Ormiston South Parade Academy believes that every child should have the right to a curriculum that champions excellence; supporting pupils in achieving to the very best of their abilities. We understand the immense value technology plays not only in supporting the Computing and whole school curriculum but overall in the day-to-day life of our school. We believe that technology can provide: enhanced collaborative learning opportunities; better engagement of pupils; easier access to rich content; support conceptual understanding of new concepts and can support the needs of all our pupils.
Our aims:
Provide an exciting, rich, relevant and challenging computing curriculum for all pupils.
Teach pupils to become responsible, respectful and competent users of data, information and communication technology.
Provide technology solutions for forging better home and school links.
Instil critical thinking, reflective learning and a ‘can do’ attitude for all our pupils, particularly when engaging with technology and its associated resources.
Enthuse and equip children with the capability to use technology throughout their lives.
Teach pupils to understand how information is used, stored, created, retrieved, shared and manipulated.
Utilise computational thinking beyond the Computing curriculum.
Equip pupils with skills, strategies and knowledge that will enable them to reap the benefits of the online world, whilst being able to minimise risk to themselves or others.
Areas of computing to be covered in Key Stage 1
Digital Literacy:
Online Safety
Technology outside school
Effective Searching
Computer Science:
Grouping & Sorting
Lego Builders
Maze Explorers
Coding
Information Technology:
Pictograms
Animated Story Books
Spreadsheets
Questioning
Creating Pictures
Making Music
Presenting Ideas
Areas of computing to be covered in Key Stage 2
Digital Literacy:
Online Safety
Email (including email safety)
Computer Science:
Coding
Logo
Hardware Investigators
Game Creator
Text Adventures
Networks
Understanding Binary
Information Technology:
Touch Typing
Spreadsheets
Branching Databases
Simulations
Graphing
Presenting
Writing for Different Audiences
Animation
Effective Searching
Making Music
Databases
3D Modelling
Concept Maps
Word Processing
Blogging
Quizzing