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Greenshaw High School

Computer Science

A high-quality computing education equips students to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science, and design and technology, and provides insights into both natural and artificial systems.

The core of computing is computer science, in which students are taught the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work, and how to put this knowledge to use through programming. Building on this knowledge and understanding, students are equipped to use information technology to create programs, systems and a range of content. Computing also ensures that students become digitally literate – able to use, and express themselves and develop their ideas through, information and communication technology – at a level suitable for the future workplace and as active participants in a digital world.

Currently, we offer computing only in Years 7, 8 and 9, but this is only the first step in our efforts to reintroduce it to the Greenshaw curriculum.

Key Stage 3

  Autumn Spring Summer
Year 7

Impact of Technology - Collaborating Online Respectfully

Networks: from semaphores to the Internet

Spreadsheets

Programming essentials in Scratch: part I

Programming essentials in Scratch: part II

Year 8 Computing Systems

Representations: from clay to silicon

Mobile App development

Intro to Python programming
Year 9 Computing Systems Representations: from clay to silicon Mobile App development

Mr S Sundaram is Head of Computer Science.