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Here is an overview of the years 7 & 8 courses for both ICT and Computing; select an item to find out more details:

	Year 7 Computing	Year 8 Computing
Term 1	Introduction to network; Using the school network, email, remote access, google docs and google classroom e-safety; Research & presentation	HTML coding; Creating web pages using textual coding Binary; Converting between denary and binary. Understanding of morse code and ASCII Introduction to Python; Quiz, Area & Volume, Vowels etc
Term 2	Introduction to Scratch; Cat & mouse, car racing and whack a mole, tron Kodu Game Creation;	Photoshop techniques; Lego mosiac, clone tool, discussion around magazines and how they are photoshopped Data Logging; Create a set of data for speed stacks. Create appropriate graphs in spreadsheet Sound Manipulaton; General sound manipulation with audicity Video Editing; Getting to grips with video editing
Term 3	Photoshop; General skills plus font and barcode design ICT in the Cinema; Advertisment flyer and spreadsheet booking system	Processing (Java); Create 2D and 3D objects by coding shapes Code Breaking; Code breaking including bletchley park activitities
Term 4	BYOB procedures; Triangles, Pentagons and any polygon procedures Arcade game creation; Frogger with Scratch Microbit coding; Intro, Magic 8 Ball, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Music score and Independent coding	Flash Adverts with Mediator9; advertisement web banner design Spreadsheet; Creating a model with a user interface Avatar Design; Digital avatars. Create one for peers
Term 5	Stop Motion; Lego build. Animated constructions from using instructions. CAD; Design a kitchen using IKEA CAD designer	Space Invaders Assessment; Complete tasks within scratch Theory; IO Devices, Filetypes and Memory Scratch 2.0 Webcam games; Wishi Washi, Kungfu and Spinning plates
Term 6	Arcade game creaton; Breakout and/or Bezerk using joystick/xbox controllers Augmented Reality; Videos showing AR in action. Practical experiences Algorithms; Lego instructions Makey Makey; Design your own keyboard	Database Design; Create pokemon database including form. Students to then create one of their own. Web Design; Create your first web pages with Dreamweaver