Computing Curriculum

The computing curriculum at Marlborough Road provides children with a:

• Relevant, coherent, progressive computing education that equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.:

computer science -The principles of information and computation, how digital systems work, and how to put this knowledge to use through programming.

 IT- to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. 

digital literacy - To use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world. 

E-safety - threaded throughout the units rather than being a unit in itself as it is important to ensure the messages around e-safety are reinforced throughout the year. 

• • Grounding in core disciplinary knowledge, and the ability to approach challenging, computing -valid questions:
  • Programming
  • Computational thinking
  • Creativity
  • Computer networks
  • Communication/collaboration
  • Productivity