At Saint Augustine’s Primary School Computing is used to support all curriculum areas and children are taught to become responsible, competent and creative users of information and communication technology using a range of devices. In Computing lessons, we follow the ‘Teach Computing’ scheme of work. Children learn about computer science – exploring the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work, and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are then equipped to use information technology to create a range of content including programs. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.

Our children begin their journey with technology in Early Years with access to a range of technology e.g. iPads, computers, BeeBots, stopwatches, and interactive whiteboards. Teachers facilitate children’s curiosity with challenge and modelling how to use the equipment safely and carefully. Teachers use aspects of ‘Switched on Computing in the Early Years’, matched to their medium term plans. The teaching of Computing in Key Stage One and Key Stage Two at Saint Augustine’s is informed by the scheme of work developed by Teach Computing. Units of learning are mapped out across the academic year, and wherever possible cross curricular links are made. Our Online Safety curriculum is Project Evolve which provides comprehensive and up to date lessons to develop pupils' knowledge of online safety. To support us with our implementation of the Computing curriculum we have a variety of hardware available to all teachers, including iPads, laptops and Beebots. Each classroom is provided with a visualiser, interactive whiteboard and desktop PC.

We measure the impact of our curriculum using the following methods:

- Children’s self assessments before and after the learning unit is delivered, with comments from the children once the unit is completed.

- Summative assessment of pupil discussions about their learning.

- Images of the children’s practical learning saved on school drives.

- Interviewing the pupils about their learning (pupil voice)

- Assessment for learning observations by class teachers against the assessment unit for the units of learning covered.

- End of unit assessments.

- In the Early Years curriculum, any observations gained support teachers to inform their judgements in all areas of learning.

A key part of implementing our Computing curriculum is to ensure that safety of our pupils is paramount. We take online safety very seriously and we aim to give children the necessary skills to keep themselves safe online. We use Project Evolve to deliver our standalone Online Safety lessons, demonstrating the importance of teaching children explicitly how to stay safe online. We use these in school alongside the ‘Be Internet Legends’ scheme of work. This is a scheme of work provided by Google, who worked with experts in internet safety (‘Parent Zone’ and ‘internetmatters.org’) to ensure that every element of the program addresses different aspects of online safety. Through the ‘Be Internet Legends’ curriculum children learn how to be ‘Sharp’, ‘Alert’, ‘Secure’, ‘Kind’ and ‘Brave’. For more information on these Internet Safety pillars please refer to Appendix 5 of the Online Safety Policy.