KS4 ICT

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KS4 ICT

• Welcome to the Hardenhuish School Year 10 Parent
  Forum

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KS4 ICT Scheme of Work

• What they have achieved in Year 10
• What they will achieve in Year 11
• Extension possibilities
• A brief overview of KS5

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Why choose OCR Nationals Level 2?

• Practical skills taught in real-life
  situations.
• No exams just ongoing assessments.
• Skills are practical and applicable, and
  favoured by employers.
• Theres a wide range of unit options.

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No exam!

• Students like the fact that there are no exams
  and that they can prove their competence by being
  awarded a certificate after each unit.

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Variety of Vocational Units

• The units on offer will appeal to the most
  creative of students, such as web design and
  animation, but also those who are looking for a
  good solid grounding in ICT for the real world.

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Assessment

• All units are centre-assessed and externally
  moderated by OCR.
• As there are no timetabled exams for this
  qualification candidates may complete units at a
  time that suits the centre.
• The full award and units from this qualification
  are graded as Pass, Merit or Distinction.

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GCSE equivalent

• Year 10 1½ units 1 gcse
• Year 11 1½ units 1 gcse
• Pass C grade
• Merit B grade
• Distinction A grade

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Units in Year 10

• Compulsory Unit 1 Skills for Business (60 guided
  learning hours)
• Includes assignments on file management, Internet
  email, document slide presentation,
  spreadsheet database skills.

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Units in Year 10

• Unit 21 Creating Computer Graphics (30 guided
  learning hours)
• Students create graphics for the next unit,
  creating web pages, which include a banner,
  navigation bar and buttons.

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Units in Year 11

• Unit 2 Web Page Creation(60 guided learning
  hours)
• Includes website planning, design and
  implementation of a simple website using
  appropriate software.

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Units in Year 11

• Unit 20 Creating animation for the WWW(30
  guided learning hours)
• By completing this unit candidates will develop a
  knowledge and understanding of how to design,
  produce and test a short animation which is fit
  for purpose.

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Extension Opportunities

• For students who have completed units 1, 21, 2
  and 20 there is an opportunity to complete two
  further units.
• Unit 4 Design and produce multimedia products(60
  guided learning hours)
• Unit 23 Creating Video(30 guided learning hours)

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The Parents Guide

• The Parents' guide to qualifications has been put
  together by OCR to help parents understand how
  some of the qualifications offered in schools
  broadly compare.
• http//www.ocr.org.uk/learners/parents_guide.html
  to download it.

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KS5

• AQA GCE Computing focussing on programming
• Or
• AQA Applied GCE ICT focussing on using ICT for
  clients in a workplace.