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We are Computer Experts
Computing Subject Leader
Miss Anna Gill
Our Intent for Computing
At Hasland Infant School we teach our children to become confident, competent, creative and safe users of technology. Our curriculum enables children to find and explore information whilst providing them with the necessary skills to be able to do this in an effective and safe way. We teach our children to become computing experts who understand that the effective use of technology can equip them with the skills needed for their future roles in life. At Hasland Infant School we emphasise the importance of online safety. Providing a broad and balanced online safety education for all ages is vital to ensuring that pupils can navigate the online world safely. We aim to use the teaching of online safety to empower our children to use the internet appropriately.
Click on the link below to view documents related to computers. These include The Computing Policy, Progression of Computing Knowledge and a Key Knowledge Grid.
Autumn Term
Throughout Autumn children at Hasland Infants and Nursery School have been focusing on ‘computer science’. This is the process of learning how computers and programs work by following, creating and decoding algorithms. An algorithm is a set of instructions that someone tells the program to follow in order to solve a problem.
Some examples of the learning we have completed in each year group are:
- In Nursery we have been following and creating sequences using a twister mat.
- In Reception we have been using positional language such as forwards, backwards, left and right to follow and create simple algorithms for a beebot.
- In Year 1 we have been using the language algorithm, command and sequence to create algorithms for the beebots and have begun to debug any errors in coding created.
- In Year 2 we have been using an online program called ‘Scratch Jr’. We have been coding, debugging and programming sprites using algorithms.
Spring Term
Throughout the Spring term children at Hasland Infants and Nursery School have been focusing on ‘information technology’. Information Technology is a term that encompasses all forms of technology used to create, store, exchange and use of information in its various forms.
Some examples of the learning we have completed in each year group are:
- In Nursery we have been naming some examples of technology e.g. computer, phone, I-Pad, tablet as well as naming some parts of a computer.
- In Reception we have been naming different types of technology that we use within the school setting and within our own homes. We have explored the different uses for the technology that is used and the different functions it has. We have also named different parts of a computer and have been practising our keyboard skills to type simple words.
- In Year 1 we have been naming a range of digital devices that we see and use inside school and our own homes as well as outside for example traffic lights, washing machines. We have also been beginning to make an online book about our recent topic and have done so by improving our keyboard skills by using the enter, space, full stop, backspace and capital letter keys.
- In Year 2 we have been finding out about the way technology can be used within different settings for example a library. We have also been looking at Animation and how this can be made by using programmes and applications.