Intent

At Jenyns we understand that our pupils have a variety and range of digital experiences already through everyday life. We see it as our mission to prepare our children for society and future job roles that are yet to have even been imagined.

Technology is everywhere and will play a pivotal part in students' lives. Therefore, we want to model and educate our pupils on how to use technology positively, responsibly and safely. We want our pupils to be creators not consumers and our broad curriculum encompassing computer science, information technology and digital literacy reflects this. We want our pupils to understand that there is always a choice with using technology and as a school we utilise technology to model positive use. Building our knowledge in this subject will allow pupils to effectively demonstrate their learning through creative use of technology. We recognise that technology can allow pupils to share their learning in creative ways. We also understand the accessibility opportunities technology can provide for our pupils. Our knowledge rich curriculum must be balanced with the opportunity for pupils to apply their knowledge creatively which will in turn help our pupils become skilful computer scientists. We encourage staff to try and embed computing across the whole curriculum to make learning creative and accessible.

Implementation

We use Kapow as a supportive tool to deliver our computing curriculum.

On-line safety is implicit in our teaching and is taught as the first lesson of each half term.

We feel the majority of computing should be embedded across the curriculum.

Impact

We encourage our children to enjoy and value the curriculum we deliver. We will constantly ask the WHY behind their learning and not just the HOW. We want learners to discuss, reflect and appreciate the impact computing has on their learning, development and well-being.  Finding the right balance with technology is key to an effective education and a healthy lifestyle. We feel the way we implement computing helps children realise the need for the right balance and one they can continue to build on in their next stage of education and beyond.  The way pupils showcase, share, celebrate and publish their work will best show the impact of our curriculum.

We also look for evidence through reviewing pupil’s knowledge and skills digitally through Seesaw.