Computing Lead: Beccy Walker
At Luston and Shobdon we promote an environment where everyone feels welcome, included, represented and treated fairly. Everyone is encouraged and supported to take part in lessons. Computing is an essential life skill and our children know the increasing importance of Computing both in the classroom, and in their everyday life. The Computing curriculum is designed to equip children with the knowledge and the understanding that they will need to be active participants in a digital world. We teach children to use their computational thinking skills and design and create their own digital content.
What does Computing look like across the Federation?Â
Online Safety with Education for a Connected World
Our Computing Curriculum explicitly incorporates one of our ‘Lifelong Literacies’- Digital Literacy. Our aim for our Digital Literacy focus is to empower learners to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital world.Â
We have taken age-appropriate outcomes from Education for a Connected World- UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCIS), which gives guidance to support children to live knowledgeably, responsibly and safely in a digital world. This framework focuses on eight strands of online education:
It can be found in hard copy hereÂ
