Our aim at De Aston School is to bring computing to the forefront of the curriculum in order to give all learners a solid understanding of the technologically focused world they are living in today. We have created a free flowing curriculum for our learners which develops and builds on skills, knowledge and understanding year on year right through from year 7 to year 13.
We believe that information is powerful and are committed to ensuring that our learners understand that the technologies that are used to access and manipulate information are not only used skilfully but also safely in an ever changing world of ever progressive technological possibilities.
Please contact Head of Department Mr J Atherton for further information.
Pen, pencil, ruler and rubber, it would be very useful for the learners to have some cheap headphones available so that if we are working with sound on the computers they can fully take part in the experiences in the class room.
The computing department is always there to assist learners to help them achieve their goals at the school even when their class is over. Therefore, we run computer clubs at lunchtimes and afterschool to enable them to complete homework, print out resources, study, research, revise or complete work for other subjects.
Ms Olsen also runs an animation club which is particularly popular with the lower school on a Thursday afterschool.
Blogger:
The department uses Blogger to share information and links for homework and revision currently with year 7 and 8.
http://deaston7.blogspot.co.uk/
http://deaston8.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter: Follow us: @DeAstonComp_IT
Intranet:
In addition to these pages the computing department has an intranet web site for the learners to use which is accessible from within the school network but can also be accessed using the schools Remote Desktop portal available on this website. The intranet has information and links to all the course content for all the computing programmes of study right through from year 7 to 13.
The main topics they will study in years 7 & 8 will be:
The units of study for the course are as follows:
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Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
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The units of study for the Level 3 BTEC in Information Technology course are as follows:
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