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Course Description

A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing also ensures that pupils become digitally literate – able to use and express themselves and develop their ideas through information technology.

 

Expectations

All pupils can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation. All pupils can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems. All pupils can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems. All pupils are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology

 

Key Stage 3 Computing

Students study Computing for one lesson per week at Key Stage Three.

The subject seeks to develop in students the following:

  • Can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of ICT, safe use of ICT, application of hardware & software and the physical computing.
  • Can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems.
  • Can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems.
  • Are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.

Key Stage 3 Overview

The KS3 curriculum covers all of the exciting facets of the Computing National Curriculum. These include topics covering basic ICT skills, Digital Literacy and Computer Science.

Each half term pupils will complete a new unit of work using different industry standard software and on this software learn a range of different skills to solve a variety of different problems.

The curriculum that is covered throughout these units introduces our students to a variety of subject skills using various programming languages, and sequencing tools. The students also learn binary, binary addition and working in base 2 and 16. We challenge our students to solve logical problems using standard practice.

The curriculum is structured to offer our students the best learning experience and to enthuse them with a passion for computing, to give them the best experience, and to be able to make an informed choice when they pick their optional GCSE's.

Homework

The types of homework set include research activities, focused tasks, question and answer exercises. (30 minutes a week). All homework is recorded in pupil planners to inform parents of the tasks required and the deadline.