KS3 CurriculumKS3 Art KS3 Dance KS3 Drama KS3 English KS3 Geography KS3 History KS3 ICT KS3 Maths KS3 Modern Foreign Languages KS3 Music KS3 PE KS3 Performing Arts KS4 PSHE & RSHE KS3 RE KS3 Science KS3 Technology Home > Curriculum > [wpseo_breadcrumb] KS3 ICTPlease click on the links below to find out more about each unit. 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 Impact of technology:collaborating online respectfully Overview Fundamental British Value: Tolerance, Mutual respect & Individual liberty Cultural Capital: Well-being, Mental, Social UN Rights of Child: 36 – protection from exploitation 16 – Protection of Privacy 03 – Best interest of child 17 – Access to information Example Key Words Computing, Password, Secure, Hazard, Recipient, Network Useful Websites CEOP reporting website: https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre Networks: from semaphores to the internetOverview Fundamental British Value: Individual liberty, Rule of law Cultural Capital: Economic, Social UN Rights of Child: 16 – Protection of privacy 17 – Access to information Example Key Words Network, Protocol, Hub, Server, Router, ISP Useful Websites https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/what-is-computer-networking.html Using media: gaining support for a cause Overview Fundamental British Value: Tolerance, Mutual respect & Individaul liberty Cultural Capital: Well-being, Mental, Social UN Rights of Child: 15 – Setting up or joining groups 24- Health, water, food & environment Example Key Words Application software, Word processor, Formatting, Fonts, Icons, Copyright Useful Websites http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-deforestation-facts.php Programming essentials in Scratch part 1 Overview Fundamental British Value: Tolerance, individual liberty Cultural Capital: Diversity, Mental health, well-being UN Rights of Child: 29 – Aims of education 13 – sharing thoughts freely Example Key Words Sequence, Selection, Iteration, Variable, Condition, Count controlled Useful Websites https://scratch.mit.edu/ Programming essentials in Scratch part 2 Overview Fundamental British Value: Tolerance, individual liberty Cultural Capital: Diversity, Mental health, well-being UN Rights of Child: 29 – Aims of education 13 – sharing thoughts freely Example Key Words Subroutine, Decomposition, Subproblems, Condition controlled Useful Websites https://scratch.mit.edu/ Development for the web - using HTML and CSS to create webpages Overview Fundamental British Value: Mutual respect, Tolerance, Individual liberty Cultural Capital: Well-being, Social, Literature UN Rights of Child: 17 – Access to information 16 – Protection of privacy Example Key Words HTML, Tags, Formatting, Image, Attribute, Render Useful Websites https://www.w3schools.com/html/ Representations: representing text and numbers using binary digits Overview Fundamental British Value: Rule of Law Cultural Capital: Economic UN Rights of Child: 13 – Sharing thought freely Example Key Words Representations, Symbols, Storage, Communication, Encoding, Decoding Useful Websites Lego Braille Binary Activity Mobile App development: Using event driven programming to dreate a gaming app Overview Fundamental British Value: Mutual respect, Tolerance, Individual liberty Cultural Capital: Social, well-being UN Rights of Child: 13 – sharing thoughts freely 02 – No discrimination Example Key Words Decomposition, Application, Properties, Variables, Sequence, Workspace Useful Websites https://code.org/educate/applab Media vector graphics:creating vector graphics through objects, laying and path manipulation Overview Fundamental British Value: Mutual respect, Tolerance, Individual liberty Cultural Capital: Social UN Rights of Child: 13 – sharing thoughts freely 02 – No discrimination Example Key Words Vector, Raster, Bitmap, Paths, Stroke, Fill Useful Websites https://inkscape.org/ Computing systems: exploring the fundamental elements that make up a computer system Overview Fundamental British Value: Democracy Cultural Capital: Scientific, Economic UN Rights of Child: 17 – Access to information 16 – Protection of privacy Example Key Words System, Device, Software, Input, Output, Processor Useful Websites Computer History Introduction to Python: applying the constructs of sequence, selection and iteration in Python Overview Fundamental British Value: Rule of law Cultural Capital: Economic UN Rights of Child: 24 – Health, water, food, environment Example Key Words Algorithim, Program, Input, Output, Variables, Execution Useful Websites https://replit.com/ Python programming with sequences of data: manipulating strings and lists Overview Fundamental British Value: Mutual respect, Tolerance, Individual liberty Cultural Capital: Scientific, Economic UN Rights of Child: Article 28 (right to education) Example Key Words Expressions, Selection, Logical, Index, Count, Reverse Useful Websites https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmq3jhv Media animations: creating 3D animations through object and manipulation Overview Fundamental British Value: Mutual respect, Tolerance, Individual liberty Cultural Capital: Arts UN Rights of Child: 13 – Sharing thought freely Example Key Words Move, Rotate, Scale, Colour, Tweening, Object Useful Websites https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects?software%5B%5D=blender https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFUrFoqvqlN8seaAeEwjlw Data science: using data to investigate problems and making real world changes Overview Fundamental British Value: Mutual respect, Tolerance, Individual liberty, Democracy Cultural Capital: Socio-economic UN Rights of Child: Article 17 (access to information from the media) Example Key Words Visualisation, Insights, Infographic, Data, Prediction, Outliers Useful Websites https://www.gapminder.org/ https://codap.concord.org/ https://www.datawrapper.de/ Physical computing: sensing and controlling with the micro:bit Overview Fundamental British Value: Mutual respect and tolerance Cultural Capital: Wellbeing, physical, scientific UN Rights of Child: Article 29 (goals of education) Example Key Words Sensors, Iteration, Selection, Expressions, Lists, Components Useful Websites https://microbit.org/ Representations going audiovisual: representing images and sound using binary digits Overview Fundamental British Value: Mutual respect, Tolerance, Individual liberty Cultural Capital: Science UN Rights of Child: Article 31 (leisure, play and culture) Example Key Words Pixels, Resolution, Bitmap, Raster Image, Binary Image, Picture elements Useful Websites https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zpfdwmn/revision/1 Cyber security: identifying how users and organisations can protect themselves from cyber attacks Overview Fundamental British Value: Rule of Law Cultural Capital: Social and Physical Security UN Rights of Child: 16 – Protection of privacy Article 17 (access to information from the media) Example Key Words Social engineering, Scam, Phishing, Blagging, Shouldering, Hacking Useful Websites https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjvf2sg https://idea.org.uk/badge/wirehive Modelling data: spreadsheets Overview Fundamental British Value: Rule of law, Individual liberty Cultural Capital: Economic, wellbeing, mental health UN Rights of Child: 13 – sharing thoughts freely Example Key Words Data, Cell reference, Autofill, Formula, Filter, Function
