At Wednesbury Oak Academy, we begin our Computing Curriculum in each year group with a unit looking at different aspects of Online Safety. This is then built upon throughout the year, both in Computing lessons, PSHE and the wider curriculum. We also participate in Online Safety Day each February.

 

Computing is taught in blocks to allow children to spend quality time within each unit and build on their skills taught in previous year groups. Purple Mash planning is used to deliver the Computing curriculum, the planning is split into three strands. The three strands of ‘Digital Literacy’, ‘Information Technology’ and ‘Computer Science’ are taught in each year group, with the skills and knowledge required becoming progressively more complex.

 

We have three trolleys of iPads and a three Chromebook trolleys to ensure that all year groups have the opportunity to use a range of devices and programs for many purposes across the wider curriculum, as well as in discrete computing lessons.