Computer Science

Computer Science (OCR J277)

You can use the following guidance to plan what you will revising and when. Please note that your mock exams will cover all content taught up to that point. This plan is to ensure you have revised all the content before your actual examinations in the Summer.

Exam Dates

Paper 1: Computer systems – 12 May pm

Paper 2: Computational thinking, algorithms and programming – 20 May pm

Revision resources

·         Theory videos - 1. OCR GCSE (J277) 1.1 The purpose of the CPU - The fetch-execute cycle (youtube.com)

·         PG Online Clear Revise Exam Tutor – Revision book (you need to purchase this)

·         Revision PowerPoints – On Google Classroom

·         Practice exam papers – On Google Classroom or find them online – OCR J277

·         Seneca Learning - Free Homework & Revision for A Level, GCSE, KS3 & KS2 (senecalearning.com)

·         TuringLab for coding practice - Teaching Coding Made Easier | Online Learning | Turinglab

·         Time2Code for programming practice - Home - time2code

Revision plan

Autumn 1

Revise the following topics for Paper 1

·         SLR 1.1 – Systems architecture

·         SLR 1.2 – Memory and storage

Revise the following topic for Paper 2

·         SLR 2.2 – Programming fundamentals

Autumn 2

Revise the following topics for Paper 1

·         SLR 1.3 – Computer networks

·         SLR 1.4 – Network security

Revise the following topic for Paper 2

·         SLR 2.1 – Algorithms

Spring 1

Revise the following topics for Paper 1

·         SLR 1.5 – Systems Software

·         SLR 1.6 – Ethical, legal, environmental, cultural issues

Revise the following topic for Paper 2

·         SLR 2.3 – Producing robust programs

Spring 2

Go back over all of Paper 1 content

Revise the following topics for Paper 2

·         SLR 2.4 – Boolean logic

·         SLR 2.5 – Programming languages and IDEs

Summer 1

All Paper 1 and 2 content