ICT
Welcome to the ICT department at Sandy Upper School. ICT is a fast moving area and Sandy ICT department offer an exciting curriculum that prepares our students for the technology of tomorrow.
Facilities and resources
The ICT facilities at Sandy are constantly being developed and improved. With over 100 additional new computers installed in 2009 and a futher 80 in 2011, ICT is taken seriously at Sandy.
The ICT department has a suite of two dedicated ICT rooms, both rooms are equipped with PC’s and have interactive whiteboards. Students have access to a bank of digital cameras, voice recorders, scanners, digital video cameras, laptops, tablets, Xbox 360 console and Xbox 360 gamepads that they can use in their work.
We have the most widely used software, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Visual Studio, VMWare, Adobe Web & Graphics suites, as well as many free alternatives such as Open Office, Inkscape, GIMP, Blender 3D and Freemind.
Staff
We have 2 permanent ICT staff at Sandy as well as an IT support team.
Mr Charles Kilby (ICT Subject Leader)
Mr Daniel Burrows (ICT Teacher)
Mr Russell Smedley (Network Manager)
Options/curriculum
A qualification in ICT will open doors in both an academic or career based pathway. All areas of employment demand ever-increasing ICT skills to be held by its members. Our curriculum equips all students with the skills to use ICT effectively in the twenty-first century.
Year 9 (Key Stage 3)
Since September 2011, all year 9 students undertake a series of lessons based on the GCSE Business and Communications Systems syllabus. This is taught as an alternative to the standard KS3 syllabus which is normally delivered to year 9 students. This gives the opportunity for a small number of students to undertake the full examination and gain an accredited GCSE at the end of year 9
Years 10 & 11 (Key Stage 4)
Edexcel’s BTEC Level 2 Certificate in IT is designed to provide a broad introduction to working in the IT industry and offer opportunities for accessing further study, such as a BTEC National qualification or an appropriate NVQ.
This curriculum has been developed to build on the work completed in year 9 and encourages students to progress towards a merit (B) or distinction (A) in BTEC ICT Certificate. This qualification is equivalent to two GCSE’s.
Students 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.
Students undertake tasks that enable them to work towards 3 units of work:
- Using ICT to present information
- Website development
- ICT Graphics
- Computer systems
- Computer networking
- Online business
Sixth Form (Key Stage 5)
In sixth form we offer the BTEC National Certificate IT Practitioners, equivalent to one A Level. This gives students more advanced ICT skills in many different aspects of ICT, as well as preparing them for employment in the IT industry or more to higher education.
- Communication & employability skills
- Computer systems
- Website production
- Digital graphics and Computers
- Computer animation
- Computer networking
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