Computing (Key Stage 3)
Our Computing curriculum develops all students’ ability to: Master and understand the key principles of computer science including computer hardware, software and legislation; be confident practitioners of digital services; think creatively and logically to solve problems; be confident and competent programmers who are able to plan, write, test and debug their own programming projects.
| Year Group | DPR1 | DPR2 | DPR3 |
| 7 | E-Safety & Flowcharts - online threats, social media and algorithms | Basic Computer Hardware & HTML - inputs / outputs, CPU & creating webpages | Programming & Computational thinking |
| 8 | Data Representation & programming - python programming & how binary is used to represent numbers / letters | Networking & systems architecture - CPU, RAM & FDE - how networks work | Memory / storage & Computational thinking - RAM / ROM & algorithms |
| 9 | Systems Architecture & programming - the hardware that makes a computer work | Storage / memory, networking & programming - hardware, software and safety | Data representation, Algorithms & programming |