Our Approach to Computing in Key Stage 2

At Wenlock CofE Academy, we use Purple Mash to deliver an engaging and comprehensive computing curriculum for our pupils. Our computing curriculum is designed to equip children with essential digital skills for life whilst fostering creativity, problem-solving, and computational thinking.

What Pupils Will Learn

Through Purple Mash, our pupils develop skills across the three core strands of the computing curriculum:

Computer Science

• Understanding algorithms and how they are implemented as programs
• Writing and debugging programs to accomplish specific goals
• Using logical reasoning to explain how simple algorithms work
• Designing and creating programs using sequence, selection, and repetition

Information Technology

• Using search technologies effectively and safely
• Selecting and using a variety of software to accomplish given goals
• Collecting, analysing, and presenting data and information

Digital Literacy

• Understanding how to use technology safely, respectfully, and responsibly
• Recognising acceptable and unacceptable online behaviour
• Identifying ways to report concerns about content and contact

Online Safety

We ensure children are taught about how to keep themselves and others safe, including online. Our education is tailored to the specific needs and vulnerabilities of individual children, and we integrate online safety throughout our computing curriculum and wider school life.