What will students study in Computer Science? Sixth form students will start their A-level course. The course offered is the OCR A-level in Computer Science, specification H446. The course covers fundamentals of programming including the concept of data type, including primitive data types and complex data structures, following and writing algorithms, methods of capturing, selecting, exchanging and managing data to produce information for a particular purpose. In addition, students will develop the following skills; problem solving, design, write and test programs to either a specification or to solve a problem, articulate how a program works, arguing for its correctness and efficiency using logical reasoning, test data, and user feedback, use abstraction effectively and to appropriately structure programs into modular parts with clear well documented interfaces to model selected aspects of the external world in a program and apply computing-related mathematics. What are the major assessments this year? Students will be assessed at the end of each unit of study, this will usually be half termly, although units do vary in length so some may be assessed after a term. Students will also sit practice examinations in accordance with the whole school assessment calendar. At the end of Year 13: Component 1 – Computing Principles 40% of A-level Component 2 – Algorithms and Problem solving 40% of A-level Component 3 – Non-Exam Assessment assesses student’s ability to use the knowledge and skills gained through the course to solve a practical problem. 20% of A-level What do assessments test? Assessments target three Assessment Objectives set out in the exam board specification. AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation. AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of the principles and concepts of computer science, including to analyse problems in computational terms. AO3: Design, program and evaluate computer systems that solve problems, making reasoned judgements about these and presenting conclusions. Assessments will test application of knowledge, understanding and skills through a variety of multiple choice, short sentence answers and long answers. Whom should I contact for further advice or information? Curriculum Leader of Computer Science, Mr Ahmad: sahmad@carshaltongirls.org.uk
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| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Sutton |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Girls |
| Address | West Street, Carshalton, SM5 2QX |
What will students study in Computer Science? Sixth form students will start their A-level course. The course offered is the OCR A-level in Computer Science, specification H446. The course covers fundamentals of programming including the concept of data type, including primitive data types and complex data structures, following and writing algorithms, methods of capturing, selecting, exchanging and managing data to produce information for a particular purpose. In addition, students will develop the following skills; problem solving, design, write and test programs to either a specification or to solve a problem, articulate how a program works, arguing for its correctness and efficiency using logical reasoning, test data, and user feedback, use abstraction effectively and to appropriately structure programs into modular parts with clear well documented interfaces to model selected aspects of the external world in a program and apply computing-related mathematics. What are the major assessments this year? Students will be assessed at the end of each unit of study, this will usually be half termly, although units do vary in length so some may be assessed after a term. Students will also sit practice examinations in accordance with the whole school assessment calendar. At the end of Year 13: Component 1 – Computing Principles 40% of A-level Component 2 – Algorithms and Problem solving 40% of A-level Component 3 – Non-Exam Assessment assesses student’s ability to use the knowledge and skills gained through the course to solve a practical problem. 20% of A-level What do assessments test? Assessments target three Assessment Objectives set out in the exam board specification. AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation. AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding of the principles and concepts of computer science, including to analyse problems in computational terms. AO3: Design, program and evaluate computer systems that solve problems, making reasoned judgements about these and presenting conclusions. Assessments will test application of knowledge, understanding and skills through a variety of multiple choice, short sentence answers and long answers. Whom should I contact for further advice or information? Curriculum Leader of Computer Science, Mr Ahmad: sahmad@carshaltongirls.org.uk
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