What does Computing look like in the classroom?

At Ledbury Primary School children are fortunate to experience using a range of up to date technology. This maybe using Laptops, iPads, programmable machines such as Beebots as well as using interactive whiteboards alongside their teachers during lessons.

When teaching Computing lessons, we break our curriculum into 3 sections: 

1. Digital Literacy (Online Safety) 

These lessons are designed to teach children to use technology safely and responsibly.

2. Information Technologies (IT)

These lessons are designed to equip children with skills in typing, recording and presenting information in a variety of different ways (Microsoft Office, Email and App based).

3. Computer Science (Programming)

These lesson are designed to teach children how programs are designed and how they work 'behind the scenes'. (Scratch Jr (KS2) and Beebots/A.L.E.X (KS1).

Computing at Home

Recommended Reads for Computing

Non-Fiction:

• The Story of People by Catherine Barr
• Coding for Beginners - Using Scratch by Rosie Dickins
• The Way Things Work by Neil Ardley

Fiction:

• Cosmic by Frank Cotterill-Boyce
• A Computer called Katherine by Suzanne Slade
• You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Satellites! by Ian Graham
• The Boy Who Thought Outside The Box by Marcie Wessels
• Peter and Pablo the Printer by Jeffrey Ito