Computing

At the Manor Field Schools, we believe that Digital Learning is vital for children to be able to access the modern world safely. Children need to be equipped with a wide range of skills, to enable them to be successful using technology that may not even be invented yet.  It is essential that children are able to monitor their own digital wellbeing to ensure that they create positive digital habits that are right for them as individuals. They must also be trained in on-line safety, to ensure they make responsible decisions to keep themselves and others safe online.

Children learn best through purposeful and real-life contexts. Across each year, a balance of computer literacy and computer science is taught, to ensure children are equipped with a range of skills. Within these units, communication, digital wellbeing and e-safety are also covered. Our curriculum recognises that, as well as gaining practical skills, children need to learn how to be responsible and principled digital users. Children are taught the vocabulary needed to discuss and explain their computational thinking, and technical language is consistently modelled by teaching staff.

Computing lessons are structured so that children have time to experiment with new technologies, exploring similarities and differences between applications. Children are encouraged to be resilient and apply their previous knowledge to solve problems.

As computing technology is constantly changing and evolving, we aim for learners to:

• Know the value of technology in an ever changing world;
• Be digitally literate and able to select and use technology successfully;
• Be confident to use unfamiliar technologies, identifying the links between these.