Since the new Primary Curriculum was launched in September 2014, ICT has been known as Computing.  The new curriculum now expects children to not only know how to use computers but also develop Computational Thinking skills: to understand how computers "think" and be able to give explicit instructions moving on to taking first steps in programming.

This is an international event aimed at boosting the visibility of Computing and coding in schools.  During the hour, children will use software or will do sessions away from the computer ("unplugged" computing) that the children hopefully find fun and engaging.  It is hoped that more and more children will want to take computing into their future education and careers.  Here are some photos of what we did in the Hour of Code 2016, during Computer Science Week in December.

Here are some photos from our Computing themed celebration assemblies in KS1 and KS2:

FS2/KS1

	Foundation Stage have been having a tech fortnight! They have been dismantling old PCs, making their own junk models of computers and robots and beginning to program using Beebots!
In Year 1, children have been using Purple Mash to create word processed documents, with images added.  After that they self-assessed their achievements.  They have also been working on independence with computers, logging on themselves and opening and saving work.
Year 2 were also using Purple Mash - this time 2Go.  Children can either control or program the "sprite" on screen to navigate the maps.

KS2

We're very grateful to Dore Parents Association for their huge investment in equipment for our children to use.  Thanks also to the Arconic Foundation who granted us funds for our Lego Education sets and the bulk of the cost for our iPads.