Computing
'Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionise the way we learn.'
Steve Jobs.
Vision for Computing
At Hucknall Flying High Academy, we aim to provide high-quality computing education that equips children with the skills required to flourish in an ever-changing digital world. Technology will play a pivotal role in children’s lives. Therefore, being safe and confident digital users is at the heart of our curriculum. We aim to model and educate our pupils to use technology positively, responsibly and safely. Our computing curriculum focuses on a progression of skills in digital literacy (evaluating digital content and using technology safely and respectfully), computer science (programming and understanding how digital systems work), information technology (using computing systems to store, retrieve and send information) and online safety to ensure that children become competent in safely using, as well as understanding, technology. Where appropriate we embed computing across the curriculum to make learning creative and accessible. We want our pupils to be fluent with a range of computing tools to be able to express their understanding in a variety of ways.
Aims:
Our computing curriculum aims for all pupils to be able to:
- understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer
science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
- analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience
of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems
- evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar
technologies, analytically to solve problems
- be responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and
communication technology.
Computing Key Knowledge Performance Descriptors (KKPDs)
Computing in Action