Computing - Key Stage 3
Year 7
- Introduction to Computing at MHS
- Computer Hardware and Networking – how computers are built and connected to each other
- Binary – how data is handled inside a computer
- BBC Microbit – programming using BBC Microbit
- Scratch programming – create a simple maths game
Year 8
- Flowol - algorithms for controlling real world situations
- Small Basic - an introduction to text based programming and the Basic environment
- Creating a website using HTML and CSS, using Notepad++ software and evaluating output in a range of browsers
- Beginners Python – programming in Python from the beginning. This is another text based language that students will study for the rest of their MHS careers
- Spreadsheets – create a financial model using a range of spreadsheet functions
Year 9
- Further Python – extending Python skills including loops
- Further Binary – deepening binary knowledge, understanding and skills including GCSE content such as RGB and hex
- Bitmap and Vector graphics using Photoshop
- Databases – considering forms, reports and queries, data types and validation
- Cyber security - revision of a range of e-safety issues and additional cyber security issues such as protection against malware, legal considerations and network security