Cranborne Primary School

COMPUTING

At Cranborne, Computing is taught weekly in every class. It is a popular subject as lessons are fun and engaging. Computing is taught using an online learning platform called Purple Mash and the children use either Ipads or Chromebooks to access the curriculum. The computing curriculum is divided into three areas; Computer Science, Digital Literacy and Information Technology. Although computing is taught as a stand alone weekly lesson, digital technology is regularly used in other subjects across the school. For example, in Year 1 the ipads are used during Design and Technology lessons and higher up in the school the children will often use the Chromebooks to produce a piece of writing during English lessons.

Online safety is embedded into the computing curriculum and is interwoven into everyday conversation with the children. For more information about online safety at Cranborne please click here.

Our learning in the Autumn Term...

We look forward to sharing some exciting work with you in the new academic year. All year groups will start with a unit on Online Safety and following the SMART rules.

Parenting in a Digital World

Please find below a useful informative guide to help support you in enabling your child to grow into a responsible digital citizen who can keep themselves safe while, at the same time, getting the most out of the digital world. 

To access the guide click here

Programmes and Apps to support your
child with their Computing learning

Apps:

Kodable
Daisy the Dinosaur
Bee Bot
Scratch Junior 
Hopscotch
Garage Band
Popplet
PuppetPals HD
Tux Paint
Our Story
Swift Playgrounds

 

Programmes:

Scratch
Logo

Other Apps we love:

Chatterpix
Mathletics