davinci community college

ICT Department

Staff:

Mr. Peter Hall – ICT Subject Leader
Mr. Martin Wyer – ICT Teacher
Mr Richard Stacey – ICT Teacher
Mr. Michael Simon – ICT Teacher
Mrs April Beenham – ICT Teacher

Miss Kath Gill - ICT Teacher

Curriculum Year 7 – 8

The Curriculum

Lessons:

Students in Year 7, 8 and 9 have 2 ICT lessons a week.

The curriculum is based on QCA requirements for ICT. It is designed to engage and challenge students and provides the students with an assessment system which allows them to identify their strengths and the next steps they need to take to improve their understanding and performance. Some units use the QCA schemes of work as a starting point which have been tailored to suit the needs of our students.

The ICT Department works with other departments, where possible and appropriate, to deliver the College’s themed curriculum.

We cover the themes:

• Processing and Presenting Information
• Modelling
• Databases
• Internet Safety
• Global Communication
• Publishing on the Web
• Video Creation and Editing

Curriculum Year 9 - 11

Course:

OCR Nationals in ICT

Units:
• Unit 1 – ICT Skills for Business
• Unit 2 – Web Page Creation
• Unit 3 – Digital Imaging
• Unit 21 – Creating Computer Graphics
• Unit 22 – Creating Sound Using ICT
• Unit 23 – Creating Video

Lessons per week:

Students in Year 10 and 11 have three lessons a week.
Students who choose ICT as an option subject have 6 lessons a week

Qualifications:

All students are expected to achieve at least 2 GCSE equivalent qualifications at grade C or above.
Students have the opportunity to achieve up to 4 GCSE equivalent qualifications, depending on ability and option choice.

OCR Nationals in ICT are 100% coursework.

ICT Facilities:

The student to computer ratio is 1.3:1

We have 3 dedicated ICT suites each with 28 workstations.Each suite is equipped with a colour laser printer.

In addition to the department’s allocation of equipment the Library has 24 workstations.

Currently, there are 256 laptops in 15 trolleys which are available to other departments.

The technology department has an allocation of dedicated workstations.

Each classroom has an IWB and projector.

The laptops are supported by a wireless system.

Main Software:

Microsoft Office
Serif Suite
• Page Plus X2
• Web Plus X2
• Draw Plus X2
• Movie Plus 5
• Photo Plus X2
Mindmanager Smart
Audacity
NetSupport

Key Stage 3 Homework Project