A knowledge organiser for the GCSE Computer Science topic of Binary Calculations, including binary addition, shifts and background information. Each organiser contains key words, key skills and key knowledge. These are great for student revision, or as teaching aids for staff to be aware of the breadth of the module. Thanks, Toby Watkins

A knowledge organiser for the GCSE Computer Science topic of Development and Testing. Includes information on the software development cycle, testing types, trace tables and lifecycle models. Each organiser contains key words, key skills and key knowledge. These are great for student revision, or as teaching aids for staff to be aware of the breadth of the module. Thanks, Toby Watkins

This is an activity lesson I made to promote STEM / Computing / Maths. The activity involves the students working in groups to design, market and calculate costings for their own smartphones. It is a highly engaging activity getting students thinking about the key aspects including engineering decisions, financial calculations and helps develop managerial skills. Content includes choosing components for their phones, branding it, choosing materials, creating scale drawings, creating a promotional poster and presenting back to the class. It could easily be used as a whole year group event in a hall or similar venue, or on a smaller scale in lessons. It was originally pitched for year 9 students, but would be suitable for 8 and 10, and high ability year 7s. Comes with a powerpoint with key instructions, but focuses around the pack of worksheets which I print 2 to a page and give out 1 between 4.

This is an activity lesson I made to promote STEM / Computing / Maths. The activity involves 3 activities linking maths and computing. The first looks at potential roles involving STEM and is designed to raise awareness and aspirations for students. This is a card matchup that I printed out and cut up for students to try to match. The second looks at Boolean logic and logic circuits. The final activity involves the use of Formulae and Pythagoras in calculating damage in a video game. There is a worksheet for this activity too. It is designed to last around an hour. It was originally pitched for year 9 students, but would be suitable for 8 and 10. Comes with a powerpoint with key instructions and questions, along with 2 activity sheets.

In Computer Science there are several skills that students need to be able to do in an exam situation: Sorting Algorithms Searching Algorithms Flowcharts Basic Pseudocode Binary Conversions Hexadecimal Conversions Binary Shifts Logic Circuits Trace Tables Compression Algorithms Advanced Pseudocode This resource provides a series of progressively more difficult questions for each of the skills listed above. In addition, full answers/ modeled solutions are provided to make sure students know if they are getting it wrong or right. This booklet would be great for revision homework, or for a series of lessons focused on mastering the necessary skills to succeed in Computer Science. The questions used could also be used separately, for example in first teaching lessons, as it can be difficult to find or come up with relevant questions for some of the topics. If you have any questions, please ask.

This Enhanced Learning Worksheet focuses on different types of programming languages and translators, as well as looking at use of Subroutines/functions in programming. NOTE: A free version of my Computational Thinking Enhanced Learning Worksheet is available if you would like to see the structure or how your classes get on with them first. These new Enhanced Learning Worksheet are designed to give students more opportunity to consolidate and extend their understanding of all the key topics in GCSE Computer Science. They feature a series of scaffolded questions, followed by a page of extend / challenge questions where the scaffold has been removed and/or the difficulty level ramped up. I developed these worksheets not to be another test, quiz or assessment (please see my module quizzes if you are interested in this), but instead are platforms for students to practice key skills during lessons. As such, answers are provided but not individual mark allocation. I will be using these worksheets 3 times each in the delivery of my AQA Computer Science course - first as an in-lesson worksheet, second as a spaced retrieval task a month or two later and finally as an end of year 11 revision resource.

This is a full mock/practice paper 1 for the new specification GCSE Computer Science. It is based on the AQA 8520 style of exams and heavily influenced by the AQA specimen and includes a full exam board level mark scheme. Also suitable for assessing OCR and other exam boards. Currently, there are very few full practices papers online so I decided to make this one. A huge amount of time was invested to make sure it covers the full specification of the new GCSE, so you can actually assess what is necessary. It uses the same proportions of topics and assessment points at the AQA specimen paper so you can accurately attain what your students know or need to work on. Paper 2 will also be available soon. Hope it helps! Toby Watkins

This is a GCSE level assessment of Computational Thinking and Basic Programming. It includes a range of questions designed to test students initial understanding of key computing concepts. List of topics: Computational Thinking Concepts Algorithms Flowcharts Boolean Logic Searching Algorithms Sorting Algorithms Programming Fundamentals Data Types and Structures Selection Iteration Functions and Procedures Maths in Programming I use this as an initial assessment after 2 modules (around 2 months of teaching). Includes a mark scheme to help with marking. Hope it is helpful. Toby Watkins

This is a programming project assessment designed to assess students' programming skills and help them prepare for their paper 1 assessments and controlled assessments. I use this as an assessed piece to help inform working grades, but can also be delivered as an individual, paired or group project. Full python solution provided for the main parts.

