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2 March 2023: About this web page
This microsite or single web page has been created as a way of organising all of the materials that have been produced to support the leadership of the Computing curriculum.
Shortcuts or quick links to key documents:
Learning journey or road map for sequence of learning Computational Thinking for Autumn Term 2.
Learning journey or road map for sequence of learning Digital Citizenship for Autumn Term 1.
Learning journey or road map for sequence of learning Programming 1 (Spring Term at Willow Brook)
Learning journey or road map for sequence of learning Programming 2 (Spring Term at Willow Brook).
Learning journey or road map for sequence of learning Creative Media for Summer Term 1.
Learning journey or road map for sequence of learning Data Science for Summer Term 2.
How Computing is taught at Willow Brook single page guide (effective from September 2023)
1 November 2022: Computing Statement of Intent
At Willow Brook Primary School Academy, Computing pushes the boundaries of understanding, knowledge and application (through cross curricular links with other subjects) to globally recognised standards. We do not want our children to simply be passive consumers of technology. We want them to be content creators and prepare them to be digital citizens of the future who are able to successfully, safely and securely navigate our ever evolving online World.
Computing and technology is everywhere for everyone.
Computer Science Skills Circle
Computer Science Skills Circle
Adapted from the "Engineering Habits of Mind" developed by the Centre for Real World Engineering, University of Winchester and Royal Academy of Engineering (2014)
14 March 2023: National STEM Learning Centre residential workshops brochure 2022-23
In my capacity as the National STEM Learning Centre Project Enthuse grant Leader, I am sharing this document to sign post colleagues to the programme of residential workshops covered bthe grant.
drive.google.com/file/d/1uRWOT0-Ykzlsz_g40s9wpsZJrWAOe2Ai/view?usp=sharing
14 March 2023: National STEM Learning Centre residential workshops brochure 2022-23
In my capacity as the National STEM Learning Centre Project Enthuse grant Leader, I am sharing this document to sign post colleagues to the programme of residential workshops covered bthe grant.
drive.google.com/file/d/1uRWOT0-Ykzlsz_g40s9wpsZJrWAOe2Ai/view?usp=sharing
14 March 2023: National STEM Learning Centre residential workshops brochure 2022-23
In my capacity as the National STEM Learning Centre Project Enthuse grant Leader, I am sharing this document to sign post colleagues to the programme of residential workshops covered by the grant.
drive.google.com/file/d/1uRWOT0-Ykzlsz_g40s9wpsZJrWAOe2Ai/view?usp=sharing
12 March 2023: Executive Guide to Computing at Willow Brook
This document sets out how the Computing Curriculum has been organised, with an overview of what will be taught and when. The document also includes the "Computing through the school year" statement with links to the Curriculum Maps I have written for each of the blocks or pillars of knowledge as well as explain why the Computing Curriculum has been organised in the way described.
5 March 2023: Cross curricular links between Computing with Design and Technology
An extract from the Kapow Primary scheme of works where I have highlighted the links between Computing with Design and Technology.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Dil8svUPJPDobTO1s1us4y9XKg_GUi3j/view?usp=share_link
2 March 2023: Essential Minimum Expectations in Computing - Digital Literacy Statement
Digital Literacy is such a core component of the Computing Curriculum, this single presentation slide lists the ten pupil end points which have been identified as essential minimum expectations for all learners.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Rav2SIsqxQtx3GnuOZnXthXu_0603s4c/view?usp=sharing
2 March 2023: Introduction to the Teach Computing National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE)
Not quite a "one page" to describe how the Primary Computing curriculum is organised but an introduction to the Teach Computing Scheme of Work and bank of resources produced by the National Centre for Computing Education. The document describes how the Teach Computing Scheme of Work is organised into ten strands and how they map to the expectations publicly stated by Ofsted for how teaching Primary Computing be organised.
drive.google.com/file/d/1lBi9VddtaDSCvuviMNSsyY3kC_B2LjH3/view?usp=sharing
26 February 2023: The crisis with Computing in Primary Schools
I have been a member of the Computing at School Community of Practice since Summer 2016. The Computing at School Community is a grassroots organisation established in 2008 whose founders held the vision of "a high quality computing education for all". Becoming subject lead for Computing in Summer 2020, I volunteered to become the Computing at School Community Leader for the Waltham Forest (Mixed) Community. This blog hosted on the Computing at School website was a personal reflection from the #ILoveComputing23 Teach Computing London Conference post conference TeachMeet social of the timetabling challenges for Computing.
3 January 2023: Computer Programming or coding microsite, Spring Term 2023
The microsite or single web page to signpost and organise the teaching materials and resources created with planning records for computer programming lessons taught across the school during Spring Term 2023. The items have been listed in date order, with the most recent nearest the top. Willow Brook follows the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) 12 principles of Computing Pedagogy.
