At St Barnabas and St Paul’s C.E. Primary School, we value the digital experiences of our children, and have developed a Computing curriculum that is broad, balanced and ambitious. We want our children to know more, remember more and be able to do more. Our progressive curriculum aims create experiences that will enable our pupils to be digitally aware and computer literate. It is our intention that we teach a Computing curriculum that allows our children to be computational thinkers in order to understand, and create a change in, the wider world.

Computing is essential in today’s digital age, as it builds foundational skills that are crucial for their future education and careers. Introducing children to basic typing helps improve their digital literacy and efficiency in using technology, while learning to use tools like Microsoft Forms encourages logical thinking and data interpretation. Coding with platforms such as ScratchJr and Scratch fosters creativity, problem-solving and resilience through fun and interactive projects. Exposure to various devices like iPads and laptops ensures children become confident and adaptable users of different technologies. Overall, early computing education empowers students to become not just consumers of technology, but active, informed creators in a digital world.

Our intention is that the Computing curriculum will prepare our students to be the best for God that they can be, in a world where technology is moving at an exponential rate. It is our intention that, by delivering our Computing curriculum in a balanced and logical way, our students will be comfortable in a world where they will face these technological changes, and will tackle them with hope, ambition and aspiration.

“We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” – David Warlick