Computing
Computing Lead - Miss Collier
At Ashurst Primary School, we understand the immense value that technology plays not only in supporting the Computing and whole school curriculum but overall in the day-to-day life of our school. Our aims are to fulfil the requirements of the National Curriculum for Computing whilst also providing enhanced collaborative learning opportunities, engagement in rich content and supporting pupil’s conceptual understanding of new concepts which support the needs of all our pupils.
National Curriculum Aims
Key Stage 1 Objectives
Pupils should be taught to:
Key Stage 2 Objectives Pupils should be taught to:
Wider Curriculum Computing will also be embedded into the Wider Curriculum which will give children the opportunity to use computing alongside other subjects to demonstrate and practise skills in a variety of situations. |
Computing at Ashurst Primary School
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Spreadsheets - Children have been exploring how to enter date into a spreadsheet. Children have learnt that information entered into a spreadsheet can be turned into a chart.
Year 4
Year 5
Spreadsheets - Children have been learning how to create formulae to model and solve a given problem including using text variables. Children have then used their spreadsheet skills to plan out a cake sale.
Year 6
Cross-curricular links using Technology
Year 3 - Geography
As part of the children’s learning enquiry to "investigate how many different ways land can be used in the UK", they used technology to look at different types of maps in their local area.
Year 5 - Geography
The children were continuing to learn the countries of North America by using the online game ‘World Geography Games’.