1. What is the curriculum rationale in IT?


Intent: purpose and values of IT

2. What is the 'big picture' in IT?

The ‘big picture’ outlines how the Big Ideas and areas of knowledge of each subject fit together:

The Big Ideas of IT are:

There are four key areas of knowledge which are necessary to become a subject expert in IT:

  1. Conceptual understanding: That our students build declarative knowledge (knowing that) of:


  1. Procedural fluency: That our students build procedural knowledge (knowing how to)

  1. Disciplinary knowledge: 
  2. Language: 

3. What does knowledge look like in IT?

4. What do we teach and when?

5. What do we assess and when?

6. Where are the IT Knowledge Organisers?