24 November 2022: Computing Long Term Plan
Titles of the blocks or sequences of lessons which will be taught to each year group across the school year. Essentially Computational Thinking and Digital Citizenship will be taught in the Autumn Term, Computer Programming or Coding will be through the Spring Term with Digital Literacy and Data Science in the Summer Term. Teaching is organised into blocks or sequences which are broadly Half Termly in length. Some of the titles have been taken from those used in the Scheme of Works from Kapow Primary.
drive.google.com/file/d/1p9hA9Ht1s1DxC63FJojTXuU8FbMZ0nxM/view?usp=share_link
24 October 2022: Computing at Willow Brook > Curriculum meetings speaker notes
Following the Curriculum Meetings for Parents and Carers held across the School from 17th until 20th October 2022, these are the speaker notes from the Computing presentation which have been updated to include the comments and feedback received.
drive.google.com/file/d/1X0ggQ5Mc1Q3rY3qxmEsSRDfvGOTXAnqV/view?usp=sharing
6 October 2022: Primary Computing ‘aide-memoire’ at Willow Brook Primary School Academy
This document is a meticulously forensic analysis of the questions set out in the "Primary Computing Aide-Memoire". (2 March 2023) Some of the responses and statements given in this document have already had to be re-written.
drive.google.com/file/d/1wfrafWwz2NukFdsJFjidUbTvhRaa5nlj/view?usp=sharing
6 October 2022: Computing in Early Years at Willow Brook
This document sets the learning targets for the Computing Curriculum in Early Years at Willow Brook. These learning targets have been based on the Development Matters Guidance and link directly or prepare children for the KS1 Computing National Curriculum.
drive.google.com/file/d/1FHzvZD4WYkGNdo7TdgR6rQsHseAgGJrb/view
6 October 2022: Computational Thinking progression document
A document I created to show the progression pathway in Computational Thinking by using the "I can..." statements from the Technology in our Lives strand of the Primary Computing: End of Year expectations framework compiled by the Somerset County Council e-Learning and Information Management (eLIM) service and distributed by the National STEM Learning Centre.
drive.google.com/file/d/1DsUnX-CIQLzIB867ez5pcLKp4yr_F7bo/view?usp=sharing
1 October 2022: Introductory guide to the teaching sequence in Computing
A single page document which sets out the order in which the Computing Curriculum will be taught, the expected structure of each lesson and a description on how learning is expected to be evidenced. [5 March 2023: From the discussions with the wider Computer Science teaching community Conference hosted by the Teach Computing Hubs I attended on 25 February 2023, I realised that the school does not have adequate technical capacity or systems in place to evidence learning electronically. The technical term for this is 'no easily accessible student view'. Furthermore, wider discussions about the prevalence of systems and services such as ChatGPT reveals the significant gap with authenticating learner's progress. It is proposed therefore to revert from the earliest possible opportunity to paper based evidence until an authentic student-centred view of electronic evidence to support their learning can be achieved].
drive.google.com/file/d/1qup9K-PNAAoCD9xOa195TZM9nXUiMDg3/view?usp=sharing
18 September 2022: Computational Thinking progression matrix
A document I created to map the learner outcome statements used by Target Tracker with the National attainment target statements set out in the Programmes of Study for Computing published in 2013
drive.google.com/file/d/1saS1FAe8_etyB2i1PNgtsmrg_xo7Co_D/view?usp=sharing
11 September 2022: Computational Thinking Teaching Plans
The following three documents each list the sequences of Computational Thinking lessons for Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6 respectively being taught in the first half of the Autumn Term.
Year 4: drive.google.com/file/d/1ZUuVErzY6C4WH7yiHkHpECMj2CJk6Lc0/view?usp=share_link
Year 5: drive.google.com/file/d/1hL5hokglo56k7YIYWPXsWYcg0kKljKkw/view?usp=sharing
Year 6: drive.google.com/file/d/15kUuDx1WPlnf-FliMdFacsBdcMYaWGYf/view?usp=share_link
4 September 2022: Computer Programming Teaching Plan
This document sets out the "intent" for teaching Computer Programming at the school. The document also includes lesson by lesson sequences of expected outcomes for every year group which have been meticulously mapped to the National Curriculum Programme of Study for Computing. The document has a year to year progression map as well as listing "Essential Minimum Expectations" assessment criteria written as learner friendly "I can..." statements. These "I can..." statements have been based on the Target Tracker Assessment database used by the school.
drive.google.com/file/d/1DbiAg_jzRROXqJqp_sJAEsjpE-mzGnmI/view?usp=sharing
2 September 2022: End-points and outcomes for Computing in Key Stage 1 and Year 3
These documents were created following a meticulous and forensic analysis of the National Curriculum attainment target statements set out in the Programmes of Study published in 2013 , mapped to the "I can..." statements produced by the e-Learning and Information Management Service at Somerset County Council and distributed by the National STEM Learning Centre.
