Year 10 Computing

Overview

Term	What are we learning
1	Algorithms	Representing and understanding algorithms in pseudocode and flowcharts. Understanding and applying the most common searching and sorting algorithms. Learning key algorithm concepts.
2	Programming Fundamentals	Programming basics of inputs, outputs, calculations along with selection, iteration and string handling operations.
3	Programming Advanced	Covering subroutines, functions and procedures along with module use and robust programming techniques including try-except and other error handling.
4	Data Representation	Learning about units of memory and how computers work in binary, including performing binary operations such as shifting and addition and being able to convert between binary, hexadecimal and denary. Understanding how images and sounds are stored on a computer. Being able to apply simple compression techniques.
5	Hardware & Software	Learning about the function and purpose of internal components including the processor and secondary storage. Being able to work with logic gates. Understanding the different categories of software
6	Databases & SQL	Understanding flat-file and relational databases, practical introduction and use, covering normalisation including queries both in Microsoft Access and SQL.
Links	https://isaaccomputerscience.org/topics/gcse?examBoard=aqa&stage=all#aqa https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zkwsjhv https://snakify.org/ https://www.w3schools.com/python/