CostonComputing & E-Safety
Computing in the 21st Century is seen as an essential resource to support teaching and learning, as well as playing an important role in the everyday lives of children, young people and adults. Consequently, schools need to build in the use of these technologies in order to ensure our young people develop the skills to access life-long learning and employment.
Each class from Years 1-6, has its own complete suite of 30 Chromebooks enabling every child to have access to their own dedicated device with their own Google account. In order to provide remote learning, we use Google Classroom. This digital platform supports the teaching of live lessons, the sharing of resources and enables children to complete and hand-in classwork. Wi-Fi access has been upgraded in all buildings to support multiple devices logging onto the Internet at the same time. Each individual classroom also has its own interactive screen and internet access.
Coston children are encouraged to start computing activities from the Nursery, where an interactive screen and computers are in use from day one. As children progress through the school they have access to a wide variety of information technology resources, where they learn skills such as blogging, coding, 3D-modelling, graphics and storing/retrieving data.
At Coston, we understand the responsibility to educate our children on E-Safety issues; teaching them the appropriate behaviours and critical thinking skills to enable them to remain both safe and legal when using the Internet and related technologies, in and beyond the context of the classroom.
ICT and online resources are increasingly used across the curriculum. We believe it is essential for E-Safety guidance to be given to the children on a regular basis.
E-Safety is embedded within our curriculum and we continually look for new opportunities to promote E-Safety – examples are given below:
- The school provides opportunities within a range of curriculum areas to teach about E-Safety.
- Educating children on the dangers of technologies that may be encountered outside school is done informally when opportunities arise and as part of the e-Safety curriculum.
- Children are aware of the impact of online bullying and know how to seek help if they are affected by these issues. Children are also aware of where to seek advice or help if they experience problems when using the internet and related technologies; i.e. parents/carers, teacher/trusted staff member, or an organisation such as ChildLine.
Computing in EYFS
Computing Curriculum Overview
Computing Curriculum Vocabulary
