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The link below is to the Year 5 and Year 6 curriculum - if you sign up to the website and see what you can and can't do on this course, that will be a great start to starting off in KS3 in September

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Learn A Levels, GCSE, KS3 & KS2 2x Faster with Seneca

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Learn A Levels, GCSE, KS3 & KS2 2x Faster with Seneca

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Lessons take place in the ICT suite and you have one lesson per week. The topics that we teach are very varied and allow you to develop a good understanding of a range of different pieces of software, whilst also appreciating the need for safety when working online.

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A lot of the Computing curriculum involves coding - this is a good way to get some practice in before you start! Focus on Python as this is what we use most!

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Learn the technical skills to get the job you want. Join over 50 million people choosing Codecademy to start a new career (or advance in their current one).

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University: LJMU
Studied: Psychology
Favourites:
Computing topic: Binary
Film: Shawshank Redemption
Sport: Football (Everton)
Food: Curry
Book: Wind Up Bird Chronicle (Haruki Murakami)

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University: Edge Hill
Studied: Mathematics
Favourites:
Computing topic: Data Science
Film: Grease
Sport: Football
Food: Chinese
Book: In Her Name

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Here is how our KS3 curriculum is planned:

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Thomas in Year 7 says “I love how the lessons allow me to explore different aspects of computing, especially algorithms and programming.”

Sarah in Y8 says “lessons are interesting and fun, there are so many good things to do. I love Scratch and being able to make my own games and animations.”

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Have a look at the list of topics on this website to start to familiarise yourself with some of the work you will be doing next year!

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KS3 Computer Science learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers organised by topic.

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Go to https://www.bitmoji.com/ or use the Bitmoji app on your phone. Make a bitmoji of yourself that you can share with your form tutor when you start at CTK.  Make sure it looks like you and is doing an activity that you are good at - Mr Alexander's is shown below! Then make a second one that you could have as your profile icon once you get your Google account in September.

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Lots of different activities to do using Scratch online. Click the link below to access the website and also for some instructions.

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Teach yourself how to type like a Pro

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Learn touch typing online using TypingClub's free typing courses. It includes 650 typing games, typing tests and videos.

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Love Minecraft? Lots of different activities for you to have a go at here.

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Minecraft Generation AI

Venture through time to create your AI-powered inventions! The new Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial is now available in Minecraft Education for Windows, Mac, Chromebook, iPad and Mobile. Get started with free educator resources, trainings, and videos.

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Use your creativity and problem solving skills to explore and build underwater worlds with code.

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You will need to create a new user (unless you did it with us in the Autumn term and can remember your login details).  You may need your parents email address as you are under 13, but the site is perfectly safe for you to use. Click the image below to try!

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CodeCombat: Learn to Code by Playing a Game

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Learn typed code through a programming game. Learn Python, JavaScript, and HTML as you solve puzzles and learn to make your own coding games and websites.

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An image of just one room of our computing facilities...