Year 7
Topic(s) | Key content to be learned | Assessment | |
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Autumn Term |
Smart Computing Skills
Graphics |
e-Safety and the general IT management skills that are necessary for efficient general IT use
Understanding how computers represent bitmap and vector graphics and using them to create a graphical scene |
Each topic contains two to three multiple choice style mini-assessments plus a coursework assessment at the end |
Spring Term
|
The School Production
Computational Thinking
|
Using desktop publishing and applying graphics software skills to manipulate and use assets provided by the school’s drama department to create a programme for the school’s production
Learning about Abstraction, Decomposition, Pattern Recognition and Algorithm Thinking |
Each topic contains two to three multiple choice style mini-assessments plus a coursework assessment at the end |
Summer Term
|
Virtual Pet
Harry Plotter |
Learning how to use the block based visual programming language Scratch and applying Computational Thinking to create a virtual pet Learning how to use the common features and functions of data modelling software in order to simulate a financial model |
Each topic contains two to three multiple choice style mini-assessments plus a coursework assessment at the end |