ict - year 8

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you’ “

– BB King –

Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Impact of ICT and Computing	Data representation Internet and Flowcharts	Python Programming Language	Python Programming challenges	Formatting and analysing online content	Website Development
Appropriate communication skills when using email within school and other professional settings Understanding the impact of ICT within our lives at home, work and in society Computer network hardware and storage Computer laws and regulations that may affect us personally and professionally Understanding the different types of networks and network topology.	Introducing the binary number system and being able to convert between denary to binary Being able to convert binary to hexadecimal to denary What is the internet and the Internet of Things and mobile data and the wider implications of this topic in society Producing algorithms using flowcharts and pseudocode, developing computational thinking, abstraction and decomposition	Python Basic Output Input Variables Data types Casting Relational operators Calculations Sequence Nested Selection Iteration using for and while loops	Applying python programming skills to solve challenges Making use of input, output, variables, casting, sequence, selection, iteration	Pupils look at sources online and how to optimise searches for fact and bias content to assess information is reliable Pupils also check on how they reference content and how to carry out proof checking of documents Developing report writing skills as well as implement the above skills	Pupils will be learning how to code in HTML and understand how a webpage can be formatted Pupils will also learn about CSS and how this can be used to stylize a webpage even further To understand how to make webpages accessible and user friendly to all
DWS Life Learning Skills
Thinkers, Inquirers, Open minded

Autumn 1	Autumn 2
Impact of ICT and Computing	Data representation Internet and Flowcharts
Appropriate communication skills when using email within school and other professional settings Understanding the impact of ICT within our lives at home, work and in society Computer network hardware and storage Computer laws and regulations that may affect us personally and professionally Understanding the different types of networks and network topology.	Introducing the binary number system and being able to convert between denary to binary Being able to convert binary to hexadecimal to denary What is the internet and the Internet of Things and mobile data and the wider implications of this topic in society Producing algorithms using flowcharts and pseudocode, developing computational thinking, abstraction and decomposition
DWS Life Learning Skills
Thinkers, Inquirers, Open minded

Spring 1	Spring 2
Python Programming Language	Python Programming challenges
Python Basic Output Input Variables Data types Casting Relational operators Calculations Sequence Nested Selection Iteration using for and while loops	Applying python programming skills to solve challenges Making use of input, output, variables, casting, sequence, selection, iteration
DWS Life Learning Skills
Thinkers, Inquirers, Open minded

Summer 1	Summer 2
Formatting and analysing online content	Website Development
Pupils look at sources online and how to optimise searches for fact and bias content to assess information is reliable Pupils also check on how they reference content and how to carry out proof checking of documents Developing report writing skills as well as implement the above skills	Pupils will be learning how to code in HTML and understand how a webpage can be formatted Pupils will also learn about CSS and how this can be used to stylize a webpage even further To understand how to make webpages accessible and user friendly to all
DWS Life Learning Skills
Thinkers, Inquirers, Open minded

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Darrick Wood School
Lovibonds Avenue,
Orpington,
Kent, BR6 8ER

01689 850271

office@darrickwood.bromley.sch.uk

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