Below you will find an outline of the curriculum content delivered across the year. Please be aware that this is only an outline, and therefore at times content may cut across different half terms or may be moved as required. For a detailed breakdown of what you will be tested on in the assessment windows, please check the year group page.

Year 10 Content
Advent 1 Programming Techniques

  • Program Constructs
  • Program Flow – Variables and Datatypes
  • Strings and String Manipulation
  • Boolean Operators – Same sheet
  • Selection
  • Iteration – For Loops

 
Advent 2 Programming Techniques Cont.

  • Iteration – While Loops
  • Sub Routines – Procedures
  • Sub Routines – Functions
  • Assessment
  • Computational Thinking
Lent 1 Data Representation

  • Units and Storage
  • Binary Numbers and Binary Addition
  • Hexadecimal
  • spare/practice

Algorithms

  • Lists and Arrays
  • Algorithms – Searching
  • Algorithms – Sorting
Lent 2 Data Representation

  • Characters Sets, ASCII and Unicode
  • Images and Compression
  • Sound
Trinity 1 Programming Project

  • Project – Analysis
  • Project – Design
  • Project – Development
  • Project – Development
  • Project – Development
Trinity 2 Year 10 Review

  • Programming Techniques
  • Data Representation
  • Algorithms
  • End of Year assessment