Technology
Information & Communications Technology
In order to ensure our students are equipped with the skills needed to excel in an ever-changing world we promote ICT/Computing as an integral part of learning. The students follow the National Curriculum programmes of study for Computing which are linked to curriculum content. . The emphasis is on developing the skills needed to use ICT safely and effectively as a tool to support and enrich learning and improve progress across the curriculum. From the earliest possible age our children become confident in:
- Finding things out
- Developing ideas and making things happen
- Exchanging and sharing information
- Reviewing, modifying, and evaluating work as it progresses
- Coding
They achieve this through:
- Control technology (Blue-Bots)
- Mobile technology (tablets)
- Computing (laptops)
By the end of Year 6 students will be able to:
- Draft and edit skilfully
- Create animations
- Use advanced programming
- Upload and share work
- Search databases to respond to questions
- Write simple to complex computer codes (age dependent)
- Stay safe online
By the end of Year 9 students will be able to:
- Design, use and evaluate computational abstractions understand key algorithms that reflect computational thinking
- Use two or more programming languagesUse advanced programming
- Understand simple logic used in circuits and programming
- Understand the hardware and software components that make up computer systems
- Create, reuse, revise and re-purpose digital artefacts for a given audience
- Understand a range of ways to use technology safely, respectfully, responsibly securely