Computing

A high‑quality computing education enables pupils to develop computational thinking, creativity and a strong understanding of how digital systems work, helping them to use technology confidently and purposefully.

 

At All Saints CE Primary School, pupils become digitally literate by using a range of software to create, organise and manage information, understanding and creating algorithms and simple programs, and using logical reasoning to explain and debug their work. They also learn how computer networks and the internet support communication and collaboration, and how to use search technologies thoughtfully and critically. Crucially, pupils are taught e‑safety: they learn to use technology safely and respectfully, protect personal information, evaluate online content with care, and know where to seek help if they encounter concerning content or contact. To ensure this remains embedded and relevant, e‑safety topics are revisited once every term as part of our ongoing commitment to safe and responsible digital citizenship.

Our approach to computing begins in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), where children explore and make sense of the world around them through play, investigation and observation, laying the foundations for later computing concepts. While formal computing is introduced in Key Stage 1, EYFS pupils begin to develop an awareness of using technology safely through our PSHE curriculum, where early e‑safety themes are introduced in age‑appropriate ways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year group		Unit 1	2	3	4	5	6
Year 1	Teach computing	Computing Systems and networks - Technology all around us.	Creating media - digital painting	Programming A - moving a robot.	Data and information - grouping data	Creating media - digital writing.	Programming B - introduction to animation.
	Project Evolve	Project Evolve: privacy and security	Project Evolve: Copyright and ownership	Project Evolve: online bullying & Online reputation	Project Evolve: Managing online information	Project Evolve: online relationships	Project Evolve: Health, wellbeing and lifestyle & Self Image
Year 2	Teach computing	Computing systems and networks - IT around us.	Creating media - digital photography	Programming A - Robot Algorithms	Data and information - pictograms	Creating media - making music	Programming B - An introduction to quizzes.
	Project Evolve	online relationships	Online reputation & Copyright and ownership	Self-Image	online Bullying & Health, wellbeing and lifestyle	privacy and security	managing online information
Year 3	Teach computing	Computing systems and networks - connecting computers	Creating media - Animation	Programming A - sequence in music	Data and information - branching databases	Creating media - desk top publishing	Programming B - Events and actions
	Project Evolve	Online relationships	Self Image	online bullying & copyright and ownership	Managing online information	health, wellbeing and lifestyle & privacy and security	Online reputation
Year 4	Teach computing	Computing systems and networks - The Internet	Creating media - audio editing	Programming A - repetition in shapes	Data and information - Data Logging	Creating media - Photo editing	Programming B - repetition in games
	Project Evolve	managing online information	online relationships & online reputation	privacy and security & copyright and ownership	health, wellbeing and lifestyle	online bullying	Self image
Year 5	Teach computing	Computing systems and networks - systems and searching	Creating media - Video Production	Programming A - Selection in physical computing Programming A microbit version if you have no Crumbles	Data and information - flat file databases	Creating media - introduction to vector graphics	Programming B - selection in quizzes
	Project Evolve	online reputation & privacy and security	online relationships	Self-image & copyright and ownership	online bullying	health, wellbeing and lifestyle	managing online information
Year 6	Teach computing	Computing systems and networks - Communication and collaboration	Data and information - Introduction to spreadsheets	Programming A - variables in games	Creating media - 3D modelling	Creating media - Web page creation	Programming B - Sensing Movement
	Project Evolve	self-image & online bullying	health, wellbeing and lifestyle	online reputation & copyright and ownership	managing information online	online relationships	privacy and security