Curriculum Map for KS3 Computing 2025/2026
Year group | Autumn One | Autumn Two | Spring One | Spring Two | Summer One | Summer Two |
7 | Term 1: 1- Introduction to google classroom/ rules and expectations 2- Digital footprints and respectful email 3- Positive Digital Footprints and cyberbullying 4- Making friends online 5- Protecting Yourself Online 6- Finding balance in a digital world 7- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 2: 1- Introduction to Computer Systems 2- Input and Output Devices 3- Hardware components and their functions 4- How the CPU Works 5- Operating Systems and Software 6- Embedded Systems and Real-World Examples 7- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 3: 1- Computer networks and protocols 2- Networking Hardware 3- Wired and wireless networks 4- The internet 5- Internet services 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 4: 1- Getting to know a spreadsheet 2- Quick calculations 3- Collecting data 4- Performing basic calculations 5- Charts 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 5: 1- Features of a word processors 2- Licensing Appropriate Images 3- The Credibility of Sources 4- Research and Plan Your Blog 5- Promoting Your Cause 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 6: 1- Introduction to programming and sequencing 2- Sequence and variables 3- Selections 4- Operators 5- Count Controlled & Condition Controlled Iteration 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment |
8 | Term 1: 1- Computer Systems 2- Hardware components 3- Software Components 4- Operating System 5- Logical Operators 6- Thinking Machines 7- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 2: 1- Introduction to Web Design and Google Sites 2- Planning a Website and Selecting a Theme 3- Creating a Homepage and Inserting Media 4- Adding Content Pages and Links 5- Customization and Website Evaluation 6- Final Review, Publishing, and Sharing 7- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 3: 1- Representations Across Time and Space 2- Different mode of representations 3- Binary Digits 4- Numbers in Binary 5- Large Quantities 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 4: 1- Designing a mobile app 2- Introduction to online safety 3- Understanding Mobile Phone Hardware 4- Online Safety in App development 5- App development 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 5: 1- Getting into shapes 2- Working with multiple objects 3- Paths 4- Starting a project 5- Developing the project 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 6: 1- First steps in python 2- Use of arithmetic expressions 3- Selection 4- Multibranch selections and Iterations 5- Iterations (cont’d) 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment |
9 | Term 1: 1- You and your data 2- Social Engineering 3- Common threats and the computer misuse act 4- Malware Threats 5- How to reduce risk 6- Encryption 7- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 2: 1- Recap on binary representation and units of storage 2- converting denary to binary 3- Binary to Hexadecimal conversion 4- Hexadecimal to Binary conversion 5- Denary to Hexadecimal Conversion 6- Hexadecimal to Denary conversion 7- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 3: 1- Boolean Operators: AND, OR, NOT 2- Truth Tables 3- Combining Boolean Expressions & Logic Gate Diagrams 4- Data Types 5- Bubble and Merge Sort 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 4: 1- Lists - if-elif-else* statements 2- Lists Operations 3- WHILE Loop 4- FOR Loop 5- Programming Task 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 5: 1- Introduction to Microbits 2- Programming Microbits 3- Making Connections 4- Starting a New Project 5- Building Project (Cont’d) 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment | Term 6: 1- Introduction to Animation and Animaker 2- Storyboarding and Planning an Animation 3- Creating Characters and Adding Motion 4- Adding Voiceovers, Text, and Sound Effects 5- Finalizing and Presenting Animations 6- Recap and End of Unit Assessment |
Curriculum Map for KS4 Computer Science 2025/2026
Year group | Autumn One | Autumn Two | Spring One | Spring Two | Summer One | Summer Two |
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