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Brinkworth Earl Danby’s CE Primary School

Brinkworth Earl Danby’s CE Primary School

Believe to Achieve! "Roots will grow down into God's love and keep us strong" EPH 3:17

Computing

Subject Leader Mrs A Gaffney
Contact Details uppersite@brinkworthearldanbys.wilts.sch.uk for the attention of the Computing Subject Leader
Mission Sentence At Brinkworth Earl Danby's School we believe that developing and embedding computing and digital literacy skills is essential in an ever-changing world. We believe that "a high quality computing education is the pen and paper or our time and is the lens through which we experience our world." (David Warlick).
Inspiring Quotes
  • A computer is like a violin.” You can imagine it making beautiful music, but you have to learn how to play it” (Bill Gates)
  • Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind (Donald Knuth)
  • Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.” (Albert Einstein)

Curriculum Overview

Some people who inspire us in the area of computing... 

Alan Turing (1912 – 1954)

Bill Gates (b. 1955)

Margaret Hamilton (b. 1936)

Tim Berners-Lee (b. 1955)

Grace Hopper (1906 – 1992)

Annie Easley (1933 – 2011)

  1. Computing Curriculum Overview 2025 - 2026 Cycle A
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