Computer Science

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Unit 1

e-skills

Unit 2

Hardware and Networks

Unit 3

Coding with Scratch

Unit 4

Coding with Python

Unit 5

Cryptography

Unit 6

Hour of Code

Assessment 1

Students will sit a 50 minute exam which will be a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions. The two key areas covered will be e-skills and Hardware and Networks

Topics that will be covered in the exam:

e-skills

File Management
Using Office 365 online, Using Outlook, Understanding The Cloud
E-safety Social media, E-safety Cyberbullying and Scams, Protecting your identity online
Understanding privacy and security, Checking information,

Hardware and Networks

Input and output devices
Processing devices, Storage devices, Memory types RAM, ROM, Flash
What a computer network is, LANs, WANs, Network topologies
Wired and Wireless networks,

Resources to help students revise and prepare:

Students will have their own notes saved in Microsoft 365
LearnITWitMrC under the topics of:

BBC Bitesize for e-skills
BBC Bitesize for Hardware and Networks

Assessment 2

Students will sit a 50 minute exam which will be a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions. The two key areas covered will be Coding with Scratch and Coding with Python

Topics that will be covered in the exam:

Coding with Scratch

code sequences
creating sprites, moving sprites, changing costumes
using selection, sensing, forever loops
variables and assignment, broadcasting,

Coding with Python

code sequences
python output, debugging, variables and assignment
if then else, for loops, iteration

Resources to help students revise and prepare:

Students will have their own notes saved in Microsoft 365
LearnITWitMrC under the topics of:

BBC Bitesize for Coding with Scratch
BBC Bitesize for Coding with Python

Assessment 3

Students will sit a 50 minute exam which will be a mixture of multiple choice and short answer questions. The two key areas covered will be Cryptography and Hour of Code

Topics that will be covered in the exam:

Cryptography

encryption
decryptions, ciphers, History of computing
famous people in computing, Cryptography keys, caeser cipher
Turing Test, substitution ciphers, cracking ciphers
Vigenere cipher,

Hour of Code

code sequences
python output, debugging, variables and assignment
for loops, iteration, if then else

Resources to help students revise and prepare:

Students will have their own notes saved in Microsoft 365
LearnITWitMrC under the topics of:

BBC Bitesize for Cryptography
BBC Bitesize for Hour of Code