Key Stage 4

Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Key Stage 4 Curriculum Overview

^{Key Stage 4}	^Autumn	^Spring	^Summer
^{Year 10 Creative Media Big Picture Computer Science Big Picture}	^{Topic area 1: Computational thinking – understanding of what algorithms are, what they are used for and how they work; ability to follow, amend and write algorithms; ability to construct truth tables.}	^{Topic area 2: Data – understanding of binary, data representation, data storage and compression.}	^{Topic area 3: Computers – understanding of hardware and software components of computer systems and characteristics of programming languages.}
^{Year 11 Creative Media Big Picture Computer Science Big Picture}	^{Topic area 4: Networks – understanding of computer networks and network security.}	^{Topic area 5: Issues and impact – awareness of emerging trends in computing technologies, and the impact of computing on individuals, society and the environment, including ethical, legal and ownership issues.}	^{Topic area 6: Programming unit}