Computing-Curriculum-Overview-for-Parents
💻 Computing Curriculum at Tebay Primary School
At Tebay Primary School, we aim to prepare our pupils for a rapidly evolving digital world through a Computing curriculum that promotes computational thinking, creativity, and online safety. Our teaching follows the Kapow Primary scheme, providing a clear and progressive learning journey from EYFS to the end of Key Stage 2. Every child at Tebay Primary School has access to their own laptop device.
📚 Our Curriculum Structure
Computing is taught across the following key stages:
- Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
- Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)
- Key Stage 2 (Years 3–6)
Each stage builds on prior knowledge to ensure children develop key digital and coding skills with increasing independence.
🧠 Implementation: How We Teach Computing
Each lesson follows a consistent structure to ensure knowledge retention and skill development:
- 🔁 Recall & Retrieve – Revisiting prior knowledge to strengthen connections.
- 💡 Concept Introduction – Explicitly teaching new vocabulary and computing concepts.
- 🧠 Hands-on Practice – Applying knowledge through coding, data handling, or digital creativity.
- 🗣️ Discussion & Reflection – Evaluating processes and problem-solving collaboratively.
- ✅ Knowledge Stamp – Consolidating learning with a short recap or quiz.
🎯 Impact: What Our Pupils Gain
By the end of each key stage, pupils will:
- Be confident, safe, and responsible users of technology.
- Understand key principles of computer science.
- Use technology creatively to communicate ideas.
- Apply computational thinking to real-world problems.
🐣 Computing in the Early Years (EYFS)
In EYFS, children begin exploring technology through play and everyday experiences, following Kapow EYFS Computing. They learn how digital devices are used in the world around them and start to develop an early understanding of digital literacy.