Regents Review - Autumn 2024

The Regents Review Autumn 2024

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS Computing & Business Studies

Computer Science – KS4 Year 11 have just completed their mock exam for unit 2. Special congratulations go to: Andrei, Hikmet, James & Leo for scoring grade 9. Luca & Gayathri, grade 8 and Joshua & Sophie, grade 7. They are now revising unit 1 topics in preparation for their second mock in the new year. After school revision is available on Thursdays and is open for any student that would like extra support in practising exam style questions. This will help to develop core knowledge to support with final exams in May/June. The Smart Revise platform is up and running and all students are encouraged to complete as many questions as they wish on the quiz section for testing their knowledge across all topics and mastering questions. They can work on Creative iMedia – KS4 As part of iMedia, students undertake several controlled assessments covering different topics within computing. Year 11 students have been completing one of these controlled assessments, which is creating an interactive product to promote a local hero using kiosks in libraries aimed at older people. This will be submitted to the exam board in the summer for final assessment. They have recently been practicing their exam skills for their mock exam. Congratulations go to Victoria, Shoeey, Taisia & Wiktor, who were at the top with Level 2 Distinction* and also Eliza, Rebeka, Rayyan & Eleanor who achieved Level 2 Distinction. After school sessions are taking place for those needing to improve their current work or improve their knowledge of exam topics on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Year 10 are working on their first controlled assessment, which is to produce a visual identity and packaging for a new chocolate brand. This term, we have been focussing on the making elements and will begin evaluation of the final products upon return in January.

it independently or through tasks set by the class teacher. Year 10 completed studying units 1.1 System Architecture, 1.2 Primary & Secondary Storage and 2.1 Algorithms. They also had a chance to start coding in Python, which will be studied in the Spring term. They also have been given accounts to Smart Revise and more than half the class have already mastered more than 100 questions. Congratulations to John, Koyna, Subasna, Kismet, Ayan and Tate for scoring grades 7-9 and achieving high grades in these units. Computing – KS3 In the first half term, Year 7 & 8 were taught the importance of e-safety and how to be safe online. Year 7 produced informative presentations, while Year 8 created interactive websites. Year 7 moved on to a festival celebration project, with themes like Christmas grotto or other religious/non-religious themes of their choice. They have been using a range of skills with software creating different office-based tasks like desktop publishing and spreadsheets. Year 8 have developed their knowledge from last year about hardware specifications in computers and making decisions about how to construct an appropriate computer, e.g. how much ram, what processor speed etc. They have also completed mini assessments, along with their end of unit exams on peripherals, components and storage devices.

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