Regents Review - Summer 2026

The Regents Review Summer 2026

DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

Creative iMedia As part of iMedia, students undertake two controlled assessments covering different topics within IT. Year 10 have just sat their Year 10 mock exam and have completed their first controlled assessment, with results due in August and have started working through their second assignment, which is to produce an interactive product aimed at promoting a children’s dental service. They will be continuing this assessment when they return in September. Congratulations to Isla & Yonis for being stars of the year.

Computer Science - KS4 Year 10 have just completed their mock exam and concentrated on unit 2 programming fundamentals. We are moving back to unit 1 system architecture in September to be ready for the next set of mocks in November. Congratulations to 10X/Cs class for good progress for the majority of students and special mention to Ethan for achieving a grade 9, as well as, Yashwa and Bruce for achieving a grade 8. Ruby, Myra and Ayushmaan, for achieving a grade 7.

Computing – KS3 Year 7 have been studying computer science topics, coding in Scratch to design a story and they moved on to creating a movie poster as part of the creative iMedia taster lessons.

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Students

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Violet & Niamh Archie & Olivia Oliver & Glorious Avin & Poppy Sophie & Alaya Emmy & Nataniel Adam & Edward Tyler & Natanim Samuel & Amelia Debby & Zaharra Freya & Yasamin Cohen

Year 8 have also been studying computer science topics, algorithms, logic gate and binary. They then moved on to researching their chosen technology with social, ethical, legal and environmental effects of this technology. These topics will equip our students with the knowledge of computing and prepare them for their GCSE options in Computer Science and IT courses. Congratulations to the following students nominated by their teachers for each class as being stars of the year, making outstanding progress in their lessons:

Year 9 has a great opportunity to earn badges and a bronze award in the Inspiring Digital Enterprise Award, known as iDEA. This is an international award-winning programme that helps develop digital, enterprise and employability skills through a series of online challenges, they can win career enhancing badges, unlock new opportunities and ultimately, gain industry-recognised awards that help

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