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Subject Overview - Key Stage 3

At key stage 3 students have one lesson a week of ICT with a specialist ICT teacher. They use either desktop PCs or laptops. The school follows the national curriculum and students learn to use a range of applications over the two years.  For each unit of work the students have a class work book and a homework book.

One hour a week is not a lot of time but there are opportunities to use computers across other subjects in school and also out of school hours. See Extra Curricula Activities below.

Subject Overview - Key stage 4

At the end of year 8 students can opt for an ICT qualification. We offer the Diploma in Digital Applications (DIDA). This is a new course which has replaced the GNVQ in ICT. It is of equivalent value to 4 GCSEs at grade A* - C. We are a pilot school for this qualification which has now become open to all schools from September 2005.

During the DIDA course students study four units and used a wide range of software including Microsoft, Adobe and the Macromedia suite of applications. (There is also an opportunity for students to gain a Macromedia qualification which is recognised in industry.) It is expected that students will attend an out of school hours session at least once a week as they will not normally have written homework.

Extra Curricular Activities

The ICT Room 301 is open after school every night except Monday.

Wednesdays  - European Computer Driving Licence in 301

The other ICT rooms are open at lunchtimes – see the class teachers for details.

The Library is open for Homework club every morning where students also have access to PCs.

Department Links

Information for Parents

DIDA at Wright Robinson Specialist College  (Link for schools offering or thinking about offering DIDA))
KS3 ICT Interactive

BTEC ICT

ICT TRANSITION

Useful Links

Edexcel DIDA Home Page http://dida.edexcel.org.uk/home/

Dictionary of Computing http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/

Revision Quizzes  http://www.school-resources.co.uk/information_technology_quizzes.htm  

ICT Key Stage 4 http://www.ictgcse.com/index.htm