Computing
Curriculum Intent
At Chyngton, we teach computing to enable children to use technology safely, confidently, creatively and flexibly in order to prepare them for the digital age in which we live. Children learn about the exciting and vibrant world of technology and how to become good digital citizens.
This involves:
• Understanding how computer systems work.
• Using search technologies effectively.
• Developing computational thinking in order to solve problems by writing computer programs.
• Using a wide variety of applications and internet services to design and create content.
• Representing, analysing and evaluating information.
• Using technology safely and responsibly.
• Reporting concerns.
• Understanding how computing is used in the wider world.
Computing Progression Map
Early Years/Foundation Stage
There is no statutory requirement to use and learn about technology in the EYFS.
Key Stage 1 and 2
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Digital Citizenship (Online Safety and Acceptable Use) |
Computer Science (Technology, Computers, Networks and the Internet) |
ICT (Using Applications) |
Programming |
Data Handling |
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KS1 Classes Y1 objectives |
Identify which information is private and which is safe to share and say where to go for help if worried about something. |
Give examples of technology, electrical technology (devices). Label parts of a desktop computer. |
Open files, edit them and save them again. (Include data handling – group data on a prepared table.) |
Give an algorithm for a simple task.
Create and debug a simple program. |
(See ‘Using Applications’) Group data using a pictogram. |
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KS1 Classes Y2 objectives |
Explain how to use technology safely and respectfully. |
List some places where information technology is used outside school and say what it is for. |
Create a file, save it and open it later to work on it some more. (Include data handling – group data on a table.) |
Create and debug a simple program using loops.
Look at a simple program and say what it will do. |
Group data under headings on a spreadsheet. |
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Year 3 |
Explain online safety rules covering what you should not do or say online; how to protect against online harm, and how to report concerns about content or contact. |
Explain the different services offered by computer networks.
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Use more than one piece of software to complete a task.
Successfully search the web to answer questions. |
Use counted loops containing more than one command. |
Group data under headings on a spreadsheet they have created themselves using data gathered from the web.
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Year 4 |
Give different possible courses of action if worried about an online safety issue. |
Explain what the devices on a computer network do. |
Explain what happens during a web search (how results are selected and ranked). |
Use different kinds of loops. |
Carry out a survey and use the data to create a table and bar chart on a spreadsheet. Analyse and evaluate the data. |
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Year 5 |
Say which online behaviours are acceptable/unacceptable and why. |
Explain how the internet provides access to the world wide web and what opportunities the world wide web offers. |
Create something on the computer from search results, providing captions for well-chosen pictures and summarising well-chosen texts. |
Use conditionals in programming. |
I can use tables and bar charts on a spreadsheet to work to a budget. I can analyse and evaluate the data. |
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Year 6 |
Explore unacceptable and unsafe online behaviours, giving possible courses of action and their potential outcomes. |
Explain how computer networks are good for working with others. |
Use a variety of applications to create a range of digital content to accomplish given goals. |
Use variables in programming. |
I can collect continuous data and create a table and line graph on a spreadsheet. Analyse and evaluate the data. |





