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School Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To give all the opportunity to be who God created them to be and have fullness of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our Computing Vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For our pupils to: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understand the fundamental principles and concepts of information and technology. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Foundations \u2013 Digital living skills) 
Know how to apply their skills to create programs, systems, and a range of content. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Applications \u2013 Digital working skills) 
Be digitally literate, creative, and active participants in a digital world. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Implications \u2013 Digital specialism) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The St. Peter\u2019s Elwick Computing Curriculum<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Computer science is the core of computing. It provides the foundations for our whole curriculum and includes concepts such as the internet, search technologies, the world wide web, programs and algorithms.
Programming allows our pupils to apply their knowledge of computer science by writing code. This part of the curriculum motivates and inspires pupils to create, explore and solve problems. We understand that learning to program can be difficult, so pupils focus on one aspect at a time, for example understanding programming language or learning through the lens of different concepts such as sequence, selection, variables or repetition.
Pupils are introduced to computational thinking. Our curriculum focuses on developing students\u2019 problem-solving and logical reasoning abilities through coding. Students learn to break complex problems into smaller, manageable steps and to design algorithms to solve them. They explore programming concepts, such as variables, loops, conditionals and functions using block-based programming language on Scratch, Microsoft Make Code and VEX IQ Code\/VR. Through hands-on activities, students develop resilience and a growth mindset, as they learn to experiment and debug their pieces of code. This important knowledge enables pupils to become skilful programmers. We have been so proud of our children and their growing confidence with programming, especially seeing their journey of designing and creating a robot, to competing regionally against other primary and secondary schools. This lays the foundation for their future and equips them with the essential skills for KS3 and beyond.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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