Burnham-on-Sea Infant School

'Nurturing Minds, Growing Potential, Enriching Futures'

Curriculum Lead: Tim Richards

'Computer science is the operating system for all innovation'
Steve Ballmer

We believe a  high-quality computing education equips children 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, children 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.

At Burnham on Sea Infant School, we use the Teach Computing scheme of work that is designed with four strands running throughout:

• Computing systems and networks
• Creating media
• Programming
• Data and information.

This is taught alongside weekly online safety lessons.