KS1: drive.google.com/file/d/1EhXiP30XBYeXXYKZKbHjmbOCni5bOdjZ/view?usp=sharing
Year 3: drive.google.com/file/d/1OrKkWppE_sPPAUtxb1z3MPBIQqAkGAea/view?usp=sharing
12 July 2022: Digital Citizenship Suggested Scheme of Work
The sequence of Digital Citizenship, Staying Safe Online lessons are set out in this Medium Term Plan. The Medium Plan is based on resources produced by the South West Grid for Learning, Project Evolve using the most recent edition of the “Education for a Connected World” framework. Willow Brook is also working towards accreditation through the National Online Safety programme as well as the South West Grid for Learning 360 Degree Safety Framework to demonstrate the measures in place for teaching how to stay safe online are paramount as well as being ever vigilant to emerging risks and threats.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TbA9K_CaDZk8QRdg88hVyYsNYVLGPx1H/view
19 June 2022: Primary Computing Learning Targets Checklist
This document lists the Age Related Expectation statements from Target Tracker pupil progress assessment database by Juniper Education which have been forensically and meticulously mapped to the attainment target statements set out in the Programmes of Study for Computing published in 2013.
drive.google.com/file/d/18zIDT-jC0ktgZaoyS9zr_3fwLSJus7Bi/view?usp=sharing
19 June 2022: National Curriculum Programmes of Study for Computing
Originally published in September 2013, the link has been provided here to formally acknowledge the starting point for Curriculum or Subject Leaders working in schools in England. The link includes the statutory expectations listed as attainment targets for Primary Computing.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study
5 June 2022: Primary Computing > Information Science (Data Handling)
The Curriculum Map specifically for the for Half Term sequence of lesson on Information Science or Data Handling. Graphs, charts, spreadsheets and databases and how the technology around us harvests so much information about who we are, what we do and where we travel. [5 March 2023: This version of the document was created before the annual review of the Statement of Intent was completed during the Autumn Term of the 2022-23 school year].
drive.google.com/file/d/1MHF17FHK-f9Ov5RMrOV7YQ9Oc5OV3vOo/view?usp=sharing
4 April 2022: Transcript of Computing curriculum webinar from Ofsted on 26 October 2021
As part of my record of Professional Development within this collection, this is the transcript of the webinar presented by Marc White who introduces himself as "HMI, Subject Lead for Computing". In producing this transcript, I have added my own commentary in italicised hard brackets.
drive.google.com/file/d/1blQqt7t4goT06hti5fK0mRuyotkjM-E7/view?usp=sharing
30 March 2022: Statement on Schemes of Work Strategy for Computing
The Computing Curriculum at Willow Brook does not follow a single published Scheme of Work but has adapted a blend of a range of schemes available, taking the best elements from each in order to directly meet the specific needs of the learners. This statement was produced following a 'think, pair, share' activity, where one of my senior colleagues was "interviewing" me as though we were undergoing "a visit". Playing the role of Inspector, I was asked "Can you talk to me about your chosen curriculum for Computing. Why was it selected. How is it adapted to meet the needs of the learners you work with?" The Computing Curriculum at Willow Brook has essentially been organised so that teaching and learning Computing exceeds the expectations of the National Curriculum. (3 March 2023) Following the award of the National STEM Learning Centre Project Enthuse grant in February 2023, the Computing curriculum will more closely follow adaptations from the Learning Objectives and the Success Criteria of the DfE funded National Centre for Computing Education.
drive.google.com/file/d/1kNDUHZA5hFV978jekn1yjKIM76YQHqcv/view
The international learner end-point standards published by ISTE and CSTA that the Computing Curriculum at Willow Brook have been benchmarked against along with the "I can..." frameworks published by Target Tracker or produced by Somerset County Council eLearning and Information Management Service are all available from this link:
15 March 2022: Computing through the school year
A one page document which is part of the set or collection of materials which form the Scheme of Work for Computing at Willow Brook. This document contains the descriptions of the five blocks that the Primary Computing curriculum has been organised into at the school. The statement has been written in a format that is similar to those produced by those who teach or write materials and create resources for other parts of the Primary curriculum.
drive.google.com/file/d/19MYa2DaHaDo7evFg7xeA2h7DU2BYgzdU/view?usp=sharing
29 December 2021: Primary Computing Curriculum Strategic Plan
My forensic analysis of the programme of study for Computing as published for the English Schools National Curriculum in September 2013. The updated version [19 June 2022] of the document follows the key recommendations from the Ofsted Research Review published on 16 June 2022 as well as advocated in the webinar presented by Marc White from Ofsted in October 2022.
drive.google.com/file/d/1qCfjH1-S8_13ftWLPXX4Ik4BgkbRB_Q6/view?usp=sharing
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