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Computing

Computing

4th October 2022M Hanratty

Technology is changing the lives of everyone, never more so than in recent times. At Marsden Primary School, we aim to equip children to participate in a rapidly changing world where work and leisure activities are increasingly transformed by technology. Through our computing curriculum, we aim to give our pupils the life-skills that will enable them to embrace and utilise new technology in a socially responsible and safe way in order to flourish. We want our pupils to be able to operate in the 21st century workplace and we want them to know the career opportunities that will be open to them if they study computing. We want the use of technology to support learning across the entire curriculum and to ensure that our curriculum is accessible to every child. Not only do we want them to be digitally literate and competent users of technology but through our computer science lessons we want them to develop creativity, resilience and problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Through our broad curriculum, our pupils are given a breadth of experiences to develop their understanding of themselves as individuals within their community but also as members of a wider global community and as responsible digital citizens.

To find out more about our computing curriculum, please click on the documents below:

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    Computing Curriculum Map .docx.pdf pdf84.2 KbDec 16th, 2024
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    Computing intent statement.pdf pdf203.6 KbSep 30th, 2022
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    Long Term Plan Computing.pdf pdf772.0 KbJan 12th, 2023
Computing

Real instruments vs Ipad instruments

7th May 2025S Stothard

In Computing  in Year 2 we have been exploring musical instruments. We  have been looking at how to use an ipad to make music and this week we compared real instruments with the ipad bands.

Computing,Front Page News,Music,Year 2

Computing Club-Micro:bits

3rd April 2025M Hanratty

Computing club had a great time getting our micro:bits to light up! We can’t wait to see what they can do next week.

After School Club,All News,Computing,Computing Club,Front Page News

Y5 Crumble Computing

13th March 2025M Hanratty

Yesterday, Mr Roberts from The Word came to show Y5 how crumbles work and what their applications can be. We connected our crumbles up to different components to make lights flash, motors run and even added a switch to our circuits.

We used code to help us control the devices.

All News,Computing,Front Page News,Key Stage 2,Year 5

Computing- Camera Angles Year 5

12th November 2024M Hanratty

As part of our new video editing unit in computing, the children were investigating different filming techniques when recording videos. They tested out different angles and talked about the effect it had on the video.

All News,Computing,Front Page News,Key Stage 2,Year 5

Coding Week

20th September 2024M Hanratty

To celebrate National Coding Week, a mixture of Y4 and Y5 children accessed a program which gradually builds up their coding skills. We used Rodo Codo from the Code Hour and the children loved it! They were much better than Mrs Hanratty at creating effective code.

Click Here to play!

All News,Computing,Front Page News,Year 4,Year 5

Musical Composers!

16th April 2024S Stothard

Yesterday in Year 2 we started our new Computing topic Digital Music. The children loved listening to different types of music and started to create their own music.

Computing,Front Page News,Music,Year 2

Year 5 Meet Spike

24th November 2023S Hume

To help Year 5 with programming in computing, we were introduced to Lego Spike by Mrs Haywood. We had to build our models and then programme them to move and make sounds. It was great fun!

 

 

All News,Computing,Front Page News,Key Stage 2,Uncategorized,Year 5

Spike Lego

24th October 2023Fiona Wilson

The children in Y6 were introduced to Spike Lego today by Mrs Haywood from OpenZone.
After they had successfully built their robots, the children then programmed them to show off some funky dance moves.

All News,Computing,Front Page News,Key Stage 2,Year 6

Let’s Celebrate Holi

14th March 2023M Hanratty

EYFS are always eager to learn new information about the world, especially if it involves a celebration! Last week, we talked all about the Hindu festival Holi which is also called the “Festival of Colour”.

Traditionally, people throw coloured powder at each other however we decided to use a clever piece of technology called Sphero to help us spread colour. First, we squirted different coloured paint on a large white sheet. Then we made Sphero move by controlling a blue spot on the app.

We loved our final Holi masterpiece!

All News,Art,Computing,Foundation Stage,Front Page News,Nursery,RE,Reception

Year Five Code Club @ Nissan

2nd March 2023L Watson

Today, Year 5 visited Nissan to take part in their Code Club session. We learned how to program our robots to complete tasks and follow routes around the factory and also got to watch how real robots work on the factory floor! We were treated to juice, cookies and a pen and blue tooth speaker to take home!

All News,Computing,Front Page News,Year 5

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