Computing and e-safety

At Uplands, we teach discrete Computing lessons from Year 1 to Year 6, but technology is used in all classes from Nursery to Year 6. All children have access to laptops and tablets and other hardware such as Bee-Bots, and all classes have SMART boards, as do group work rooms and other communal spaces.

As part of the Computing curriculum, children are taught how to:

• Log on, navigate and use technology such as laptops and tablets
• Research and understand the importance of verifying news and the validity of websites
• Be safe online and understand what to do in e-safety situations
• Program and debug
• Plan, design and create
• Word process.

Internet access is wireless and set on two networks (visitors and staff) to ensure that data is protected.

Our policies relating to Computing and e-safety can be found in our Policies Page. Our Online Safety Page may also provide additional information.

The curriculum offer for Computing can be found here.

Long term plans for Computing can be found here.

Web links

• Times Tables Rock Stars – Practice Times Tables at home by using school login
• Purple Mash – Fun and creative online learning experience in every subject. Use school login
• Scratch – Free Programming Website
• Scratch Jr – This version of Scratch is suitable for KS1 children.
• An Hour of Code – Lots of Coding games