Computing
Subject Leader | Mrs A Gaffney & Mr C Foster |
Contact Details | uppersite@brinkworthearldanbys.wilts.sch.uk for the attention of the Computing Subject Leader |
Mission Sentence | At Brinkworth Earl Danby's School we believe that developing and embedding computing and digital literacy skills is essential in an ever-changing world. We believe that "a high quality computing education is the pen and paper or our time and is the lens through which we experience our world." (David Warlick). |
Inspiring Quotes |
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Curriculum Overview
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Term One Online safety Computing systems and networks |
Term Two
Creating Media |
Term Three
Programming A |
Term Four
Data and Information |
Term Five
Creating Media |
Term Six
Programming B |
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Y1 |
Staying SMART online Technology around us |
Digital Painting |
Moving a robot |
Grouping data |
Digital Writing |
Programming animations |
Y2 |
You be the judge IT around us |
Digital photography |
Robot algorithms |
Pictograms |
Digital Music |
Programming Quizzes |
Y3/4 |
A: What is cyberbullying Connecting computers |
Animation
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Sequencing sound
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Word processing |
Desktop publishing |
Events and actions in programs |
B: Safely send and receive emails Online searchers and surfers |
Stop frame animation |
Programming turtle, Logo and Scratch |
Branching databases |
Photo editing |
Programming Turtle Logo |
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Y4/5 |
A: Too Much Information? The Internet |
Audio production |
Flowol |
Data logging |
3D modelling - SketchUp |
Scratch – developing games |
B: Online safety story planning Communication and collaboration |
Video production |
Repetition in shapes |
Word processing |
Introduction to vector graphics |
Repetition in games |
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Y5/6 |
A: Strong passwords Systems and searching |
Radio station |
Variables in games |
Flat file databases |
Film making |
Sensing movement |
B: SMART bots
Communication and collaboration |
Web page creation |
Selection in physical computing |
Spreadsheets |
3D Modelling |
Selection in quizzes |
Some people who inspire us in the area of computing...
Alan Turing (1912 – 1954)
Bill Gates (b. 1955)
Margaret Hamilton (b. 1936)
Tim Berners-Lee (b. 1955)
Grace Hopper (1906 – 1992)
Annie Easley (1933 – 2011)