Computing

Computing

Autumn 1 - We are software developers

In this unit, you will start by playing and analysing educational computer games, identifying those features that make a game successful. You will then plan and design a game, with a clear target audience in mind. You will create a working prototype, and then develop it further to add functionality and improve the user interface. Finally, you will test their game and make any necessary changes.

Scratch An online version of the main programming tool we use for coding

Please don’t access the links below before they have been covered in class.

Lesson 1 - game evaluation Some links to some example educational games - best accessed on Windows laptops, PCs and tablets

More educational games

Lesson 2 - If and then coding examples

Autumn 2 - We are toy designers

In this unit, you will work together to design a simple toy that incorporates sensors and outputs and then create an on-screen prototype of your toy in Scratch. Finally, you will pitch your toy idea to a Dragons’ Den-style panel.

Scratch The coding tool that is going to be used to program your toy simulation

An example of how to program a toy simulation

Spring 1 - We are musicians

Snap! An alternative coding tool that works on iPads

Lesson 2: Making a start with sequencing An online version of isle of tune

Spring 2 - We are HTML editors

In this unit you will learn about the history of the web, before studying HTML (hypertext mark-up
language), the language in which web pages are written. You will learn to edit and write HTML, and then
use this knowledge to create a web page.