YR7 Computer Science

Cycle 1

1-UCSER (Using computers safely, effectively and responsibly)

●        File management

●        Social Networking

●        Keeping data safe

●        Using email

●        Searching the web

2-Office skills

●        Word Processing

●        Letters & logos

●        Spreadsheet skills

●        Spreadsheet modelling

Assessment

Cycle 2

3- Understanding computers

●        Elements of a computer

●        The CPU, RAM and ROM

●        Understanding Binary

●        Binary addition

●        Storage devices

4-Flowol (control systems)

●        Algorithms

●        Sequencing

●        Sensors

●        Subroutines

●        Actuators

Assessment

Cycle 3

5- Sound manipulation

●        Digitising sound

●        Jobs in the sound industry

●        Listening and planning

●        Creating an advert

●        Exporting and file types

6-Interactive Multimedia Project

●        Client brief & planning

●        Master slide

●        Assets (images/sound/text/house style)

●        Interactivity

●        Embed sound & export

Assessment

YR8 Computer Science

Cycle 1

1-      Hardware & software

●        Hardware devices

●        CPU

●        Memory

●        Storage

●        Operating systems (OS)

2a-Computational thinking & Logic gates

●        Logical thinking

●        Logic gates

●        Logic gates & Truth tables

2b – Office Skills

●        Mail Merge

●        Mail merge task

Assessment

Cycle 2

3-Communications and Networks

●        The Internet and WWW

●        Web Browsers & Search engines

●        Domain names, IP addresses and packets

●        Digital footprint

●        Acceptable online behaviour

4-Python programming

●        Strings and things

●        Numbers and arithmetic

●        Selection

●        Concatenation

●        Computational thinking

Assessment

Cycle 3

5-Graphics

●        Vector graphics

●        Bitmap graphics

●        Conveying meaning

●        Resources

●        Adding text

6-Artificial Intelligence (AI)

●        What is AI

●        Machine learning

●        Ethics of AI

●        Image recognition

●        Turing tests and chatbots

●        Rate my review

Assessment

YR9 Computer Science

Cycle 1

1-CCCS (Computer Crime and Cyber Security)

●        Email scams

●        Computer misuse

●        Protecting personal data

●        Copyright

●        Health & Safety

2-Data Representation

●        Binary recap

●        Binary addition & Binary Shifts

●        Images in a computer

●        Sound in a computer

●        Processing data/CPU

Assessment

Cycle 2

3a-Communications and Networks

●        Data & Networks

●        Data and the Internet

●        Hour of code

3b-Python

●        Basics recap

●        Programs

●        Loops

●        Iteration (loops)

●        Algorithms

●        Hour of Code

Assessment

Cycle 3

4-Graphics

●        Digital graphics and purpose

●        Design & Layout

●        File types and formats

●        Legislation

●        Practical

5-Animation

●        Frame by frame

●        Motion Tweening

●        Text and buttons

●        Adding sound effects

●        Export/embed into a different piece of software

Assessment