ENG: 2026 CAT GR 12 PAT - AFR: 2026 RTT GR 12 PAT
Link to PAT: CAT and IT Link
SEPT 2025 TRIAL PAPER:
NOV 2024 PAPERS:
P1 Q1 by Carena Fick, P1 Q2 by Jacqui Heunis-Jones. P1 Q3 by Sicelo Poswa, P1 Q4 by Juan Botha, P1 Q5 by Charlize van der Walt, P1 Q6 by Chanell Fletcher, P1 Q7 by Arno van Damme
NOV 2023 PAPERS:
NOV 2020 PAPERS:
PowerPoint discussions on Gr 12 P1 Nov 2020 - Question by Question
HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE EXAMINATION:
PAPER 2: Section A by H. Jordaan; PAPER 2: Section B by H. Jordaan
PAPER 1: Preparing for the practical paper by Mrs van der Waldt (UFS)
NOTES AND VIDEOS ON EXAMS
Prelim Prep 2025 Paper 2 Section A - Education with Mr Hambury
Prelim Prep 2025 Paper 2 Section B - Education with Mr Hambury
CAT TERM 3 Revision - Education with Mr Hambury
September 2024 Supplementary Exam Paper 1, Memo, Demonstration and Memo discussion
Link to the Theory Booklet Grade 12 found on the Western Cape ePortal (Past Papers)
New Technologies
Lesson 1 based on content in 2023 NSC paper
Worksheets
Worksheets and Answer Sheets based on DBE textbook and Nov Papers
YouTube Video by Linde on how to use the Theory Concepts booklet
Term 1: General Concepts
TYPES OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, REASONS FOR USING COMPUTERS, CONVERGENCETerm 1: Hardware
INFORMATION PROCESSING CYCLE, USES/ADVANTAGES/LIMITATIONS/ERGONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS OF DEVICES, PRODUCTIVITY, BUYING DECISIONS, SUGGEST DEVICES AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF USERS, FIXING PROBLEMS, NEW TECHNOLOGIESTerm 1: Software
ENHANCE ACCESSIBILITY/EFFICIENCY/PRODUCTIVITY, COMMON APPLICATIONS, WEB BASED VS. INSTALLED, SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, COMMON SOFTWARE PROBLEMS, RISK OF FLAWED SOFTWARETerm 3: System Software and Computer Management
ROLE OF THE OS, MANAGING FILES, OS UTILITIES, ANTI-VIRUS, TROUBLESHOOTING, PERFORMANCETerm 1
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, USER-CENTERED DESIGNTerm 2
COMPUTER CRIMES, FRAUD, INTERNET ATTACKS, BOTS AND ZOMBIES, RIGHT TO PRIVACY, MISUSE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION, SECURITY ISSUES, AVOIDING THREATS AND SAFEGUARDS, IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING POWERTerm 3
SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES IMPACT, LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL MEDIA, REMOTE ACCESS, BENEFIT AND HARM TO SOCIETY, INFORMATION OVERLOAD, VIRTUAL REALITY AND AR, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCETerm 2: Networks
WAN, INTERNET AS WAN, INTERNET SERVICES, GOVERNMENT INTERNET SERVICES, STREAMING, MAKING BUYING DECISIONS, BROADBAND AND BANDWIDTH, THROTTLING AND SHAPING, FAIR USE POLICYTerm 3: Electronic Communication
TYPES OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, FEATURES OF BROWSERS, USES OF COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, DEVICESPractical booklet (booklet and data files)
Additional Resources on all Applications:
Chapter 1 - Advanced techniques in Word
LINKS, REVIEW (PROOFING, TRACKING), LINE BREAKS, IMPORT FROM FORMSChapter 2 - Mail Merge
MAIL MERGE, OBJECTS (TABLES, GRAPHICS, LINK, EMBED)Chapter 3 - Applying Word processing skills
STYLES, ADVANCED PAGE LAYOUT, INTEGRATION AND LINKINGAdditional Resources on Spreadsheets:
2023 EXCEL WORKHSOP FOR GR 12 (FUNCTIONS WITH A CONDITION) SPREADSHEET 1, SPREADSHEET 2
Evaluate Formulas by Mr Long
Advanced functions
AverageIF and AverageS by Mr Long
Chapter 4 - Advanced functions in Spreadsheets
COMPLEX FUNCTIONS, NESTED IF, AND & OR, VLOOKUP, HLOOKUP, SUBTOTALS, DATE AND TIME CALCULATIONS(Term 1) Data Files
Chapter 5 - Text functions
TEXT FUNCTIONS (LEFT, RIGHT, MID, CONCATENATE, LEN, VALUE, POS, FIND)(Term 2) Data Files
Chapter 6 - Advanced function combinations
SCENARIO APPLICATIONS, COMBINATIONS, CHARTS (SCALE ON AXIS, MIN AND MAX VALUES, LABELING, STACKED BAR, SCENARIOS)Chapter 7 - Reports & Queries in Databases
REPORTS (GROUPED, HEADERS FOOTERS, CALCULATIONS), QUERY (CALCULATED FIELDS, TOTAL, GROUP BY, ADVANCED CRITERIA)Chapter 8 - Database: Reinforce concepts and skills
SCENARIO BASED DATABASE, INTEGRATION(Term 2) Data Files (saved as chapter 9 files)
(Term 3) Data Files (saved as chapter 8 files)
Chapter 9 - Tables in HTML
TABLES (SYNTAX, ATTRIBUTES, FORMATTING), WEB PAGE FOR A SCENARIO(Term 2) Data Files (Saved as chapter 10 files)
Videos by Mr Long
Chapter 10 - Apply good website design
APPLY GOOD WEBSITE DESIGN(Term 3) Data Files (saved as chapter 11 files)