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

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

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