At Sir John Heron, our Computing curriculum is designed to empower every child to become a confident, capable, and responsible digital citizen. Computing is a vital element of our structured and progressive curriculum. We are committed to ensuring that every child has access to a curriculum that fosters curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking, equipping them with essential knowledge and skills for the digital age. Computing plays a key role in achieving the overarching goals of our curriculum, which include enabling children to master a broad range of knowledge and skills, fostering a rich vocabulary, promoting healthy and active citizenship, and providing opportunities for cultural development and enrichment. Additionally, our curriculum supports the growth of important skills like resilience and the ability to take risks, which are essential for successful learning.

This curriculum equips students with the essential knowledge and skills required for their future education and prepares them to navigate and contribute to modern Britain with confidence and responsibility. Computing plays a key role in achieving the overarching goals of our curriculum, which include enabling children to develop digital literacy, computational thinking, and ethical use of technology, while fostering collaboration and problem-solving. Additionally, our curriculum supports the growth of important skills like resilience and the ability to take risks, which are essential for successful learning.

At Sir John Heron Primary, our Computing curriculum is thoughtfully designed to make a significant and positive impact on our students, supporting their overall development. We utilise the Teach Computing framework to build on prior knowledge and skills.

Our lessons emphasise active participation and comprehension through engaging strategies. Teacher-led discussions and open-ended questions are employed as ongoing formative assessments, ensuring students remain actively involved and understand the material. This approach fosters a collaborative and dynamic classroom atmosphere. Lessons include practical, hands-on activities such as coding, digital design, and multimedia projects. A mix of individual, paired, and group tasks is incorporated to encourage collaboration and problem-solving.

To ensure all children make progress, we employ formative assessment techniques such as questioning, peer feedback, and teacher observations during lessons. Summative assessments, including SIMS and topic-end evaluations, help identify next steps for learning. KWL grids are further used to track learning and enable students to reflect on their progress and take ownership of their development.

By the end of Year 6, children at Sir John Heron will be confident, skilled, and responsible users of technology. They would have developed the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in an increasingly digital world. The key outcomes include: Digital literacy, computational thinking, creativity and innovation, understanding the impact of technology and problem solving. Our students will be equipped to embrace technology as creators, innovators, and critical thinkers, ready to excel in secondary school and prepared for a life in the digital age.