I use this as a starting point for the topic on hardware. If you save it as a slideshow then the students can't 'cheat&'. Good measure of their previous knowledge.

A presentation that can be used to deliver learning aim B, with suggested activities that can be completed by the students as well as links to Kahoot quizzes.

Simple match-up activity, can either be used as a starter or plenary.

A guide (with screenshots) to what the students are expected to produce for the Unit 2 exam as well as a checklist.

A worksheet that contains tables for students to fill in facts about the main file types.

A brief task that I have used as both a plenary and homework to check students understanding of computer systems concepts.

A mindmap template for students to fill in facts about the 4 different types of operating systems.

Simple table that asks students to investigate the main wired/wireless connection methods with examples and advantages/disadvantages.

A collection of all the past exam questions that cover Learning Aim C

A table with key terms that students fill in the definitions.

A simple table that students fill in that covers security, bandwidth and latency.

Worksheets to help students practice ERD and normalization. (NB I have updated the ERD worksheet so that it includes the foreign keys)

A collection of 8 past exam questions from Pearson Edexcel that test LAB, with the marksheme!

A spreadsheet for the worked example in the Pearson BTEC National student book - Unit 2. It is all in one spreadsheet but can easily be cut and pasted so as to save it as CSV files if required. It includes the 4 venues, the 4 clients and 7 days of booking slots.

These worksheets are designed to embed the use of selection in Python. Students are asked to write the program in pseudocode first before they write the program in Python. Also helps students break down a problem into pseudocode.