At Hanslope Primary School, our curriculum is built from the National Curriculum and sequenced through a two-year rolling programme. This ensures that all pupils experience a broad, balanced and carefully planned curriculum, regardless of whether they begin a phase in Cycle A or Cycle B.
Our curriculum is organised around clear golden threads. These golden threads help pupils make meaningful links across units, subjects and year groups. In Computing, pupils revisit important computational concepts over time so that their knowledge becomes deeper, more connected and more secure.
Across the school, pupils develop both substantive knowledge and disciplinary knowledge. Substantive knowledge is the key computing content pupils learn, such as computer systems, networks, programming concepts, data and digital technologies. Disciplinary knowledge is how pupils learn to think and work like computer scientists, including solving problems, designing algorithms, debugging programs, analysing data and evaluating digital solutions.
Vocabulary is planned carefully so that pupils are able to discuss computing concepts and technologies with increasing accuracy and confidence.