| Key Learning Objectives | Textbook | |
| 2 | Introduction to Year 3 | Teacher notes |
| 3 | Coding Systems
Objective: Understand how coding of data works |
COMPUTE-IT 3
Unit 1 |
| 3 | Encryption/Decryption
Objective: Understanding Encryption/Decryption and reason of their use |
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| 6 | Methods of Encrypting data
Objective: Understand various methods of encrypting data and using programming for practical evidence |
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| 4 | Review – Term Test – Feedback | – |
| 2 | Measuring File Size
Objective: Learn units for file size |
COMPUTE-IT 3
Unit 2 |
| 2 | Measuring Bandwidth
Objective: Understand the exact meaning of bandwidth and how it is measured |
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| 2 | Digital Sound
Objective: Digitisation (sampling) of sound |
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| 2 | Compression
Objective: Understand the difference between lossy and lossless compression |
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| 4 | Review – Term Test – Feedback | |
| 4 | Introduction to Databases
Objective: Be able to relate to the various parts of a flat-file database |
COMPUTE-IT 3
Unit 3 |
| 4 | Querying a Database
Objective: Using Boolean Expressions to query a database |
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| Basic Programming in Python | Class Notes | |
| 4 | Objective: Creating and running simple Python programs using:
IF-statements, IF…ELSE statements, IF…ELSE IF statements along with input and output instructions |
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| 4 | Review – Term Test – Feedback | – |
Above refers to full teaching weeks – no holidays or other activities.
Typical full academic year for classes 1 – 3 includes 30 teaching and learning weeks.
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