Scheme of work: week by week

Introduction to the chosen programming language and its development environment. Application of concepts, operations and simple data constructs to complete simple programs and develop the confidence to experiment.

Practical experience of programming.

Introduction to the chosen programming language and its development environment. Application of concepts, operations and simple data constructs to complete simple programs and develop the confidence to experiment.

Practical experience of programming.

Introduction to the chosen programming language and its development environment. Application of concepts, operations and simple data constructs to complete simple programs and develop the confidence to experiment.

Practical experience of programming.

Progression to a wider range of program tasks, including 1- and 2-dimensional arrays.

Practical experience of programming.

Number systems.

Binary and other representations and discuss their uses, advantages and limitations.

Summative assessment.

Coding systems: introduction.

Binary and other representations and discuss their uses, advantages and limitations.

Practical: info coding.

Describe and explain the use of parity bits, majority voting and check digits.

Images and sound: Intro.

Representation of images.

Digital photography.

Representation of sound.

Practical: eg MIDI.

Compression theory.

Compression in practice.

Encryption theory.

Summative assessment.

Experience in working with ciphers and computerised encryption.

Abstraction and automation.

Abstraction and automation: understand the concepts and gain experience in the techniques and processes.

Finite state machines: Manipulate state transition diagrams and state transition tables for FSMs.

Communication and networking part 1.

Communication and networking part 2.

Gain experience in solving problems by iterating stages of development, including: Abstracting, Structuring, Coding, Testing – a guided, small-scale project.

Gain experience in solving problems by iterating stages of development, including: Abstracting, Structuring, Coding, Testing – a guided, small-scale project.

Project finalisation and evaluation.

Communication and networking part 3.

Consequences of uses: individual (moral), social (ethical), legal and cultural issues and opportunities.

Fundamentals of computer systems. This includes hardware, software, programming languages and program translators.

Fundamentals of computer systems.

Logic gates.

Logic gates and Boolean algebra.

Summative assessment.

Internal hardware components.

Stored program concept: the structure and role of the processor and its components.

Stored program concept, including the Fetch-Execute cycle.

External hardware devices: main characteristics, purposes and suitability of input, output and secondary storage devices.

Revision and preparation for internal examination and/or

Experience of software development cycle and/or

Research, definition and planning for the assessed project and/or

Visits to or from practitioners and professionals.

Revision and preparation for internal examination and/or

Experience of software development cycle and/or

Research, definition and planning for the assessed project and/or

Visits to or from practitioners and professionals.

Revision and preparation for internal examination and/or

Experience of software development cycle and/or

Research, definition and planning for the assessed project and/or

Visits to or from practitioners and professionals.

Revision and preparation for internal examination and/or

Experience of software development cycle and/or

Research, definition and planning for the assessed project and/or

Visits to or from practitioners and professionals.

Fundamentals of databases: Model, describe, explain and normalise relational databases; Use SQL with multiple tables.

Discuss concurrent access in a client-server database.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Fundamentals of databases: Model, describe, explain and normalise relational databases; Use SQL with multiple tables.

Discuss concurrent access in a client-server database.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Fundamentals of databases: Model, describe, explain and normalise relational databases; Use SQL with multiple tables.

Discuss concurrent access in a client-server database.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Abstract data types. Required types are:

Queue, stack, list, graph, tree, hash table, dictionary, vector.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Abstract data types. Required types are:

Queue, stack, list, graph, tree, hash table, dictionary, vector.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Abstract data types. Required types are:

Queue, stack, list, graph, tree, hash table, dictionary, vector.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Paper 1 skeleton program.

Summative assessment.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Numbers with a fractional part, including revision from Year 1.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Floating point – errors etc.

Checksums.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Stack frames and recursive programming techniques.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Interrupts.

Analogue/digital conversion.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Fundamentals of algorithms: Trace and describe a range of algorithms and analyse their time complexity.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Fundamentals of algorithms: Trace and describe a range of algorithms and analyse their time complexity.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Fundamentals of algorithms: Trace and describe a range of algorithms and analyse their time complexity.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Fundamentals of algorithms: Trace and describe a range of algorithms and analyse their time complexity.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Regular expressions and language.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Backus-Naur form.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Vector graphics.

Summative assessment.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Programming paradigms: Explain and justify the use of both procedural and object-oriented programming paradigms.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Programming paradigms: Explain and justify the use of both procedural and object-oriented programming paradigms.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Programming paradigms: Explain and justify the use of both procedural and object-oriented programming paradigms.

Software development – revision.

The computing practical project.

The project allows students to develop their practical skills in the context of solving a realistic problem or carrying out an investigation.

Work on development is likely to continue in parallel with study of other topics.

Classification of algorithms.

Finite state machines, including revision from Year 1.

Turing Machines.

Turing Machines.

The Halting Problem.

The Internet and TCP/IP.

Big Data.

Functional programming.

Paper 1 skeleton program continued.

Exam preparation.

Exam preparation.

Exam preparation.

Exam preparation.