Final revision session for the GCSE Computing A451 exam. In the Bag - If you know these terms, you are ready for the exam. Class discussion of key terms, and once discussed, animation moves the keyword 'in the bag'. Used to inspire confidence in students, and split up with questions to get the students thinking.

Mock exam for new Year 11 students. Topics covered include: Unit 1: Systems Architecture, software, memory and storage. Unit 2: Algorithms, Translators & Language Facilitators, Computational Thinking and Programming Concepts Question sheet (for written mock) and Teacher Solution Provided.

A final short unit for the end of Key Stage 3: Creating graphics for a smoothie company called Juicin'. This resource includes a working document for students and an introduction to the scenario.

OCR GCSE Computer Science Think - Make the Link A presentation developed from the OCR Specification to demonstrate to students how the knowledge and understanding for the new Unit 2 exam correlates with the skills required for the Unit 3 Non-Exam Assessment. By drawing the parallels between the content for the two assessments, I hope to develop stronger students with greater clarity in computational thinking as they approach the NEA in the Autumn term 2017, and prepare for the exam in Summer 2018. Scheme of work and lesson plans currently under development, and will follow.

GCSE Computer Science - Programming Techniques : LO1: The use of records to store data LO2: The use of SQL to search for data Using the subject matter of a Year 11 Computer Science class, students learn how to create a table in a database, how to add individual records, how to add multiple records and then how to search for records. The extension task is then to create a database on a topic of their choice using the programming techniques shown in the walk-through-talk-through example. This lesson comes complete with notepad copies of the Python code with and without comments (just copy and paste code into Python).

BTEC ICT - Unit 1 Online World Learning Aim B - Data Exchange: Transmission Modes & Methods. Transmission Modes Wired Transmission Method Wireless Transmission Method Cut these ‘Remember This’ facts out. Issue to students in the first lesson of the week (stick into learning journal/homework diary). Students to learn their fact. In the final lesson of the week, at the end of the lesson, students share their fact with peers in a ‘speed dating’ method. Once ‘Remember This’ facts are issued they are then added to the ‘Remember This Wall’ outside the classroom.

BTEC ICT - Online World Home Learning - Autumn 1 Comprehension exercise for the BTEC Information and Creative Technologies Unit 1 Online World Exam in November. Supports the follow criteria from the specification: Learning aim A - Online communication Learning aim C: Investigate issues with operating online

EdExcel BTEC - Syllabus checklists, with RAG rating. Unit 1 Online World Unit 3 Digital Portfolio Unit 4 Digital Animation Unit 6 Digital Graphics

BTEC First Award in ICT Learning Aim B: Understand what the internet is, how it works, and how it is structured Comprehension exercises. Differentiated questions. Learn/revise for the November exam with these. More to follow for this resource as created.

Document linking Key Stage 2 computing curriculum requirements with units of work. Scratch introductory lesson written by Key Stage 3/4 teacher for local primary school struggling with the new computing curriculum terminology. Teaching the lessons over the Autumn term 2017, so more lessons will be added as created. I use Scratch offline editor, but this could be done on the online version too.

Student workbook (and teacher solution to exam style questions) 1.4 Wired & Wireless Networks Memory jogger - 'trigger words' Student task Key links to further revision OCR exam-style questions 1.5 Topologies & Protocols to follow soon.

EdExcel Tech Award - Knowledge Build Cards Component 1, 2 & 3 Building resource as I trial teaching the new Tech Award with my Year 9 class. Comprehension exercise - introduces keywords and uses them in context, then asks differences questions to check understanding. Extension tasks included using internet research to extend learning provided in the knowledge build card.

Teach the theory - check student understanding with GCSE Computer Science 9-1 Knowledge Build Cards. In this set: LANs and WANs, Client-Server/Peer-to-Peer, Network Performance, LAN hardware, The Internet, VPNs and Cloud Computing. Comprehension Exercise with differentiated questions. Star challenge - exam question (solution provided on second slide)

GCSE Computer Science/BTEC ICT/BTEC DTT Audio recordings to use at the start of Computing lessons as students are logging on. Linked directly to GCSE Computer Science: Types of Network Client-Server and Peer-to-Peer LAN Hardware IP and MAC addressing VPN and Cloud Computing

Revision resource on Networks Golden nuggets of information to revision. Flash cards for cutting out and using as prompts for paired discussion, e.g. one sees the keyword, the other sees the definition .

Integrate key programming skills for GCSE Computer Science 9-1 with a Christmas quiz in Python. Programming techniques: Iteration, selection, counter, functions, procedures, menus, lists, inputs and output. A bit of fun to end the term, whilst continuing to develop programming skills.

In response to added emphasis on the Component 1 & Component 2 exams, following the NEA decision, I have re-structured my approach in lessons running up to the exams. Attached are two structured lessons which target specific 'question' styles at the beginning of the lessons, with revision of theory (based on OCR guidance - separate powerpoint theory on OCR website) before attempting a) for component 1, a QWC extended question or b) for component b, a writing algorithm questions. Over the coming weeks, as I develop the lessons to focus on areas of weakness shown in mock exams, I will upload further lessons in the hopes they can prepare your students for assessment as well.

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.”

Assessment on both Component 1 & Component 2 - on areas the Year 11 were struggling with. Marks out of 35 Solution and teacher mark grid provided.