How to use the ICT Progression
The progression exists in 3 two year sets:
Managers and subject coordinators will need to have an overview of all three, class teachers may need to consider the content of more than one pair of year groups in order to cater for those children who are working considerably above or below expectations.
The Progression is based around the first three headings from the KS1 and KS2 Programmes of Study for ICT and each of these is broken down into typical ICT applications (e.g. Exploring and Sharing information constitutes text processing and multimedia, digital image, sound and music and electronic communication). In some cases these are then broken down still further.
Each application is broken down into the following sections:
- ICT Skills - what the children do
- ICT knowledge and understanding - which needs to be drawn out by teachers to ensure children develop true ICT capability and not just skills
- ICT Outcome – (which can also be used for assessment – see below) consists of three statements (based on NC levels) which should describe children’s work.
- Cross Curricular Outcomes – Indicates how ICT can enhance learning across the curriculum. This is where planning in ICT should start.
This ICT Progression should be integrated into the medium and short term planning across all subjects. This need not be an arduous task, it can be done simply by referencing the particular ICT theme or application that is being developed / used, and making a reference back to this document. A medium term planning grid is available as a simple mapping tool to help ensure that the full range of ICT entitlement is used across each year group. Teachers of single year group classes will need to liaise with their colleagues in the partner year group (Y1/Y2, Y3/Y4, Y5/Y6) to agree more detailed progression.
A sample, containing recommendations for Herefordshire primary schools is available on the Downloads page. A software map will provide the detail of precisely which applications have been chosen by the school to be used at each year group.