Computing and ICT KS3 | Years 7 to 8
Subject Content
Year 7
- Digital Safety
- History Of Computers
- Computer Components
- Computer Systems
- Binary Systems
- Encryption
- Coding Both Text And Visual
- Graphics
- Spreadsheet Modelling
- Website Design
Year 8
- Digital Safety
- Computer Architecture
- Cybersecurity
- Encryption
- Decomposing problems
- Computational thinking using algorithms for solutions
- Spreadsheet Modelling
- Website Design and Graphics
Assessment Details
The year is split into 6 units with an assessment at the end of each unit. Throughout the year, the students will build a website to present their work with a reflective assessed narrative.
To be successful, students will need to be able to:
- Understand the risks of using technology
- See how computers have developed to where they are today.
- Identify key innovators in the development of computing.
- Be aware that computers are made up of a number of pieces of equipment and to see how they fit together.
- Explain how the internet works and how computers access the internet
- Know how computers use basic code to encrypt messages and why messages need to be encrypted.
- Realise the logical progression of instructions in coding and seeing the outcomes of decisions they have made in their coding.
- Design and create a functional website.
- Build graphics in layers and become more confident in using the basic graphics tools.
- Use computational thinking to find a solution to a problem, then see how a spreadsheet can obtain the necessary results.
What can I do to support my child at home?
- Encourage reading of technology news and new innovations in technology.
- Choose an article from the BBC about ICT/Technology and discuss it with your child, asking how it will fit in with modern society and how it will improve people’s lifestyles.
- Encourage to watch BBC online reports and podcasts
- Provide access to the internet to help with homework
Recommended Resources for the Course
Websites
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z8mtsbk
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006kdt
- https://www.codecademy.com/
- https://microbit.org/
Teaching Staff
Head of Computing and ICT
Mr Clawson - sclawson@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk
Teachers of Computing and ICT
Mr Long - glong@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk
Mrs Hegarty - ehegarty@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk