children to gain and develop the knowledge, skills, understanding and confidence that will equip them for an ever-changing and evolving digital world;
• Ensure every child develops a long-term understanding of computing in order for them to be able to use technology responsibly, effectively and safely;
• Develop responsible and confident digital citizens who play an active, safe part in the digital world and who leave our primary phase equipped with an armoury of transferrable digital skills.
• Teach pupils how to use computational thinking to think critically; including know how to use algorithms, debug, ask questions and find patterns.
• Provide our children with the necessary tools to gain access to all levels of employment and professions of the future.

We intend for our Computing Curriculum to teach children the knowledge and skills of how to stay safe online and in the future.

We have developed our computing curriculum alongside the expertise of the Denbigh School Computing Hub; consequently, Computing at East Hunsbury Primary School is taught through the Teach Computing Curriculum, which is aligned to match the scope and ambition of the National Curriculum. At East Hunsbury Primary School, we adapt the curriculum to ensure that it meets the needs of our learners and our community.

The Computing Curriculum is sequenced coherently to ensure that substantive and disciplinary knowledge builds through six distinct strands which are:

1. Creating Media - A
2. Programming - A
3. Computing Systems and Networks
4. Data and Information
5. Creating Media - B
6. Programming - B

with online behaviours underpinning all of these strands.

Our Core Computing Curriculum covers 10 main areas of study:

1. Networks
2. Creating Media
3. Data & Information
4. Design & Development
5. Computing Systems
6. Impact of Technology
7. Algorithms
8. Programming
9. Effective Use of tools
10. Safety & Security

Pupils are taught computing each half term, which alternates between unit specific teaching and embedding key learning. It is taught through whole-class interactive teaching with pupils challenged and scaffolded as appropriate when working on a given computing concept, principle or content. 

Online Behaviours and E-Safety are specifically taught and addressed on a monthly basis through Project Evolve which resources each of the 330 statements from UK Council for Internet Safety’s Framework (UKCIS): ‘Education for a Connected World.” The following areas are covered through this framework:

1. Self-Image and Identity
2. Online Relationships
3. Online Reputation
4. Online Bullying
5. Managing Online Information
6. Health, Wellbeing and Lifestyle
7. Privacy and Security
8. Copyright and Ownership 

The curriculum is further supported by National Online Safety lessons and we are a National Online Safety Certified School. About Us | National Online Safety 

They are also taught discretely as part of initiatives such as Safer Internet Day.  

Our Computing Starts from the Early Years:

 Computing and online behaviours are taught through:  

• Personal, social and emotional development 
  • Show resilience and perseverance in the face of challenges.
  • Know and talk about different factors that support their health and wellbeing.
  • Sensible amounts of screen time

• Physical Development
  • Develop their small motor skills so they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently.

• Understanding the World

• Expressive Arts and Design
  • Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, form and function.

This then builds into Year 1 through Creative Media and Technology around us.

Building on from the Early Years

We measure the impact of the computing curriculum, primarily through the pupils’ work to show evidence and impact of learning. Other methods of assessment we use to evaluate the impact of our curriculum on our intended learning outcomes are: 

• Retrieval quizzes, 
• Pupil voice
• Staff surveys
• Learning walk
• Summative assessments

These are assessed by the teacher to ascertain whether the learner has met the intended outcomes of the unit through learning objective statements from each lesson. This is recorded on a grid and stored centrally to allows the current and next teacher to focus on the level.