At Highfield Farm Primary, we understand the immense value technology has upon society as a whole. Our aim is to fulfil the requirements from the National Curriculum for Computing, while deepening and developing our children’s conceptual understanding of technology whilst also providing enhanced collaborative learning opportunities and the engagement of technology across the entire curriculum. Technology plays an immense value in not only supporting the computing curriculum  but overall in the day-to-day life of our school. We believe that technology can provide: enhanced collaborative learning opportunities; better engagement of pupils; easier access to rich content; support conceptual understanding of new concepts and can support the needs of all our pupils. Every child in school has their own personal device. Such devices may have adapted software or enhancements within them or on them to increase accessibility within lessons. 

 

At Highfield Farm Primary, we believe developing our children’s understanding of technology and how it must be used in a safe and responsible manner is crucial in an ever changing and fast moving society. Our highly trained staff are sensitive to this and make adaptations to their delivery to ensure that content and context is relevant so that our pupils can make informed decisions about the healthy use of technology in their lives. 

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Our carefully crafted curriculum is designed to provide our children with the subject-specific language they need to describe, question and discuss ideas relating to computing and computer science.  Indeed, it is one of the ‘specialisms’ aspects of the curriculum at Highfield Farm that will add real value to the children’s primary education.