I have created Recap Grids for all topics in the OCR Computer Science GCSE (J277). These were used by my Year 11 Cohort, they have found them quite effective as recap starters at the beginning of lessons and revision at home. They work great for testing students knowledge after delivering a topic as well . All the Recap have been designed to be displayed on an interactive whiteboard or on a mobile phone/tablet. All cards are using the ‘OpenDyslexic’ font. Formatting may differ on the the PowerPoint if you do not have the font installed. This pack consists of the original PowerPoint file with Macros programmed to ease the users navigation of the content. Enjoy!

I have created a PowerPoint with 65 different programming challenges that are ordered by difficulty. On each slide I have a meter that shows how difficult the question is and what skills are required to solve the problem. The Powerpoint can be used in one of two ways: Firstly the PowerPoint can be used as a means of delivering programming challenges to students based on skills and difficulty. Using the Random Challenge Generator page you can pick whether you give the students or student an Easy, Medium or Hard challenge. I have found this particularly useful for differentiation in a mixed ability class when practising programming. The Second use is the game board. Using this slide the students can progress through 18 fixed challenges that are designed to take the students from very basic skill to getting them onto larger programming challenges( This will encompass more that enough time required for OCR J277) . The PowerPoint is designed in ‘OpenDyslexic’ Font so install this if there is an issue with formatting. I will later add solutions for all challenges. I will later update the PowerPoint to add the functionality for students to check their answers. Enjoy!

This set of resources is around building Python skills. It has been designed for KS4 Computer Science students, with OCR J276/J277 in mind. No prior Python knowledge is required from students, as the resources are aimed at complete novices. Enclosed is 29 hours of lessons. Within this there are assessments designed to test and challenge the students. Lesson have been numbers with my suggested order. The following skills are covered: Inputs and Outputs Variables Data types and Casting Maths String Manipulation Conditional statements Iteration Arrays Procedures and Functions Defensive program design Debugging Flowcharts Pseudocode This lesson is designed in ‘OpenDyslexic’ font, if you do not have this font installed the formatting of the lesson may be out. On the side of each page is a volume meter, this can be used for behaviour management to show students how loud they are and where their volume should be. Enjoy!