Computing
At St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, we follow the National Centre for Computing Education’s (NCCE) Teach Computing curriculum for our Computing scheme of work. The NCCE is funded by the Department for Education and is making significant investment in improving the provision of computing education in England. Their vision is for every child in every school in England to have a world-leading computing education.
Our curriculum is designed to ensure there is comprehensive coverage of all areas of the subject. All learning outcomes are organised into ten strands:
- Algorithms – Be able to comprehend, design, create and evaluate algorithms.
- Computer networks – Understand how networks can be used to retrieve and share information, and how they come with associated risks.
- Computer systems – Understand what a computer is, and how its constituent parts function together as a whole.
- Creating media – Select and create a range of media including text, images, sounds and video.
- Data and information – Understand the activities involved in planning, creating and evaluating computing artefacts.
- Design and development – Understand the activities involved in planning, creating and evaluating computing artefacts.
- Effective use of tools – Use software tools to support computing work.
- Impact of technology – Understand how individuals, systems, and society as a whole interact with computer systems.
- Programming – Create software to allow computers to solve problems.
- Safety and security – Understand risks when using technology, and how to protect individuals and systems.
Internet Safety
St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School takes internet safety extremely seriously. We have an Online Safety Policy that provides guidance for teachers and children about how to use the internet safely as well as additional policies such as: Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy; Keeping Children Safe in Education; Behaviour Policy; Remote Learning Policy.
Each year group participates in regular lessons on E-safety and children understand how to stay safe when using technology. This is conducted via unit specific sessions using SafeZone, and also through the use of Google’s ‘Be an Internet Legend’ scheme of work and a range of resources and lessons from UK Safer Internet Centre.
We also take part in national initiatives which promote E-Safety e.g. Safer Internet Day.
