The Mandeville School

Computing KS3 Overview

Key Stage 3 (KS3) Computing follows the 3 year Teach Computing programme. . This has been created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation on behalf of the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE)

The Teach Computing pedagogy consists of 12 principles:

·       Lead with concepts

·       Work together

·       Get hands-on

·       Unplug, unpack, repack

·       Model everything

·       Foster program comprehension

·       Create projects

·       Add variety

·       Challenge misconceptions

·       Make concrete

·       Structure lessons

·       Read and explore code first

To learn more about these principles and related strategies in the National Centre for Computing Education pedagogy toolkit

https://teachcomputing.org/pedagogy/

Homework is set every fortnight and there is a summative assessment at the end of each term.