The Computing department at Whitworth Community High School aims to equip students with the skills to participate in a rapidly-changing world through challenging and engaging practical and theoretical topics. Students will develop an understanding and application in the fundamental principles of Computing by having the opportunity to write programs, design webpages and produce professional digital products.
The national curriculum for Computing aims to ensure that all students:
All stakeholders are clear in how the subject is delivered, ensuring our students leave with the skills to fully embrace a future of rapidly advancing computer technology. Computing skills are a major factor in enabling children to be confident, creative and independent learners and it is our intention that children have every opportunity available to allow them to achieve this.
Our approach to teaching and learning supports our curriculum by ensuring that lessons build on prior learning and provide sufficient opportunity for guided and independent practice. We use Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction (2012) to develop our teaching practice:
The intention is that this will lead to making progress in the following areas:
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