Computing
Computing
Using technology throughout the curriculum we believe every learner should be empowered, inspired and prepared. Technology is fundamental within Holy Trinity enhancing both teaching and learning from electronic delivery of lesson content (reducing our printing and monitoring our environmental impact) through to coding robots and creating rich, multimedia content shared across the world.
Vision
We have a clear and simple vision; the children should be empowered, confident users of technology, safe online and aware of the dangers, inspired to create innovative digital content and prepared with skills for their future in a digital world.
It’s not just the children who get involved, with members of staff making just as much progress and taking just as many risks as the children. Technology is a core thread throughout lessons regardless of the subject or content, from Google Classroom to allow access to the curriculum for all, green-screen to bring learning to life or augmented reality to take learners on a journey across the world. The vision, planning and support ensures everyone makes ambitious choices and produces high quality work.
Computing Lessons
We use a computing curriculum designed and written by The National Centre for Computing Education (funded by the Department for Education). The progression journey can be seen below. This is used in conjunction with the online safety / digital citizenship lessons that we teach across the year too. More information about this can be found by clicking here.
How We Apply Computing Throughout the Curriculum
The children have many opportunities to use technology throughout their school day across the whole curriculum. We use a range of technology to enhance the learning experience though technology is not a substitution for pencil or paper, it is used to help deliver rich, multi media ideas in a creative and innovative way. From basic word processing to mastering presentations, all the basics are covered. However, the children’s experience soon develops and they are making web pages, apps and games, animations and using green screening. As they go through the school they explore augmented reality, coding languages such as Scratch, HTML, and Swift. We believe our curriculum gives them all the experiences they need to prepare them for 21st century lifestyles.
Technology is in all our lives. For our children it will form the basis of their future careers. Teaching them how to use it, create with it and stay safe while using it, is crucial to developing independent and confident digital learners with skills for the future.
Computing in Action at Holy Trinity
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- Accessing content through Google Classroom saving money on printing and reducing teacher workload.
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- Not all children like to be on stage in the school production. Some choose to help with the running of the music and lighting behind the scenes.
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- Computational thinking in action.
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- Coding Spheros to pop the other players balloons. DT combined with Coding to create a Robot War experience for Little Coders.
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- Collaborating on a multi touch book using Managed Apple IDs and Schoolwork.
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- Whole class coding sessions. Collaboration and critical thinking linked to the curriculum topic of transport.
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- Using green screen to enhance the learning experience and bring the Victorians to life.
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- Year 6 creating news reports using Keynote and the Instant Alpha tool.
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- Presenting to external teachers at Apple Education Summit.
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- Giving every learner a voice by recording their reading into multi touch books.
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- Using dictation to bridge the writing in books to text on an ebook.
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- Game of Drones in action. Applying block based coding to fly drones around an air course.
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- Children create their own emojis with their iPad and Logitech crayon.
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- Learning to debug algorithms and apply the knowledge of pollination from the curriculum at the same time through linked coding lessons.
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- Using Keynote to create t-shirt design mockups and a linked presentation website.
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- Using presentations tools and animation to explain their learning of the solar system.
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- Children use their iPad to document the RAF 100 year anniversary fly over.
