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