Computing

ICT and Computing at Horsforth School

Year 7

Computational Thinking

Why do you need to learn to program?

Where does learning about Computer Science lead to? Which jobs?

We speak specifically about why learning Computing is essential in the 21st Century.

Year 8

Digital Skills

Every modern day job will need digital skills.

We look into careers at option times to show why Computer Science qualification is essential

We look at job vacancies to see the wide away of Digital job vacancies and speak about Leeds being the Digital Capital of the UK (outside London)

We maintain these links throughout out teaching by using ‘real world’ examples in all work carried out

Year 9

Programming

Programming is a skill which you can take into your career which will open doors which will allow you to change and manipulate the world for your advantage.

We look into careers at option times to show why Computer Science qualification is essential

We look at job vacancies to see the wide away of Digital job vacancies and speak about Leeds being the Digital Capital of the UK (outside London)

We maintain these links throughout out teaching by using ‘real world’ examples in all work carried out

Year 10

Social, Environmental and Cultural

Any modern day worker needs to know the laws of CS, the ways CS affects the environment and how it has culturally affected and changed our lives.

Year 11

Hacking

A penetration tester would use their cyber security skills to be a white hat hacker and find holes in software therefore creating stronger, safer and more robust programs.

Year 12

System Development

A software engineer uses the System Development Lifecycle and in your projects a pupils uses yjos as close to the ‘real world’ scenarios as possible with explanations on which type of people will perform which job and and have that dependant on the size of the company

Creation of Digital Products in IT would be linked to Product Development jobs

Year 13

Software Developer

A software developer uses programming either alone or part of a team to create or amend a program which will be used by clients and machines.