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ICT & iMedia Curriculum Overview

ICT KS3 Curriculum Topics

 

Autumn Term
1

Autumn Term
2

Spring Term
 1

Spring Term
2

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2 

Year
7

Introductory Unit - Passwords, emails, searching, copyright and plagiarism, computer systems and hardware.

E Safety - Cyberbullying, digital footprint, social media, netiquette and reporting concerns.

Spreadsheets - Basic functions and formulas, formatting and representing data.

Cryptology and Flowol. Sequence and shapes.

Block based programming on Scratch.

Text based programming on Python.

Year
8

HTML - input, output and processing.

Web Authoring in Dreamweaver.

Text based programming - Python. Logic, binary and boolean.

Animation in Fireworks.

Spreadsheets - Advanced functions and formulas, formatting and representing data.

Database flat files - interrogation, forms, multiple criteria queries, data types and mail merge.

Year
9

Photo editing in Photoshop.

Coding and data representation.

Database - relational

Text based programming - Python. Searching and sorting.

Integrated project planning. Including mind maps, gantt charts, system life cycles.

Integrated project practical.

 

iMedia KS4 Curriculum Topics

 

Autumn
Term 1

Autumn
Term 2

Spring
Term 1

Spring
Term 2

Summer
Term 1

Summer
Term 2

Year
10

R097:
Features and conventions of interactive digital media. Resources required to create interactive digital media products. Pre-production and planning documentation and techniques for interactive digital media
R097:
Technical skills to create and/or edit and manage assets for use within interactive digital media products. Technical skills to create interactive digital media. Techniques to save and export/publish interactive digital media. Techniques to test/check and review interactive digital media.
R097:
NEA Assessment
R094:
Purpose, elements and design of visual identity. Techniques to plan visual identity and digital graphics. Properties and use of assets.
R094:
Tools and techniques to create visual identity and digital graphics. Technical skills to source, create and prepare assets for use within digital graphics
R094:
NEA Assessment (Working on and submit for moderation) R097: TA1 Introduction (with R093 key content embedded)

Year
11

R097 or R094: NEA Assessment R093:
Sectors and products in the media industry. Job Roles in the media industry. Factors influencing product design. Client requirements. Audience demographics and segmentation. Research methods. Media codes.
R093:
Pre-production planning inlduing documents used to design and plan media products. Legal issues to include IP, copyright, regulation, certification and classification. Health and safety.
R093: Distribution platforms and media to reach audiences. Properties and formats of media files. R093
Final examination

N/A