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You will need to download the Open Dyslexia font for the older resources, newer (post 2022 resources) are all on a yellow background and with a comic sans font (as advised by the BDA). I am Head of Faculty at a high performing secondary school set in a challenging location, Specialist in Computer Science and Business. P8 scores in the first year using these resources jumped by over 1 whole grade (from -1.17 to +0.51). All revisions lessons have multiple past paper style exam questions.

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You will need to download the Open Dyslexia font for the older resources, newer (post 2022 resources) are all on a yellow background and with a comic sans font (as advised by the BDA). I am Head of Faculty at a high performing secondary school set in a challenging location, Specialist in Computer Science and Business. P8 scores in the first year using these resources jumped by over 1 whole grade (from -1.17 to +0.51). All revisions lessons have multiple past paper style exam questions.
Storage and Memory - GCSE OCR Computer Science
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Storage and Memory - GCSE OCR Computer Science

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3 weeks worth of lessons - following on from the opening lessons for OCR Computer Science GCSE these lessons cover storage and memory (RAM and types of storage). This comes complete with an end of topic assessment with an easy marking box at the end.
GCSE Computer Science (OCR) - Complete lesson set for networks.
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GCSE Computer Science (OCR) - Complete lesson set for networks.

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3 months worth of lessons - covers all the topics in the GCSE OCR Computer Science topic of Networks (each lesson is named accordingly). 24 lessons in total. worksheets also included. Text documents to read during set lessons (all named in document title) to promote literacy. Technical Terms (Key words) inserted on each slide of the PPT, along with title, objectives and outcomes. Professional style of PPT and layout that is aimed at promoting progress and literacy within lessons. 3 assessments included with easy marking box at the end.
2.1 Algorithms/Pseudocode Exam Style Questions and Answers
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2.1 Algorithms/Pseudocode Exam Style Questions and Answers

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5 pages of exam style questions (these have been created by myself in the format of OCR exam questions), with the answers (and examples) written on the following sheet. If printed back to back it provides students with exam question practice, in a booklet format, with answers for KS4 students to peer/self-assess the answers. This is a brilliant revision resource for a topic that covered 19 out of 80 marks on last years paper! Can be given to students as a homework/revision resource or used as part of a lesson (or 2 or 3) for writing pseudocode. This revision guide covers: algorithms pseudocode functions procedures IF statements loops MOD DIV constants variables
GCSE Computer Science Question Booklet
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GCSE Computer Science Question Booklet

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This could be used as a revision guide for year 11, assessment points throughout the year, or a weekly homework booklet for the duration of the course. 64 page booklet with contents page, sets of exam style questions for each unit (1.1 to 2.6, in order) for OCR GCSE Computer Science. Created in a style so that students can spend around 10 minutes on a particular unit of questions then mark their own work using the internet/revision guides for help. Each unit has a revise/re-read/expert box at the end so students can log how they feel for each unit and revise those that are priority to them. Throughout are small, inspirational quotes to help motivate students. Absolutely brilliant resources, particularly for those students who “don’t know how to revise” or “don’t know what to revise” or “don’t know what to do to revise”. This has been great for those “hard to engage” students. Relatively cheap to print (cost me £1.08 per booklet to print - this will depend on your own school’s printing costs).
KS3 Assessments Computing
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KS3 Assessments Computing

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full set of KS3 assessments designed to be completed at the end of each topic (I currently use these for year 8s). each assessment has the easy marking box at the end to speed up your marking. in the documents are also a set of criteria for each unit that fits into the new 9-1 grading system for Computing.
OCR GCSE Computer Science Question Database
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OCR GCSE Computer Science Question Database

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A database with filters that allows the user to search for any question from GCSE Computing and Computer Science since 2011 (OCR-only). Very useful for selecting exam questions to give to students as a plenary/consolidate for individual lessons. easy to use, and will save you so much time. it has the marks for each question, the question type, the paper it was from (year and month), the key topic, sub-topic 1, sub-topic 2, sub-topic 3.
Paper 2 Mini Assessments w/Feedback
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Paper 2 Mini Assessments w/Feedback

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A set of 11 mini assessments that cover all topics from paper 2 of OCR GCSE Computer Science. These are exam based questions with easy-feedback on each sheet that allows rapid progress. These are designed to be completed during the lesson and should be completed in around 10 minutes (great starter or plenary!). The sheets are designed to be printed on one single sheet of A4 paper (2 sides), making them easy to organise and mark. The feedback method allows you to provide brilliant and effective feedback to students easily. A class set of 30 takes around 20 minutes to complete. These can be added together to create a larger assessment.
Year 7 Assessments
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Year 7 Assessments

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full set of year 7 assessments to be completed at the end of each topic. the assessments have the easy marking box at the end of the assessment and are all designed to be hand written. in this set of documents are also assessment criteria for each unit that fits into the new 9-1 grading. “I can” statements are used to help students understand what grade they are at and why.
Unit 1.5 Networks
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Unit 1.5 Networks

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Set of lessons that cover the entire content of unit 1.5 Networks of the GCSE OCR GCSE Computer Science course. L1 - Star and Mesh Topologies L2 - WIFI and Ethernet L3 - MAC and IP Addresses L4 - 7 Protocols L5 - Layering and Packet Switching Lessons include a bell work, objectives/outcomes, content to be learnt, exam question practice.
2.6 Full Lesson Set
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2.6 Full Lesson Set

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GCSE Computer Science Unit 2.6 full lesson set. Created for OCR, but the content may be suitable for other exam boards. L1 - Binary and Denary L2 - Adding Binary, Hex and Denary L3 - Binary and Hex L4 - Check Digits L5 - Binary Shift and ASCII L6 - Binary Images L7 - Binary Sound L8 - Compression L9 - Recap on Binary/Hex/Denary All of the lessons have a bell work, recap of key content, key content to be taught, in-depth explanations and exam question practice (with exam style answers). Structured to aid students understanding of a tricky topic.
NEA Paper 2 Booklet
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NEA Paper 2 Booklet

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OCR GCSE Computer Science NEA work booklet. This booklet is designed to link the seemingly worthless NEA into a practical task that can be directly linked into various topics in paper 2. The booklet is 10 pages long (including a front page and contents page). It has exam style questions that bridge the gap between the NEA program and paper 2 concepts. It covers 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.5, with questions created in an exam style format, but linked directly to the NEA. The idea behind the booklet is that students complete this as they work through the NEA. They can either have short sessions in lesson completing topics, or complete it for homework after covering the content in lesson. A brilliant idea that makes completing the NEA much more efficient and effective.
2.5 Complete Lesson Set (2)
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2.5 Complete Lesson Set (2)

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GCSE OCR Computer Science (content maybe relevant to other exam boards) complete lesson set for 2.5 Translators and Facilities of Languages. Lesson 1 contains content about translators and the different types of languages. Lesson 2 contains content on IDEs and the tools they provide. Comprehensive set of lessons with objectives/outcomes, bell work, learning opportunities and exam question practice (with answers).
KS3 Homeworks
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KS3 Homeworks

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set of 6 homework tasks for KS3 designed to improve the basic knowledge of younger students of Computing and the history that goes with it. designed to get students to research key people in Computing (Alan Turing, Ada Lovelace, Steve Jobs etc).
Reading Article Homeworks
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Reading Article Homeworks

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Homeworks designed to get students reading about Computers in real life. All the homeworks are taken from real-life articles and have questions based on the article. Massively promotes literacy in Computing and helps to raise awareness of ethical/social/moral/legal issues for the exam.
Arrays (1D and 2D) and Variables
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Arrays (1D and 2D) and Variables

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities.