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To educate students to be successful, ethical, and effective problem-solvers; enabling them to utilise these computational skills within other subjects. Fostering knowledge and expertise to contribute positively to the economic well-being and tackling complex 21st Century digital and computational challenges.
OVERVIEW OF COURSE
We want our students to understand and play an active role in the digital world that surrounds them and not to be passive consumers of an opaque and mysterious technology.
In our lessons, students apply Computational Thinking (CT) as a problem-solving process across a wide range of disciplines.
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING
Students will be expected to develop the following knowledge, skills and understanding:
Internet Communication and E-Safety
Multimedia Presentations using Google Slides.
Sequencing Instructions & Programming with Scratch & Python
Spreadsheets
Databases
Website Design using HTML & Java Script
Software and Hardware Safety
Understanding the internal components of Computers
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
We will use a range of assessments:
Formal tests / examinations
Tracking of quality of classwork and homework uploaded on Google Classroom
Speaking and oral presentations
We will also use a range of different styles of feedback to students:
Extensive (deep) marking in which the teacher provides formative comments for future improvement which the student is expected to act on in the following lesson.
Acknowledgment marking, where the teach concisely marks the piece of work, highlighting positive work and addressing major misconceptions.
Non-written feedback which can take the form of verbal, peer, and self-assessment.
HOW PARENTS / CARERS CAN HELP
BBC Click videos to enhance awareness of new technologies.
Encourage reading of technology magazines such as “Hello”.
Watch the news on television.
Use of free programming websites such as Code Club & Trinket.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
Where possible the department aims to organise enrichment for students where they can handle cutting edge technology and work with Engineers, Technologists and Scientists to explore computing beyond the classroom.
At KS3 students are encouraged to participate in the “Extra Courses” links; where students use their imagination to think creatively to find better ways of doing things.
Gifted and Talented students take part in the annual logical thinking; Bibras challenge and Faraday challenge day where they compete against other schools.
Moreover, the department has strong links with Cisco where students attend workshops to see cybersecurity, network, and software development in action.
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