Overall Curriculum Goals

 1. Understand how to work effectively in an ICT environment and how to access and submit work online and via email.  
 2. To have a developed understanding of e-safety and respect when using devices and being online.  
 3. Developing a deeper understanding of how a computer works what parts make up a computer and what jobs each component does.  
 4. To know how to use different types of software effectively for a given purpose. 
 5. To be introduced to the problem-solving side of programming and learn about the key concepts of programming.  
 

Half Term 1

Half Term 2

Half Term 3

Half Term 4

Half Term 5

Half term 6

Collaborating online respectfully

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E-Safety – storytelling with a comic strip

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Under the Hood – Inside the Computer

Enterprise, Professionalism and Employability @ KPHS

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Harry Plotter - Spreadsheets

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Programming in Scratch – Game Development

Topic Intent:

This unit has been designed to allow students to develop skills, knowledge and understanding in designing and developing creative products for a given purpose.

Topic Intent: 

This topic allows students to explore how computers really work. It looks at the components that make up the hardware and software of a computer and how they talk to each other to give us our desired output.

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Throughout this unit, students are introduced to our ‘money matters’ scheme of learning which is based on financial education. It allows them to learn and explore more on the following areas: Saving, Spending, Borrowing, Understanding Pay, Risks and Insurance. 

Topic Intent:

During this topic students will look at how software is used to analyse data and present data in different formats. They will explore how to effectively present data for a given purpose to a variety of audiences. 

Topic Intent:

In this topic students will explore computational thinking and will look at how the concepts of programming work through block programming. The intent is to get students problem solving and understanding what the different aspects of programming are before moving onto text based programming in later years. 

Key Content / Skills:  

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Assessment:

Baseline assessment – a combination of written and multiple choice questions – 40 Marks. 
7.1 Collaborating respectfully online – final piece of work assessment – 18 Marks.  

Assessment:

Ongoing assessment for each section of work submitted – overall assessment piece: 22 Marks.  

Assessment:

A combination of written and multiple-choice questions – 40 Marks.

Assessment:

A combination of written and multiple-choice questions – 40 Marks. 

Assessment:

A practical end of unit assessment to test the practical use of spreadsheets. 25 Marks 

Assessment: 

A practical end of unit assessment to test the practical uses of programming software – 25 marks.  
 
Students will have an end of year assessment on all topics – 30 marks.  

Designing a storyboard for your comic story.

Home Learning:

Create a poster or piece of revision explaining the purpose of the internal components of a computer. 

Home Learning:

Complete online lessons on Xello by the end of the half term to create your career plan.  

Home Learning:

Spreadsheet design work – design what your spreadsheet will look like and annotate it. 

Home Learning:

Game investigation work – investigate a variety of games at home against a set of given criteria. 

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links

Employability, Professionalism and Enterprise  (EPE) Links