KS3 Curriculum Booklet

Year 9

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Hardware

Trends

Logic

Text Prog. Solving Problems

Vis. Prog. Retro Game Unit

Data and Databases

Peripherals recap

Trends over time

Sequencing and flow charts

What is data and what is information?

Syntax and MS small basic recap

Programming - linking text to drag and drop blocks

Components recap

Impact on society

Logic gates

Qualitative and quantitative

Modelling

Social issues

Variables - numeric and strings

Basics recap

Combining logic gates and truth tables

Specification

Legal issues

Simple practice

How is data collected, what is validity and reliability?

Conditionals Conditonals extended Loops and sub routines

Storage media

Ethical issues

Binary recap - Ascii Binary counting Binary conversion Binary addition

Variables, conditionals and advanced scratch skills

Revision

Presentation skills

How is data stored?

Modelling and debugging

Space Invaders – practice

End of unit assessment

Independent projects

Security. Database pros and cons

End of unit assessment

Scenarios for final skills assessment

Independent game creation

Final presentations

Creating a questionnaire - effective questioning

End of unit TA

Creating a simple data base table - fields and data types Creating a form for data collection - customer needs and corp, ident.

Creating a query - finding useful information