150 Years
Computing
At St Mary’s Computing plays a critical role in enhancing the learning process at all levels and across all areas of the curriculum. Our curriculum is designed to encourage inquisitiveness and fascination with the digital world while equipping the children with computational thinking. The curriculum also addresses those key issues associated with pupil wellbeing such as self-confidence. Pupils are encouraged to use a range of computing tools and software, such as MS Teams, Espresso Coding, Teach Computing and J2e confidently and purposefully in order to communicate ideas and information in a variety of forms. St. Mary’s has a Computer Suite with 34 workstations and an interactive whiteboard, which enables teachers and pupils to model the use of software and tasks. We also have 34 tablets, which can be used by every class across the curriculum for a variety of purposes including: research; video and audio recording of tasks and the creating of documents. Every classroom has its own computer and an interactive whiteboard and is equipped with 2 pupil laptops.