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Throughout the time in Year 7 all students get the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills and understanding in a variety of software applications within a selection of contexts. Click the links below to find out more about the course content for each unit, example work and support resources to extend their learning outside of the classroom environment.

Year 7 Course Content

Benchmark Assessment

All students are required to complete the benchmark assessment activities at the start of the year for each subject. This requires each individual to work through a set series of tasks using different software applications, to demonstrate their prior knowledge and understanding of the subject. This then gives us a level of which to base their future progress within the school.

At present the ICT department produces 2 core tasks, using spreadsheets, slide shows, internet explorer and file management. Within the 2 lessons allocated for this assessment students are required to work through each task. See link below for the tasksheet given in class.

Pupil Task Sheet - Lesson 1 Benchmark Assessment

Pupil Task Sheet - Lesson 2 (part 1) Benchmark Assessment

Pupil Task Sheet - Lesson 2 (part 2) Benchmark Assessment

Unit 1

Within their first unit of work the students are required to produce a slide show about the school. In this piece of work they must consider the appropriateness of the content to suit a specific audience and plan their work in detail, looking at . The key elements they must consider include; various multimedia elements (sound, video, animation, images and text), content to suit the audiences needs and the layout of each slide.  All students must ensure their work is fit for purpose, before refining and re-drafting in line with self and peer assessment. 

Example Work

Please see the link below for the 3 key assessments within this unit of work.

Student Assessment Sheet for Unit 1 Virtual Tour

Unit 2

The second unit of work that Year 7 currently studying is a spreadsheet unit. They are required to learn the basic formatting and formulae skills to construct a costings worksheet. This contains information sourced from reliable websites to enable them to calculate costings for caring for an rescue animal. Following the spreadsheet, they then use a desktop publishing software to produce a poster to promote the animal rescue centre they chose to get their animal from.

Example Work

Please see the link below for the 3 key assessments within this unit of work.

Student Assessment Sheet - Unit 2 Animal Rescue Spreadsheet

 Unit 3

The third unit of work for the students, requires them looking a different programming software to learn the basic concepts of sequencing and ordering instructions. 

Students currently using the following sofware applications; Flowol4, Scratch and Go Robo.

Students are able to download the Scratch software for free via the internet, however Flowol4 and Go Robo and only available on the school network. 

In this unit, students consider how to write basic programme language to create an automated sequence. They are required to make a basic computer game for a specific audience, planning each stage and outcome. 

 Student Assessment Sheet - Unit 3 Computer Programming & Sequencing

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