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Information & Communication Technology
Inspire... Create... Transform...
We see the study of ICT as an essential, interesting and vocationally relevant part of every pupil's education. All learners in years 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 have one compulsory 60 minute lesson of core ICT per week. A number of learners in years 10 and 11 also have five 60 minute option lessons of ICT per fortnight. In years 7, 8, and 9 pupils are taught in their tutor groups. In years 10 and 11 pupils are taught in their Science sets or in mixed ability Computing option groups.
Key Stage 4 HLAs
Year 11 GCSE ICT HLA
Year 10 GCSE Computing HLA
Year 10 Functional Skills HLA
News
Year 11 GCSE ICT Home Learning Assignments now available online.
Learners in year 11 on the GCSE in ICT option course will work on their B064 controlled assessment worth 20% of the final GCSE in ICT lessons from September 2012 through to November 2012. The B061B and B063B external examinations each worth 30% of the final GCSE will be in January 2013.
ICT learning resources, support materials, and mark sheets are available in the Shared Documents on the school network. Learners have 24/7 remote access to these from home via the link on the school’s Internet homepage. Learners are also able to use USB memory sticks to transfer files between home and school.
8GB USB memory sticks are available for sale from the school’s IT technicians for only £5.
Celebrations
Learner of the Month awards are made to ICT students in years 7 -11. These awards recognise commitment, enthusiasm, and the hard work of individual students.
Facilities
The main software used is Microsoft Office 2010 (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access, FrontPage) on Microsoft Windows 7 desktops. Pupils also use Audacity, MovieMaker, and Scratch.
There are four main ICT suites, clusters of ICT suites around the school, and a dedicated Mac suite. The main ICT rooms house 30 machines, all with TFT flat screens, monochrome and colour multi-function device printers, scanners and data projectors / interactive whiteboards.
The curriculum network has a Research Machines CC4 platform running Microsoft Office 2010 on Microsoft Windows 7 desktops.
The school has 100Mb broadband Internet access and a wireless network covering the whole school.
All pupils have remote access to their user areas and learning resources via the website.
Staff
The ICT department consists of two specialist teachers and nine non-specialists
Mr K Stanley (Head of ICT)
Mr Z Hussain (Second in ICT)
Mrs J Sherry (Assistant Head of Post-16 Education)
Mrs K Van Block (Head of Business Studies)
Mrs J Hales (Head of Food Technology)
Mrs N Barker (Teacher of Science)
Mrs A Ford (Teacher of Mathematics)
Mr P Mansell (Teacher of Physical Education)
Mr J McCarthy (Teacher of Mathematics)
Mr R Wilson (Teacher of Science )
Miss F Wood (Teacher of Art)
Courses & Syllabus
Pupils develop their capability in the following main areas: file management; project management; word processing; spreadsheets; databases; desktop publishing; sequencing; web authoring; digital communications; e-Safety; and presentation graphics.
All learners in key stage 3 are following the National Strategy through the Smart Learning ICT Skills Builder scheme of work in years 7, 8, and 9.
KS3 Example Assessed Units
 7 HLA 1
7 HLA 2
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
Learners in key stage 4 follow a variety of curriculum pathways:
• all learners in year 10 will work towards the OCR Level 1 / Level 2 Functional Skills ICT qualification;
• a number of learners in year 10 will work towards the optional OCR GCSE in Computing;
• learners in year 11 will work towards the 2010 OCR Level 2 National Short Course Award in ICT;
• a number of learners in year 11 will work towards the optional OCR GCSE in ICT;
At present ICT is not taught as an option in the sixth form at The Friary School.
Links for Learning
http://www.friaryocrnationals.com
Web-based pupil email accounts
http://www.ocr.org.uk
Awarding body providing our ICT qualifications for years 10-11
http://www.smart-learning.co.uk
Teaching resources for years 7-9
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Audacity
http://scratch.mit.edu
Scratch
http://www.findsounds.com
A free site where you can search the web for sound effects
http://audio.lgfl.org.uk
A free site where you can search the web for sound effects
http://wavcentral.com
A free site where you can search the web for sound effects
https://www.audionetwork.nen.gov.uk
Copyright free production music library
http://www.teach-ict.com
Revision notes along with plenty of quizzes, competitions, polls
http://www.qrstuff.com
QR codes
http://jaycut.com
Free online video editor
http://my.dynamic-learning.co.uk/Default.aspx?cid=28443
OCR Information and Communication Technology GCSE Dynamic Learning
http://www.istockphoto.com
Find the perfect stock photo
http://www.shutterstock.com
Royalty-free stock photos
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus
Save the Tree Octopus
http://howsecureismypassword.net
How Secure is my Password
http://www.wix.com
Free website builder
http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/
MIT App Inventor
http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~sychen/research/LMC/LMCHome.html
Little Man Computer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/click
The world of technology across the BBC
http://www.gcsecomputing.org.uk
GCSE Computing support site
http://www.raywenderlich.com
Tutorials for iPhone / iOS Developers and Gamers
http://www.glyphish.com
Great icons for mobile apps
http://www.newdeveloper.co.uk
iOS Tutorials for new developers
http://mobile.tutsplus.com
iPhone, Android, Windows and BlackBerry mobile development tutorials
http://www.codecademy.com
Learn to code
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