IT

Teaching Staff:

Mr. Paul Mansbridge

Head of IT & Business / Year 11 Achievement Director.

Department Focus: Year 11 IT.

Mr. Rob Wallace

Second in charge IT & Business / Duke of Edinburgh Coordinator / Outdoor Education Instructor.

Department Focus: Year 7, 8 and 10 IT.

Ms. Cathryn Hinton

Year 9 & 10 Achievement Director

Department Focus: Year 9 and 10 IT.

Mr. Sean Gannon

IT & TU tutor

Department Focus: Year 7 IT

Year 11

Click here to view the Year 11 Microsoft Academy Marksheet 25th November 2011

All students in Year 11 follow the nationally recognised Microsoft Academy course. Successful completion of the 3 exams (in Word, PowerPoint and Excel) will lead to the awarding of a qualification that is equivalent to a B grade at GCSE.

Year 10 ICT Curriculum: Advancing Learning, Changing Lives.

All students will be embarking on the Edexcel GCSE at the start of Year 10.

This year the students will complete 2 units.

Unit 1 is externally assessed through a written exam.
Unit 2 is a controlled assessment.

Course Summary:

UNIT 1: Living in a Digital World
In this unit, students explore how digital technology impacts on the lives of individuals, organisations and society. Students learn about current and emerging digital technologies and the issues raised by their use in a range of contexts (learning and earning, leisure, shopping and money management, health and well-being, on the move). They develop awareness of the risks that are inherent in using ICT and the features of safe, secure and responsible practice.

UNIT 2: Using Digital Tools
This is a practical unit. Students broaden and enhance their ICT skills and capability. They work with a range of digital tools and techniques to produce effective ICT solutions in a range of contexts. Students learn to reflect critically on their own and others’ use of ICT and to adopt safe, secure and responsible practice. They put into practice what they learned about digital technology in Unit1.

Key Stage 3 ICT

Exciting times are occurring in years 7, 8 and 9 ICT.

Throughout the year 7s will complete units of study on:

Presentation Authouring,
Databases,
Internet Safety,
Spread sheet Modelling,
Publications,
Robotics and Control.

The year 8s will develop their skills when completing work on:

Public information systems,
Internet reliability and bias,
Website authouring,
Spread sheet modelling,
Extended assignment.

In year 9 the students are preparing for their GCSE through theoretical and practical studies. The students will be required to complete a theory exam and three coursework components on: