Key Stage 3 Computing

To follow on from their assemblies, KS3 Computing lessons have had a focus around online safety and have been looking at persuasive design used in app creation. We have discussed a range of persuasive design features that companies use and how these impact on the students lives. The students have then designed an app and selected a few of these features. They then presented these to their peers. There have been some incredible ideas!

In Year 7, the students have been learning all about spreadsheets and will be in the process of creating a spreadsheet for a specific scenario that needs to include a range of formula’s and charts. The students will complete this independently and will be using the skills taught in the previous lessons to do this. They will be moving onto exploring a different way of programming using BBC Micro:Bits. This unit has seen them complete a range of challenges and games using the Micro:Bit website.

Year 8 are exploring a different way of programming using BBC Micro:Bits. This unit builds from what they have learnt in year 7 and they have now incorporated Python programming language to add to their challenge.

Year 9 will be learning about computational thinking and understanding how programs and computers think and work. They will be exploring flowcharts, pseudocode and then looking and creating mini-programs based on the flowcharts and pseudocode into python. This will give the students an insight into GCSE Computer Science. 

Mrs Bennett

Curriculum Leader for the C.A.T. Faculty

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