Curriculum: ICT
Contact Name: Mr E Bennett
Who's who: (list of staff) Include areas of responsibility e.g. 2nd in Department
| Mr E. Bennett |
Head of ICT |
| Mr M. Newstead |
2nd in Department |
| Mrs K. Kelly |
i/c KS3 |
| Mrs J. Brown |
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| Mr P. Guite |
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Mr S. Enzor
Mr P Donlon
Mr S Miah |
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Details of KS3:
1 hour per week in Y7
Topics covered : Information and Presentation, Searching and Selecting (internet use), Models and Modelling, Exchanging and sharing information, Control, desktop publishing
1 hour per week in Y8
Topics covered : Data Collection, Public Information Systems, Validity reliability and Bias, Control, Visual imaging, Fund raising spreadsheets
1 hour per week in Y9 (Core)
Topics covered : Management of an event project, Visual imagery/animation, Web publishing, Project management
Students also commence KS4 options in Year 9 i.e. students opting for DiDA have 4 hours per week (in addition to core), students opting for CiDA have 2 hours per week (in addition to core). See KS4 for details of course
Details of KS4:
Certificate in Digital Applications (CiDA) - 2 hours per week
Unit 1: Using ICT (Word processing, Desk-top publishing, Use of Spreadsheets, Databases, Email, web authoring).
Unit 2 Multimedia (Web authoring, video and sounds, animation)
Coursework Assessment only by main project (Summative Project Brief, SPB) for each unit, each approximately 30 hours, allowing access to GCSE-equivalent grades
CiDA equivalent to 2 GCSEs
Diploma in Digital Application (DiDA) - 4 hours per week
Unit 1: Using ICT (Word processing, Desk-top publishing, Use of Spreadsheets, Databases, Email, web authoring). Main project (Summative Project Brief, SPB) for approximately 30 hours allowing access to GCSE-equivalent grades
Unit 2 Multimedia (Web authoring, video and sounds, animation)
Unit 3 Graphics (Vector and bitmap graphics)
Unit 4 Enterprise (Project planning, project planning, ICT in organisations)
Coursework Assessment only by main project (Summative Project Brief, SPB) for each unit, each approximately 30 hours, allowing access to GCSE-equivalent grades
DiDA equivalent to 4 GCSEs
Key skills in ICT - 1 hour per week in Year 11
Students who have not followed CiDA or DiDA, produce a portfolio based on two projects, "Making Choices" and "Holidays". Students sit an externally-set 1 hour exam consisting of 40 multiple choice questions. See below for links to practice questions (on the BBC web site)
Details of KS5:
AS and A2 GCE
Single Award in Applied ICT - 4 hours per week
AS Units
Unit 1 ICT in Society
Unit 2 ICT in Organisations
Unit 3 Data Handling
Units 2 and 3 assessed through coursework assessment. Unit 1 assessed through practical exam (15 hours)
A2 Units
Unit 8 Project management
Unit 10 Advanced Spreadsheets
Unit 14 Interactive Multimedia
Unit 8 and 14 assessed through coursework assessment. Unit 10 assessed through practical exam (20 hours)
Double Award in Applied ICT - 8 hours per week
In addition to units taken by Single award students, double award consist of 3 extra units at AS level and 3 extra at A2 level
Forthcoming Events:
Taster Day
Garforth Arts Festival (Radio Town Project)
Web Links:
DiDA links
dida.edexcel.org.uk/home
www.didacourse.com/Guide/
Key Skills in ICT links
Practice questions 1
Practice questions 2
AS/A2 links
www.fatmax.org/sites.htm