Information Communications Technology

Department staff:

Mr A Waterhouse
Director of ICT
Mr A Monaf
Head of Key Stage 3 ICT
Mr M Halfyard
Head of Key Stage 4 ICT

Departmental Aims

The ICT department aims to provide students with a wide range of software skills and basic theoretical knowledge of ICT.

Resources

The school has 5 dedicated ICT suites. ICT lessons can take place in each of these classrooms.

Curriculum

KS3 - Year 7
  • In Key Stage 3, the National Strategy is followed as a basis with additional units written to cover areas such as using the school network effectively.
  • Introduction to ICT
  • PowerPoint skills
  • Cross curricular project that ties in ICT activities such as spreadsheets with Art and Technology.  The theme is making cupcakes.
  • Spreadsheet skills
  • Desk top publishing skills are developed in the creation of a leaflet.
  • Internet skills and safety awareness
Year 8
  • Publishing on the Web. Students learn to create web sites on a specific topic.
  • Excel (Spreadsheets) is revisited. Students enhance knowledge of formulae and graphs, learn goal seek, cell referencing and developing models.
  • Students extend the work completed on spreadsheets and also develop skills relating to control systems and flow charts.
Year 9
  • Students extend their spreadsheet skills by creating a model seating plan for a theatre.
  • The second Unit is a project based Unit in which students develop on line questionnaires and use databases and spreadsheets to analyze the results.
  • The final unit involves the use of control software for a theme Park.
KS4 Years 10 and 11
  • Students can opt to follow the GCSE ICT – AQA Option A syllabus. The course consists of two main areas of assessment:
  • Students will study ICT theory which constitutes 40% of the final mark.
  • Students will complete three compulsory set assignments in Year 10 covering such ICT skills areas as databases, spreadsheets, and presentation software.
  • Year 11 students will complete a project based round the systems life cycle and focused on an organization of their choice.  Both of these projects are 30% each of the final mark.
KS5 Years 12 and 13
  • Students are offered the OCR A Level ICT syllabus.
  • The course is 40 % coursework.
  • Students will complete four compulsory set assignments in Year 12 based round a fictional company and covering such ICT skills areas as databases, spreadsheets, and web site creation.
  • Year 13 students will complete a project based round the systems life cycle and focused on an organization of their choice.
  • The course is 60% theory and exam questions are based round the issues involved in managing the ICT in a business or organization.

Parent Booklets

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