Seven Mills
Primary School
Ambitious, Compassionate
& Empowered
At Seven Mills, our ambitious, coherent computing curriculum aims to ensure all of our children:
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.
We have a dual responsibility when it comes to e-safety:
Our teachers have ongoing conversations with children about the benefits and dangers of the internet and create an open environment for children and young people to ask questions and raise any concerns.
Teaching online safety is not restricted to IT and computing lessons. Embedding key messages about staying safe online throughout the curriculum helps ensure that children of all ages are taught online safety skills.
This follows the NSPCC Guidance.
Autumn Term (10 lessons) |
Spring Term (10 lessons) |
Summer Term (10 lessons) |
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Y1 |
ICT: Introduction to Computers (login, save, load, use Google Classroom, etc) |
Multimedia - sound recordings, taking photographs, Digital painting) |
Robotics (Beebots) |
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Y2 |
Robotics (Sphero) |
Data Handling: Pictograms |
Multimedia: Animation |
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Y3 |
Game Design: Scratch - Lego Wedo / microbit/ dot and dash (bridge between Robotics and Game Design) |
Multimedia: Video |
ICT: Google Docs & Touch typing - make a poster? (including Searching Safely) |
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Y4 |
Game Design: Scratch - Make a character move across the screen, talk, make them respond to stimuli |
Data Handling Branching Database, Google Form, Field Database |
Multimedia: Podcast |
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Y5 |
Game Design: Scratch - Pong |
ICT: Google Docs, Google Slides, Google Sheets, Google Form (Dragon’s Den), (including Searching Safely) |
Networks, hacking and Searching Safely |
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Y6 |
Game Design: Scratch/ Python (Points system, background music, multiple screens, movement) |
ICT: Building a webpage (including Searching Safely) |
Multimedia: Book Creator |