Subject
Computing/Computer Science
Course details
The core of Computing is Computer Science, in which pupils are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work, and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, pupils are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology. The Computing curriculum is structured into units for each year group, and each unit is broken down into separate lessons. Units will be taught in numerical order.
Programme of study Y7
Book used: COMPUTE-IT 1 by Hodder Education.
Units include: Under the hood of a computer, Think like a computer scientist, Drawing and manipulating shapes, Creating an animation, The foundations of computing, How the web works and Web page creation.
Programme of study Y8
Book used: COMPUTE-IT 2 by Hodder Education.
Units include: Operating systems, Binary, Instruction set design, Programming using selection statements and Boolean expression and Connecting to the internet.
Programme of study Y9
Book used: COMPUTE-IT 3 by Hodder Education.
Units include: Binary characters, cyphers and encryption, Simple database tables, Searching, Networks and scripting.
Assessment
There will be an end of unit test for each unit, they will consist of a number of multiple choice questions.