Computing at St Paul's

 The Curriculum at St Paul’s will help learners:

• Use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.
• Aquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as Maths, Science and Design Technology.
• Gain insights into both natural and artificial systems.
• Understand the principles of information and computation
• Understand how digital systems work and how to use this knowledge for programming.
• Use information technology to craete programs, systems and a range of content.
• Become digitally literate to be able to express themselves and develop ideas at a level suitable for the future workplace.

The curriculum in computing ensures that all learners:

• can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
• can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems
• can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems
• are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.

To develop these characteristics they will explore the following key concepts:

•         Code- This concept involves developing an understanding of instructions, logic and sequences.
•         Connect- This concept involves developing an understanding of how to safely connect with others.
•         Communicate- This concept involves using apps to communicate one’s ideas.
•         Collect- This concept involves developing an understanding of databases and their uses.