KS3 ICT

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Year	Autumn 1	Autumn 2	Spring 1	Spring 2	Summer 1	Summer 2
Foundation IT Skills and Online Safety
7	Impact of technology:collaborating online respectfully	Networks: from semaphores to the internet	Using media: gaining support for a cause	Programming essentials in Scratch part 1	Programming essentials in Scratch part 2	Modelling data: spreadsheets
Developing IT Skills, Developing for an Audience and Purpose
8	Development for the web – using HTML and CSS to create webpages	Representations: representing text and numbers using binary digits	Mobile App development: Using event driven programming to dreate a gaming app	Media vector graphics:creating vector graphics through objects, laying and path manipulation	Computing systems: exploring the fundamental elements that make up a computer system	Introduction to Python.: applying the constructs of sequence, selection and iteration in Python
Advanced IT Skills, Preparing for a Future Career
9	Python programming with sequences of data: manipulating strings and lists	Media animations: creating 3D animations through object and manipulation	Data science: using data to investigate problems and making real world changes	Representations going audiovisual: representing images and sound using binary digits	Cyber security: identifying how users and organisations can protect themselves from cyber attacks	Physical computing: sensing and controlling with the micro:bit