At St. Peter’s Catholic Primary School, we want every child to be happy and enthusiastic learners of Computing, and to be eager to achieve their very best in order to fulfil their God-given talents. We firmly believe that the recipe for success is high quality first teaching in Computing, which is central to the life of our happy, caring school. Computing equips learners to use computational thinking and creativity to understand the digital world we live in. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science and design and technology, and ensures that learners become digitally literate, offering the opportunity to learn in different ways.

Our principal aim is that children leave St. Peter’s Catholic Primary School with a wide range of happy and rich memories in Computing formed through interesting and exciting experiences driven through vehicles that enhance a child’s awareness of their own abilities and strengths as a learner; thus ensuring that children see learning in Computing as an ongoing process not a one-off event.

• Children will meet the National Curriculum expectations in Computing, which will be taught by highly-enthusiastic qualified staff who will support children to develop mastery of concepts and inspire enthusiasm and interest in the subject.

• Children will develop a deep understanding of the subjects they are studying. They will increasingly use their prior knowledge to solve problems and develop the sophistication of Computing.

• Children will understand how Catholic virtues and British Values relate to Computing.

• In Computing, children will develop the skills to appropriately and safely use computational thinking and creativity to understand the changing world. They will develop deep links with mathematics, science and design technology in natural and artificial systems.

• Information technology will be used to create programs, systems and a range of content at a level suitable for the future work place as active participants in a digital world.

• Children will develop a real understanding and appreciation of the world, learning from the best that has been developed and said.