This is a GCSE level assessment of all main topics in the GCSE specification. It is designed as a summary of all topics covered by the end of year 10, but would also be useful as an additional examination resource for year 11. The assessment includes a full mark scheme, along with a manifest detailing topics covered. Here is a brief summary of topics: Computational Thinking Concepts Algorithms Flowcharts Boolean Logic Searching Algorithms Sorting Algorithms Programming Fundamentals Data Types and Structures Selection Iteration Functions and Procedures Maths in Programming Data Representation Converting Binary Numbers Converting Hexadecimal Numbers Units of Data and Character Sets Representing Images Representing Sound Compression The Computer System Computer System Memory and Storage The CPU Types of Software Development and Testing Software Development Cycle Types of Errors Testing Networks Types of Networks Topologies Protocols and Security Hope it is helpful. Toby Watkins

A knowledge organiser/revision sheet on the Computer Science topic Data Representation. This includes number systems, conversion of binary and hexadecimal numbers and compression algorithms (Huffman). Each organiser contains key words, key skills and key knowledge. These are great for student revision, or as teaching aids for staff to be aware of the breadth of the module. Thanks, Toby Watkins

This is a collection of 4 mixed topic homework tasks for late stage GCSE Computer Science students. The questions span a variety of topics, and 2 of them focus predominantly on perhaps the weakest area in exams - high mark exam questions. There is also an extra support HW great for letting all students access the bigger exam style questions. These can also be useful for in class work to develop exam skills. Thanks, Toby Watkins

This is a module summary quiz on the topic of Advanced Programming. Includes questions on data structures, subroutines and understanding code. The assessment features a range of question types and includes full worked solutions and answers. I print these 2 to a page and use them as a low stakes quiz at the end of a module. I will also be reusing them as a revision resource for my year 11s. These module quizzes are linked to the Knowledge Organisers I have also made and are available on TES. Most of the content is featured on the similarly named organiser, but would still be more than suitable without the use of the organisers. Any questions, please feel free to ask. Thanks, Toby Watkins

A knowledge organiser for the GCSE Computer Science topic of Python Programming. Contains a bank of relevant keywords along with examples of programming and key knowledge. This should be a great summary of basic python programming on a single sheet. There will be an advanced python organiser available soon. These are great for student revision, or as teaching aids for staff to be aware of the breadth of the module. Thanks, Toby Watkins

This is an activity lesson I made to promote STEM / Computing / Maths. The activity involves 3 festive themed activites with links to STEM/Computing/Maths. In the first, students look at flowcharts to represent the workflow at the northpole. In the second, students write basic code to navigate a grid and in the final activity students use binary strings to construct Christmas bitmap images. It is designed to last around an hour. It was originally pitched for year 7 students, but would be suitable for 8 and 9. Comes with a powerpoint with key instructions and questions, along with a worksheet for the final activity.

For the Computational Thinking/Boolean Logic topic, the 2 identified target topics are: Boolean Logic Gates Searching and Sorting Algorithms Other topics available in alternative resource listings. Here is another painstakingly put together resource which I use for revision of key topics, but could also be used for an accessible homework task or even first teaching. For each of the key topics, I picked out the 2 main areas students find difficult. I then created a focused revision page (essentially a knowledge organiser for the target topic), along with a set of questions covering key facts and knowledge + exam style questions. I also included the answers and mark scheme where appropriate. I have done them in powerpoint format so that they can be displayed to the class, share with students digitally or print out as booklets (I tend to duplicate each slide and print 2 to a page to get A5 booklets, but A4 would also work and give more room for writing). The main purpose is to boost understanding of some of the most difficult topics with a well designed revision page and set of questions to consolidate. I will also be printing out all of the question pages separately and issuing nearer exam time to make sure everything has stuck. Hope this is a helpful resource and let me know if you have any questions or comments.

This Enhanced Learning Worksheet focuses on character sets and compression algorithms, including run length encoding and huffman compression. NOTE: A free version of my Computational Thinking Enhanced Learning Worksheet is available if you would like to see the structure or how your classes get on with them first. These new Enhanced Learning Worksheet are designed to give students more opportunity to consolidate and extend their understanding of all the key topics in GCSE Computer Science. They feature a series of scaffolded questions, followed by a page of extend / challenge questions where the scaffold has been removed and/or the difficulty level ramped up. I developed these worksheets not to be another test, quiz or assessment (please see my module quizzes if you are interested in this), but instead are platforms for students to practice key skills during lessons. As such, answers are provided but not individual mark allocation. I will be using these worksheets 3 times each in the delivery of my AQA Computer Science course - first as an in-lesson worksheet, second as a spaced retrieval task a month or two later and finally as an end of year 11 revision resource.