Computing & Business Studies is taught by:
| Ms A Patel | Curriculum Team Leader |
| Ms I Patel | ICT/Business Studies Teacher & Lead Practitioner |
| Ms S Bashir | ICT/Business Studies Teacher |
| Mr E Escriva | ICT Teacher |
| Ms C Nash | ICT/Computer Science Teacher |
Curriculum Overview (Computing) - KS3 & KS4
Key Stage 3
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Key Stage 4
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Accessibility & Inclusion
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Visual diagrams and demonstration of physical components when it is fit for purposeVideos to reinforce concepts
- Google form mid unit assessments to get students to easily ascertain areas of weakness in preparation for end of unit test
- Modelling of student / exam board exam question answers of different levels
- Teacher demonstrations of software tutorials and student experts in class to help.
- Practice exam questions in class which is teacher/ peer/ self assessed.
- Visual organisers,knowledge organisers, scaffolds, dual-coding diagrams of the CPU, and writing pseudocode before touching a keyboard
- Computer science workout website and another web e learning platform created by the department - both can be accessed on RM unify
- Strategies like PRIMM (Predict, Run, Investigate, Modify, Make) allow students to interact with code and understand its function before being asked to create their own.
- Spiral curriculum at KS3 that builds on knowledge & skills of core concepts, Eg scratch block programming to text based programming.
Possible careers:
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Home learning (frequency and expectations)
This will be set every week and a combination of :
- Google form quiz
- Worksheets on google classroom
- Exam questions or flipped reading in book
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Curriculum Overview (Business Studies) - KS4
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Accessibility & Inclusion
- Chunking of testing via end of topic tests
- Debates, role play , apprentice and Dragons den tasks, presentations , group work
- Google form mid unit assessments to get students to easily ascertain areas of weakness in preparation for end of unit test
- Videos to reinforce business methodologies in different case studies - helping students with framing answers for unfamiliar contexts ( application questions).
- Modelling of student answers(show what a good one looks like - different levels)
- Practice exam questions in class which is teacher/ peer/ self assessed.
- One to one teacher feedback
- Visual organisers,knowledge organisers, scaffolds,
- Business e learning platform created by the department - can be accessed on RM unifyv
Home learning (frequency and expectations)
This will be set every week and a combination of :
- Google form quiz
- Worksheets on google class
- Exam questions or flipped reading in book
How parents/carers can support their child
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Check the student is revising using websites listed.
- Ensure the student checks and reads the technology & Business section on the BBC website and stays up to date with Technology & Business developments.
- Talk to them about their progress in Computer Science/Business.
Careers Business Intelligence, Finance industry, Marketing, Recruitment, Business law…. GCSE Business Studies provides progression for those wishing to continue their studies to GCE Business, GCE Economics, banking and finance
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