Computing KS3 | Years 7 to 8
Subject Content
Year 7
- Google Workspace /Clear Messaging in Digital Media
- Using AI & Digital Tools Responsibly/Bebras Challenge
- Computer Networks & Data Transmission
- Programming: Scratch
- Programming: Micro:bits
- Data Modelling & AI Canva Certification
Year 8
- Vector Graphics
- Computer Systems & Data Science/Bebras Challenge
- Web Development
- Data Representation – Text & Numbers
- Mobile App Development
- Introduction to Python Programming
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/
Head of Digital
Mrs Dayton - adayton@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk
Teachers of Computing
Mr Clawson - sclawson@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk
Mrs Hegarty - ehegarty@cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk