The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.
A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems. The core of computing is computer science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world. National Curriculum for Computing, purpose of study
Meet our new Digital Leaders
The new digital leaders for Years 3 - 6 have been selected and they are: Y3 Hepworth Class: Hamza Y3 Hokusai Class: Maisha Y4 Riley: Alexia Y4 Van Gogh: Trae Y5 Kahlo: Rihat Y5 Lichtenstein: Umaynah Y6 Hadid: Nuba Y6 Peggy Angus: Michael James They will soon be busy...
Parents Device Workshop – October 14th 9am
Next Friday, there will be a drop-in workshop for parents and carers to help with internet safety settings on devices. Please come to the Community Room at 9am on Friday 14th October and bring your child's devices: phone, tablet or laptop. We can set controls on the...
Digital Device Experts!
In computing we are learning all about digital devices. Hepworth class went on a very exciting tour around the school and into classrooms looking for digital devices. "a wireless access point" - Aaryan "lots of cables" - Yusuf
Online Safety Workshop for Parents
This week, we hosted a workshop for parents in the community room which was well attended - many thanks to all adults for coming and giving your time. Selda Ziya, our computing specialist who works with Tower Hamlets Local Authority, visited the school to speak with...
What does music make you feel like?
In Year 2, we started our computing unit on Creating Music by listening to some compositions and describing how they make us feel. The music was written by Gustav Holst - he wrote a piece of music about each planet in our solar system. Listen to the pieces for...
Hirst and O’Keeffe Children Collaborate
This afternoon, Year 6 worked with Year 1 children to help them complete a Pupil Survey online. This provided an excellent opportunity for children to get to know one another and find out about their experiences and feelings towards school. Hirst Class really enjoyed...
Computing: 3D Modelling in Hirst Class
Today we used software on Tinkercad to explore the use of 3D modelling during our computing lesson. We designed and created our own 3 dimensional mazes and then progressed to designing our own houses and villages. We learnt how to resize our objects, change positions...
Cracking coding and steam day clay
This week is Science week and in Lichtenstein class we have been doing many steam day activities including coding and experimenting with solutions. For coding we were editing a Witch and a Wizard using Scratch and added speech and text. It was difficult at first but...
Year 3 – Safer Internet Day
Yesterday, Hokusai explored respect online and considered the types of relationships we want to have when using the internet. At the end of the lesson, we recorded a video diary as part of our reflection and shared our thoughts. Mechid, Shadi, Zayaan, Umar: We thought...
Researching Rainforests
In Riley class this week, we've been researching our new topic - Rainforests! We've been very curious about who lives in rainforests, why they're important and also why they're in danger around the world. We worked independently on our Chromebooks (and put our digital...