Key Stage 3

Key Stage 4

Key Stage 5

Schemes of Work

Year 7 and 8

Year 9

N.B. Scheme of work for Year 9 continues into Year 10

Subject content

The ICT course is wide-ranging in its subject content. There are two main aims for students studying the KS3 course:

•  To develop skills in using a wide variety of software packages

•  Develop their capability to use software packages independently in all other subjects

In year 9, all students study the OCR Nationals Level 2 in ICT course. The aim of this is that all of our students will gain a qualification in ICT by the end of year 9. This course is entirely portfolio based with no exam.

Extension work

ORCs - Oakwood Robot Club

Since 2006, we have entered a team in the international competition: The First Lego League. In 2006, our team won the title of "Best Newcomers" in the Kent heat.

Enrichment days and trips

We use a wide variety of graphics software and applications on our enrichment days. Examples of this are:

•  Creating a poster on the theme of "War of the Worlds", using Macromedia Fireworks

•  Creating graphical images of famous people, in the style of the artist Julian Opie, using Macromedia Fireworks

•  Manipulating text to create graphical images, using Macromedia Freehand

•  Producing flowcharts to manipulate an on screen character, using Crocodile ICT

•  Writing short programs to control the motors on a lego device, using Robolab software

•  Writing routines to control an on-screen turtle, using Logo software

•  Creating an animation to illustrate a short sound clip, using Macromedia Flash

•  Developing a web site, using Macromedia Dreamweaver

•  Creating animated GIFs, using Macromedia Fireworks

Very successfull Year 8 ICT enrichment day focusing on graphics.  3 activities:

• Create a War of the Worlds poster using Macromedia Fireworks
• Create an image in the style of Julian Opie using Macromedia Fireworks
• Create stylised graphical text of film names using Macromedia Freehand