Students will:

• Be introduced to the use of ICT at Notley and e-safety
• Create a multimedia presentation as a virtual tour of the school for Year 6 students
• Use spreadsheets and desktop publishing in an Animal Rescue Centre project
• Use Kodu software to create games and introduce programming

Year 8

Students will:

• Collaborate to create a video about the advantages and dangers of collaborating online
• Use spreadsheet software to create a model to assess our effect on the environment
• Use web creation software to create an e-time capsule to show teenagers in 10 years time what life is like now.

Year 9

Students will

• Use a variety of software to work on a project to create greetings cards
• Use a variety of software to work on a project to market a sports centre
• In the last half term of year 9 students follow a program of study to support GCSE options

Year 10 and Year 11

GCSE ICT
GCSE ICT can be taken as either a Single Award (1 GCSE: 2 units) or Double Award (2 GCSEs: 4 units). It is open to all students.
Assessment Overview

* Units 1 and 3 are both 1½ hr exams
Unit 1—Living in a Digital World: students explore how digital technology impacts on the lives of individuals, organisations and society.
Unit 2—Using Digital Tools: Controlled Assessment. ICT skills are developed to produce effective ICT solutions.
Unit 3—Exploring Digital Design: students explore interactive products; websites, computer games and databases and produce design documentation.
Unit 4 –Creating Digital Products: Controlled Assessment. Unit 3 theory is applied so that students produce their own interactive digital product.