An example of how to present the planning, development, testing and evaluation of a Python program - to assist students in the thought process/evidence required for the A453 Controlled Assessment.

Key Stage 3 Computer Science CS1 Understanding Computers Scheme of Work and e-learning 'Working Document' with self-assessment differentiated checklist.

Model used for controlled assessments. Used with students midway through OCR 20 Programming Challenges, to get Year 10 students to reflect and focus on the different stages in the Programming Cycle of Assessment and the importance. Class discussion of each stage, followed by students explaining and evidencing each stage. This enables them to work at a higher level and to understand the process required in September.

Tricky Words Revision Resource A451 Computer Systems & Programming Get your students ready for the A451 exam with this keyword sheet. a) Circle the ones you don't understand b) Starter: Allocate a word to each member of the class, they need to explain it to the rest of the class c) Plenary: Choose a word, explain it to leave the lesson d) Home revision: You need to know what these words mean for the exam, Fill students with confidence by word recognition. Good luck to all your students in the exam.

In the previous Programming & Algorithms unit, students were introduced to programming concepts of sequence, selection and iteration using visual-based programming in Scratch. This unit is the bridge between visual-based programming and text-based programming, and uses a robot to perform tasks using a limited range of instructions (whilst introducing Python syntax). It is a good unit for re-iterating programming concepts, and also for the concept of 'efficiency' in writing code, using libraries, functions and other programming techniques. This unit uses the Reeborg website: http://reeborg.ca/reeborg.html to complete the Python challenges.

Using musical instruments in class for the ‘beat’, I have created a summary revision lesson on the main content for the Unit 2 online Business Finance exam. With definitions, examples and some common points that may be useful in the ‘explain’ questions, this is a final revision before mock practice (prior to the exam). Thanks for taking an interest in this resource. I hope it helps if you purchase it.

Scratch Christmas Story Scratch activity designed for Year 3 & 4 to introduce the concept of coding using blocks. Used Scratch 2 offline editor (Scratch.mtu) Program files can only be opened in Scratch, however the powerpoint instructions have all the required code in should you wish to use the online version.

Paired Discussion/Written-based Revisision Activity Discussion Cards for Component 3 - A2 Impact of Modern Technologies Peer: Read the card asking the same questions for each key concept: What is it? How is this relevant to business? Why is this relevant to me? Once discussion has taken place, the student then writes a paragraph summarising the discussion. Peer Support: Knowledge Organiser provides overview of topic. Golden Nuggets of key concept theory included in case prompting is needed in the discussion.

Paired Discussion/Written-based Revisision Activity Discussion Cards for Component 3 - D1 Forms of Notation Peer: Read the card asking the same questions for each key concept: What is it? How is this relevant to business? Why is this relevant to me? Once discussion has taken place, the student then writes a paragraph summarising the discussion. Peer Support: Knowledge Organiser provides overview of topic. Golden Nuggets of key concept theory included in case prompting is needed in the discussion.

Converting Hexadecimal to Denary (via Binary) A quick method of converting to hexadecimal to denary, via binary. Teacher solution and student worksheet included.

Training students how to use a calculator to perform basic calculations using +, -, x, / before progressing onto problem solving and extracting the figures needed for the calculation. My daughter in Year 4 recently expressed her frustrations with problem solving: "First you have to extract the figures and then you have to work out which calculation to use. " Around the same time, a Year 11 student said honestly “I miss it out the calculation question because it is words and numbers together, so it looks hard.” Both of these comments resonated with me and thus I have created this resource as an induction to the GCSE Business course to show students the types of calculations they may encounter and how to problem solve in a business context.

As requested by my students to practice for their controlled assessment, prompt sheets for common tasks. Adding a record number to a file. Reading from, writing to, appending file. Lists, for loops and while loops. Troubleshooting Trees

A differentiated assessment to measure individual progress in introductory Python unit: Sequence, Selection and Iteration.

Revision resources designed using Cornell's 2 column format (notes - summary). Topics drawn from the mark scheme answers. Questions multiple-choice, short-answer questions and extended questions. Quizzes designed using the Business Communication Systems A265 past papers but relevant to other Business exams. Help from students to create these resources, and any money made from these resources will be invested in the Enterprise activities of the Business Department.

EdExcel BTEC First Award in Music Personal Learning Checklist for the BTEC First Award in Music. RAG rates students against the PLCs for each unit of the syllabus. Monitor progress on completion of assessment objectives.

Common misconceptions from Year 11 Mock Exam - broken down into structure diagrams addressing key memory aids for these topics. Also includes a resource with sentence starters to help students structure answers when under pressure in exams. Hoping these resources can help other Year 11 students preparing for the GCSE Business exam. Good luck to them all.

Developed specifically for the GCSE Computer Science 9-1 Component 2 Exam. Based directly on the OCR Syllabus, it covers each element in bitesize chucks. A simple resource that can be used for independent revision, peer-to-peer Q&A and mix n’ match tasks. Golden Nugget Technique: Read a golden nugget. Read it again. Look away - what can you remember? Read it again - what did you forget? Read it again. Look away - have you remembered it yet? Repeat this process and learn the theory in little bitesize chunks Feedback from Parents Evening: “My child brought these home for revision. Even though I don’t understand the theory, I have the answers in front of me. I ask for a definition and compare his answers to those on the Golden Nugget. I can even give prompts because all the answers are there.”

BTEC Business - Unit 2 Finance Topics included: Costs & Revenues, Break-Even, Cash Flow and Budgets Assessing: Definition, selection and calculations. Once completed and reviewed in DIRT (Direct Improvement & Reflection Time) lesson, will act as a revision resource. Easily adaptable for future testing in preparation for online test.

Developed specifically for the GCSE Computer Science 9-1 Component 1 Exam. Based directly on the OCR Syllabus, it covers each element in bitesize chucks. A simple resource that can be used for independent revision, peer-to-peer Q&A and mix n’ match tasks. Golden Nugget Technique: Read a golden nugget. Read it again. Look away - what can you remember? Read it again - what did you forget? Read it again. Look away - have you remembered it yet? Repeat this process and learn the theory in little bitesize chunks Feedback from Parents Evening: “My child brought these home for revision. Even though I don’t understand the theory, I have the answers in front of me. I ask for a definition and compare his answers to those on the Golden Nugget. I can even give prompts because all the answers are there.”

Developed specifically for the BTEC Business - Unit 2 Business Finance Exam. Based directly on the BTEC Syllabus, it covers each element in bitesize chucks. A simple resource that can be used for independent revision, peer-to-peer Q&A and mix n’ match tasks. Golden Nugget Technique: Read a golden nugget. Read it again. Look away - what can you remember? Read it again - what did you forget? Read it again. Look away - have you remembered it yet? Repeat this process and learn the theory in little bitesize chunks Feedback from Parents Evening: “My child brought these home for revision. Even though I don’t understand the theory, I have the answers in front of me. I ask for a definition and compare his answers to those on the Golden Nugget. I can even give prompts because all the answers are there.”