26.01.26 – Computing – Conditional logic
26-01-2026
Today year 4 have continued learning about coding as part of this half terms topic. We looked at how some games need conditional logic to give the game choices within the code.
Purpose of Study
Computing at our school gives children the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in an increasingly digital world. We follow the Knowsley CLC Computing scheme, which provides a clear, engaging and progressive curriculum that covers computer science, information technology and digital literacy.
The National Curriculum for Computing states that a high-quality computing education equips children to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Through Knowsley CLC, children learn how digital systems work, how to program, and how to apply technology safely and effectively in a wide range of contexts. They also develop the confidence to be not just consumers of technology, but creators and problem-solvers too.
Through the delivery of Computing, we aim to improve children’ skills in these four areas:
- Digital literacy
- Information technology
- Computing science
- Online safety
Aims
Our computing curriculum, supported by the Knowsley CLC scheme, aims to ensure that all children:
- Understand the principles of computer science, including algorithms, logic and data representation.
- Develop practical programming skills, creating and debugging their own programs.
- Use a wide range of technology purposefully to create, organise, store, analyse and present content.
- Become digitally literate and able to use technology safely, respectfully and responsibly.
- Understand how technology connects people, places and ideas, and the opportunities and challenges it brings.
- Gain confidence, independence and creativity in using digital tools, preparing them for future learning and the wider world.
Documents
Computing Chatter
20.02.26 – Computing – beginning to create a simple game using programming
20-01-2026
Today in Year 2, we were beginning to create a simple game using programming on Scratch. We were able to change the background, the sprite and make it move.
12.01.26 – Computing – Coding to make step counters
12-01-2026
In computing club today we have been programming the Micro:bits. We have used coding to give it a set of instructions to turn it into a step counter. We then went on a journey round school to see how many steps it took to get back to the classroom.
08.12.25 – Computing – Smiley buttons
08-12-2025
This week we have continued to code our Micro:bits and because we are confident with the basic coding we have moved on to coding the buttons to follow our instructions when pressed. We made them smile when button a was pressed and frown when button b was pressed.
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04.12.25 – Computing – What is a geoboard?
04-12-2025
We are learning to use our imagination to create illustrations with shapes. Today we have used geoboards to create different pictures.
04.12.25 Maths – Number Lines
04-12-2025
Daffodil class have been busy practising using number lines to help subtract numbers within 10.
03.12.25 – Computing – Drawing Shapes
04-12-2025
Daffodil class have been practising their shape drawing skills on our Chrome Books. We have been using our imagination to create different images using shapes and colours. Our fabulous learners continued to access the challenge and drew their own shape monsters.
24.11.25 -Computing- After school club
24-11-2025
This week we coded the Micro:bits to begin to show flashing hearts. To do it we used the forever loop and added in the led heart and a blank one to make it flash between blank and heart. Once we had downloaded the code onto the device we then had beating hearts!
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17.11.25 – Computing – After-school club
18-11-2025
Today was our first computing after-school club and we were very excited to use the Micro:bits for the first time. We began by learning about how coding is needed to program a device as it is a set of instructions for it to follow. Then we programmed the Micro:bit to turn into a name tag by displaying our names repeatedly.
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14.11.25 – PSHE – Anti-Bullying week
18-11-2025
For our second lesson we recapped the roles in bullying and acted out different scenarios. We then discussed as a class how we could solve each situation and take the power away from the ringleader and assistant. To link our work to computing we the designed storyboard creating our own bullying situation and showing how to solve it.
