Key Stage 3
At Smithdon all pupils study ICT/Computing at Key Stage 3 where we cover a comprehensive range of topic areas. The ICT curriculum covers three main strands:
1. Digital Literacy
2. ICT
3. Computer Science
The curriculum is taught within the Technology rotation, with a double rotation each year.
Click on the drop down arrow for further details of what each year group will cover.
Year 7 ICT
Year 7 ICT
Introduction - including passwords, hardware, systems and networks
E-safety
Spreadsheets - basic
Cryptology and Flowol
Sequence programming
Python - basic
Year 8 ICT
Year 8 ICT
HTML
Web Authoring
Python - advanced
Animation and Video Editing
Spreadsheets - advanced
Database - flat file
Year 9 ICT
Year 9 ICT
Photo editing
Coding and data representation
Database - relational
Python - advanced
Integrated Project