Teaching Staff | Mrs Haig (Subject Leader)
Mrs Boden |
Year 7 students will study | E-Safety and Digital Literacy Skills History of Computing Programming |
Year 8 students will study | E-Safety and Data Handling Programming Hardware and Software |
Year 9 & 10 students will study | BTEC Digital Information Technology
Component 1 – Exploring User Interface Design Principles and Project Planning Techniques (Internal Coursework Assessment) Component 2 – Collecting, Presenting and Interpreting Data (Internal Coursework Assessment) Component 3 – Effective Digital Working Practices (Examination) |
Yr 11 students will study
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CiDA (Certificate in Digital Applications) Level 2 You will study the following topics in depth: Unit 1: Developing Web Products (25%) Unit 1 is assessed via a practical 2½ hours computer-based examination set by the exam board. This unit gives you the knowledge and skills you need to produce attention grabbing web products using web authoring software, multimedia assets and navigation features. You will demonstrate your ability to design, build and test a web product in a practical computer-based examination set by Pearson. Unit 2: Creative Multimedia Project (75%) |
You will be assessed by | 2 x 1 hour 30 minutes exams 50% 1 x Component 1 – 40% 1 x Component 2 – 40% 1 x Non Examined Assessment (NEA) Programming Project This is completed in 20 hours during lessons time. The Programming Project does not count towards a candidate’s final grade but is a requirement of the course. |
Extra-curricular opportunities | CT Club is the iDEAS.org club – runs Tuesday evenings 2.50-3.50 (C3) Coding Club is a range of practical coding challenges – runs on a Tuesday 2.50-3.50 (C1) |
Homework | Students will be set one piece of homework per timetable cycle (fortnight) |
Examination board | Edexcel/Pearson Certificate in Digital Applications |