ICT at KHS

At Kineton we believe that the use of ICT is integral to the development of all learners and greatly enhances the teaching of curriculum subject. As such, the school has invested heavily in all aspects of IT facilities throughout the school to support teaching and administration. This includes;

•         5 fully equipped IT labs

•         Colour laser printing

•         Scanning facilities

•         Movie-making facilities

•         Wireless Laptops & Tablet PCs for all teaching staff connected wirelessly to projectors throughout the school

•         These can be used to:

•         Show presentations

•         Highlight useful learning resources

•         Guide pupils

•         Teach innovatively!

Learning at KHS

ICT skills are invaluable throughout the curriculum to help students with their studies, whether it is for the presentation of their coursework, for data monitoring in Science, calculations in Maths or essay writing in English.

 

Year 7 Units	Year 8 Units	Year 9 Units
7.1 Presentation Software	8.2 Website Development	Spreadsheet Modelling
7.2 Validity of Information	8.3 Information Reliability	ICT in Society
7.3 Presenting Information	8.4 Spreadsheet Modelling	Database Exercises
7.4 Spreadsheet Modelling	Database exercises	CIDA Level 1 Project
7.5 Capturing Data	DTP

 

Key Stage 3

In years 7, 8 & 9, students attend 1 hour of ICT per week, taught in dedicated ICT studios by skilled ICT teachers.  Outside of lessons, they have the opportunity to attend after school ICT classes, to develop their skills and learn new ones.  In order to cut down on paper waste, students develop a website each year using Macromedia Dreamweaver to publish and present their work. 

 

Induction/Year 7

In Year 7 students make use of the range of Microsoft Office software to build on Primary school knowledge and to develop new skills in other software. 

–        MS PowerPoint to design presentations

–        MS Excel to create spreadsheets

–        MS Word to develop their word processing knowledge

–        Internet browsing software to learn about web safety

–        Macromedia Fireworks to learn how to draw using a PC

–        Animation software

 

Key Stage 4

All Key Stage 4 students are now required to study ICT for 1 hour every 2 weeks, to ensure they have appropriate skills for Post 16 education or employment. Aside from the Core ICT lessons, we also provide ICT as a GCSE Option, where students can achieve 2 GCSE’s through the EDEXCEL CIDA Curriculum.

 

CORE:

•          Throughout Year 10 & Year 11, students will make use of ICT facilities to develop their other core subject skills in Science, English & Maths:

–         Science data handling projects

–         English multimedia publications

–         Mathematics inter-school Jaguar challenge

GCSE:

•          “Digital media now plays an increasingly important part in our everyday lives and in the world of work.  CIDA offers students an ideal opportunity to explore uses of ICT in a variety of familiar contexts.”

•          What will you do?

•          Complete an e-portfolio (no paper!) which is worth 100% of the final grade.

•           There are no examinations!!

You will learn about:

ü      YEAR 10 – Unit 1: Using ICT

Carrying out a survey and effectively analysing and presenting the results through a range of digital publications 

And

ü       YEAR 11 – Unit 2: Multimedia

Develop multimedia products, which combine music, images, photos, and video, which you will design and create.

 

Key Stage 5

In the academic year 2009-10, we will be introducing the new OCR Level 3 National Certificate in ICT (equivalent to one A Level). The Diploma has been designed to accredit candidates’ achievements in a modern and practical way that is relevant to the workplace. This course has been developed to recognise learners skills, knowledge and understanding of Information and Communication Technology functions, environments and operations. The learners carry out a range of tasks that have been designed to recognise their achievements in a modern, practical way that is relevant to the workplace.

 

Out of Hours Learning

•         ICT suites are available after school 3 nights each week for students to attend after school booster lessons, or to just work on their coursework.

•         Skilled teachers are always available to support and facilitate students learning.

•         Sixth Form also have the use of their own dedicated ICT suite with all required amenities.

•         We are committed to equipping our students with the ICT and Business skills required to work in an ever-changing environment.

•         This is achieved through a supportive learning environment with the help of dedicated and specialised ICT and Business staff!