ICT Strategy Manager: Heeten Patel
Head of Department: Shazul Ahmed (acting)
Members of department:
- Lucy Kane
- Neelam Maru
- Saiqa Qayum-Hussain
Our pupils are enthusiastic ICT users, taught by an efficient and equally enthusiastic team of ICT teachers. All ICT classrooms are furnished with workstations, interactive whiteboard and laser printers. The department is also equipped with laptops, digital cameras, camcorders, voice recorders, headphones and microphones.
Key Stage 3
In year 7 and 8, pupils follow the Key Stage 3 Strategy materials. Year 7 have a double lesson of ICT a week and year 8 have a double every fortnight. The following topics are covered:
pupil working at computer
- Year 7:PowerPoint, basic spreadsheets, desktop publishing, flat file databases, graphics, control and e-safety.
- Year 8: modelling using spreadsheets, games authoring, web design, handling information, video and sound editing.
Key Stage 4
GCSE ICT:
The new GCSE ICT builds on young people’s love of digital devices. It explores how technology impacts on every aspect of our daily lives: learning and earning, leisure, shopping and money management, health and well being and on the move. It will teach students to be ‘savvy IT users’, who understand the risks as well as the benefits and use ICT safely and responsibly. The nature of the Controlled Assessment, with its emphasis on ’doing’ rather than ’writing about’ helps develop important transferable skills including problem solving, creative thinking and collaborative working.
Pupils study:
Single Award
Unit 1: Living in a Digital World – Students will learn about current and emerging technologies and how they impact our lives e.g. e-safety, social networking and online shopping
Unit 2: Using Digital Tools (practical unit) Students will put into practice what they learn in Unit 1, working with a wide range of digital tools and techniques.
Double Award
Unit 3: Exploring Digital Design – Students will learn about the design of websites, computer games and databases.
Unit 4: Creating Digital Products – Students will apply what they have learnt in Unit 3 to create an interactive digital product for others to use.