Establishing good practice in Computing from KS3, so that in KS4 the de Facto standards for programming and presenting work are already in place.

Differentiated checklists for KS3 Computing curriculum.

Start a Computing lesson promptly with some numbers! Convert binary to denary - solution provided on final slide in presentation.

Differentiated self-assessment sheets for the sub-units of the BTEC First Award in Business - Enterprise module. Gauge the progress of students against their ability - Low Ability Pupils (LAP), Middle Ability Pupils (MAP), High Ability Pupils (HAP) and Most Able pupils (MA). Use as a progress check for students, and as a check for teachers that they are covering the content outlined in the BTEC First Award in Business.

Differentiated self-assessment sheets for the main units in the OCR GCSE Business Communication Systems. Gauge the progress of students against their ability - Low Ability Pupils (LAP), Middle Ability Pupils (MAP), High Ability Pupils (HAP) and Most Able pupils (MA). Use as a progress check for students, and as a check for teachers that they are covering the content outlined in the OCR GCSE Business Communication Systems.

Differentiated self-assessment sheets for the sub-units of the BTEC First Award in Business - Finance module. Gauge the progress of students against their ability - Low Ability Pupils (LAP), Middle Ability Pupils (MAP), High Ability Pupils (HAP) and Most Able pupils (MA). Use as a progress check for students, and as a check for teachers that they are covering the content outlined in the BTEC First Award in Business Finance module.

Start the lesson with a focus on key skills using spreadsheets - also a useful reminder when students are completing spreadsheet tasks.

Start the lesson with simple calculations - engage the computing mind with numeracy calculations using basic operators. Solution included on slides.

Algorithmic Thinking through Flowcharts and Python: Iteration A resource designed to teach complete novices how to think logically before attempting to write code in Python. This resource emphasises the importance of working out the algorithm using a flowchart, and gets students to practice writing the code before going onto Python (thus preventing the 'Rabbit in headlights' scenario).

Independent Enquiry - Activity to encourage students to develop confidence in basic programming skills: Purple - Low ability, Blue - Middle Ability, Yellow - Higher ability Possible solution - Python - in text file.

Start-up Costs and Operating Costs - Lesson and home learning.

Week 2 Fixed Costs and Variable Costs. Lesson and homework.

KS3 Computing Curriculum Linking together: Programming, ICT and Computer Science. Key Concept sheets used to support learning of key terms in lesson.

Lesson and memory jogger for GCSE BCS A265 theory.

Practice for A453 Controlled Assessment. Allocating a job number to a file. Adding record of job to file.

GCSE BCS - A265 Theory of Business and society.

By creating a Times Table Learning Game on Scratch, students can become familiar with key programming terms: Sequence Selection Iteration Variables Includes lesson powerpoint, student resource and Scratch quiz. Update: Additional resource added - screenshots of Scratch code for quiz in case you are not using Scratch 2 offline editor. Follow on lesson - Direct Reflection and Improvement Time. How much do they now understand.

Lesson plan introducing Dreamweaver & HTML Key Concept - linking together Computer Science, Digital Literacy and Programming.