We live in a rapidly and constantly changing technological age.  Our aim is to enable children to use ‘computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world’ (National Curriculum 2013). We equip the children in our school with the knowledge and skills to use technology effectively, be IT literate and digitally safe. At Streetsbrook, we are very lucky to have extensive ICT equipment to complement and support the whole curriculum and to prepare our children with the skills they will need for their next steps in learning.  The children have a wide experience of Information Technology and plentiful opportunities to learn and develop their knowledge, understanding and skills.

During the children’s Computing lessons, they will learn how to use an iPad and related equipment to communicate and share information; to investigate and learn ways to research and handle information and learn how to use simple programming and design tools and toys to control models and robots.

We also take the Online Safety of our children very seriously at Streetsbrook. We teach the children how to stay safe online and what to do if they feel unsure about something they have seen, heard or done whilst using the internet.  This is an integral part of all Computing lessons and is also taught explicitly as part of Safer Internet Days and PSHE sessions. 

At Streetsbrook Infant & Early Years Academy, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive setting that promotes and celebrates the benefits that inclusion brings for all children. We are committed to identifying and removing potential barriers to learning across the curriculum for a diverse range of individuals and groups, and strive to ensure all children make progress.

The computing curriculum at Streetsbrook prepares children with the essential knowledge and skills they need for their future. This includes online safety and digital literacy. Our curriculum provides ample opportunities for children to become digitally literate. Children understand the appropriate behaviours when communicating and expressing themselves to enable them to become active participants in an ever-growing digital world.

The Characteristics of Effective Learning are embedded into our Computing curriculum. Children are reminded to use a range of these strategies whilst using technology across the curriculum.

Staff are highly skilled in adapting the curriculum, the learning environment, their practice and the resources used in order to meet the needs of all children. Examples of inclusion strategies in Computing include, but are not limited to, time allowances, enlarging images and texts and grouping/pairings of children.  Additional adults and support staff are deployed effectively and support the class teachers in ensuring children are able to make progress in each curriculum area. Pre-teaching of key vocabulary is used to support children with English as an Additional Language.