Computing

At Holy Family, our Computing curriculum prepares pupils to become confident, capable and responsible users of technology. We aim to develop the knowledge and skills children need to understand and use technology effectively while fostering curiosity, creativity and enjoyment in an ever-changing digital world.

Computing is taught through the Kapow Primary Computing scheme, which develops learning across the three key strands of Computer Science, Information Technology and Digital Literacy. Pupils revisit and build upon their learning through the areas of computer systems and networks, programming, creating media, data handling and online safety, enabling knowledge and skills to develop progressively as they move through the school.

Alongside the Kapow curriculum, pupils receive additional opportunities to develop their word-processing and digital presentation skills. They learn to create, organise, edit and present digital content with increasing independence, developing practical skills which can be applied across the wider curriculum and in future learning.

Online safety is an essential part of our Computing curriculum and wider school life. Pupils are taught how to use technology and the internet safely, responsibly and respectfully. They learn to protect personal information, recognise potential risks, make appropriate choices online and know how and when to seek help. Online safety learning is revisited regularly so that pupils can respond to the changing opportunities and challenges of the digital world.

Through practical and increasingly challenging learning, pupils develop their understanding of algorithms, programming, computer systems, data and digital content. They learn to create and debug programs, use logical reasoning, work with information and use search technologies with increasing effectiveness and discernment.

As pupils progress through Holy Family, they build upon their prior learning and become increasingly independent and digitally literate. We aim for pupils to leave us with the knowledge, skills and responsible attitudes needed to use technology confidently, access the next stage of their education and participate safely and effectively in an increasingly digital world.