Our pupils will understand and know how to use technology as a tool that enables them to connect and communicate, widening their perspectives and enabling them to experience a world beyond the classroom. They will understand the benefits of technology but also be critical thinkers demonstrating an awareness of how to be caring citizens of the world.
At PSJ, our three curricular strands of Computing are:
Digital Literacy = technology around us, the use of IT and E-safety
Computer Science – Programming and E-safety
Information Technology – creating content, media, data handling and E-safety
The subject topics are mapped out to ensure coverage and to identify, logically and systematically, a clear progression in learning linked to these Big Ideas. Our Big Ideas in computing ensure that children learn and understand both substantive and disciplinary knowledge. Computing is taught fortnightly and each year group has three main units that are taught covering the National Curriculum objectives for their Key Stage. Our pupils keep Computing Journals to evidence their learning for each unit of work and access their learning and activities from Google Classroom.
We will also be reviewing our Computing Curriculum this year to help pupils become critical users of AI. This will include questioning whether AI-generated information is accurate, recognising that AI systems can make mistakes and understanding that AI-generated images and videos may not be genuine.