COMPUTING

Long Term Plan: Single and Mixed Age Year Groups:

Structuring the Computing Curriculum

The TVED Curriculum for Computing has two strands:

Substantive/Practical Knowledge:

The substantive/practical knowledge includes all the things that pupils need to know in order to confidently use, understand, and create digital technologies, preparing them for success in a digitally connected world.  

It includes: 

• Information Technology – Text and Image 

• Information Technology – Visual 

• Information Technology – Audio 

• Computer Science – Coding and Programming 

These have each been sequenced so that pupils are explicitly taught aspects in small steps, allowing pupils to gradually build their understanding and mastery of practical knowledge.

Vertical Concepts/Disciplinary Knowledge/Digital Literacy & Online Safety:

Disciplinary knowledge refers to how computer scientists carry out their discipline and the thought processes required to do so. Vertical concepts are the more abstract ideas or threads that build gradually and with increasing depth across the multiple contexts encountered by pupils as they move through our curriculum. In the context of the TVED curriculum, we have categorised the skills in digital literacy and online safety as the disciplinary knowledge and the vertical concepts in order to equip pupils with the knowledge and skills to navigate the online world safely and with confidence.  

It includes: 

• Self-image and identity​ 

• Online relationships ​ 

• Online reputation​ 

• Online bullying​ 

• Managing online information​ 

• Health, wellbeing and lifestyle​ 

• Privacy and security​ 

• Copyright and ownership