KS3 COMPUTING
Teachers:

Mr Lawrence Wasukira

Mr Bhabuu Rajalingam

 Hours taught per week:

2 hours

 
Overview of KS3

The KS3 Computing Programme follows the Compute-IT course, which provides a sound basis for the development of computational skills. Students are taught to design, use and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems. They are also taught to use two or more programming languages, at least one of which is textual, to solve a variety of computational problems; make appropriate use of data structures [for example, lists, tables or arrays]; design and develop modular programs that use procedures or functions.

 
Topics taught in Year 7

  • Under the hood of a computer
  • Think like a computer scientist
  • Drawing and manipulating shapes
  • Creating an animation
  • Foundations of computing
  • How the Web works
  • Web page creation
  • Designing for HCI: a hand-held digital device
  • Designing for HCI: an operating system interface
  • Representing images
  • Programming a calculator
  • Programming a quiz
 Topics taught in Year 8

  •  Operating systems
  •  CMD: The command line
  • Binary
  • Instruction set design
  • Programming using selection statements and Boolean expressions
  • Connecting to the internet
  •  Sorting
  •  How to make a computer appear smart
  •  Recursive patterns
 Topics taught in Year 9

  • Cracking the code: binary characters, cyphers and encryption
  • Representing sounds
  • Simple database tables
  • Searching
  • Getting down and dirty with networks
  • Client-side and server-side scripting
  • Digital circuits
  • Computer architecture
  • Creating an app to solve a problem