LANCASTER SCHOOL CURRICULUM

 

 

 

PROGRAMME OF STUDY:  COMPUTING (ICT)

 

 

 

 

 

Secundaria: Tercer Grado  ( F4)

 

 

 

 

 

Knowledge, skills and understanding

Overview

 

Students will be able to create a web page, have basic notions about

Students will have

 

programming, to manage a database,  manipulate graphics.

become much more

 

Students should be able to develop a complete system with all its

independent and able

 

requirements.

to solve problems and

 

 

have ideas about

 

PUBLISHING / WEB DESIGN Advanced TECHNIQUES

systems design. They

 

q       Design a site

q       Work with graphics GIF´S, JPG´S

will follow a broad

 

q       Create hyperlinks

q       Animation

outline of the IGCSE

 

q       Simple automated routines

Syllabus.

 

q       Web publishing software – WYSIWYG Editors

This will prepare them

 

DATABASE MANIPULATION

well for either CCH

 

q       Sorting Data

q       Queries

requirements or for the

 

q       Filters

q       Macros

IGCSE in F5 as well as

 

q       Detailed Elements of a database

to use ICT in many

 

PROGRAMMING

aspects of their

 

q       Understanding of data structure, capture and presentation.

continuing study and

 

q       Basics of programming

q       Algorithms

life.

 

q       Flow Diagrams

q       Iteration Structures

 

 

q       Matrixes

 

 

FINAL PROJECT

 

 

q       Integration of all packages and skills following the IGCSE Project guidelines and

 

 

mark scheme. The students should come up with the own problem to solve and

 

 

system to design focusing on their strengths within computing.

 

 

THEORY BASE

 

 

q       Social & Economic Implications

q       System Analysis

 

 

q       Piracy

q       Abbreviations and Acronyms.

 

 

q       Reinforcement of Database/Management of Data/File Structure

 

 

q       Software Programming, Algorithms in detail

 

 

 

 

 

Breadth of Study                                       

Curricular Links:

 

Students through the use of worksheets and projects will be able to develop

Links to Maths

 

the abilities outlined above.

Links to Science

 

PUBLISHING / WEB DESIGN

through Star

 

q       Create a Web Site in groups

Systems project

 

DATABASE DESIGN

 

 

q       A variety of small database projects which reflect and build up basic skills and ideas

 

 

SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING

 

 

q       Use or knowledge of a variety of languages including HTML, Visual Basic, Machine

 

 

Code, Logo

 

 

q       Simple programming tasks in a variety of languages to understand the structure and

 

 

layout of software programming

 

 

FINAL PROJECT

 

 

q       Integration of all packages and skills learnt, producing a brief outline and problem to

 

 

solve then analysing a system to see the best ways ICT can help. The Project will

 

 

follow the basic IGCSE outlines, obviously with time limitations and student number

 

 

limitations.