Key Stage 3

This Key Stage is delivered across three years and includes a variety of topics that allow students to develop computational thinking and practical skills.  The Learning Journey continues through each year, with students building on their skills as they progress.

 

Contact Time

All pupils will have two hours of Computing lessons each fortnight.  The following is a flavour of the curriculum that we cover across KS3. 

 

Units of Work Covered

Internet & WWW

Using the WWW safely

Dangers of Online Gaming

Fake News

Social Media Risks

Online Grooming

Online Gambling

Cybercrime

Computer Hardware

Types of Computers

Peripheral Devices

Software

Hardware

 

 

 

Spreadsheets

Functions and Formulas

IF Statements

MAX, MIN, AVERAGE

Planning a spreadsheet

Conditional Formatting

 

 

Graphics

Image Types

Graphics Characters

Graphics Project

Bitmap and Vector

   

 

Binary

Binary Conversion

Binary Addition

ASCII

Image Representation

 

 

 

Programming

Scratch

Variables

Loops

Python Programming

Algorithms and Pseudocode

Identify & Correcting code errors

Turtle Programming

Encryption

Alan Turing Research

Decrypting Messages

Caesar’s Wheel

Secret Messages