ICT
ICT is a compulsory subject throughout KS3 and KS4 at Flint High. A practice that puts Flint well ahead of the game, as ICT will not be compulsory throughout the curriculum until 2010. As a subject and as a tool for teaching, ICT is a very important feature in Flint High School and this page provides some information about the ICT department and how it is a proactive, developing part of Flint high School.
KS3 - From Day One...
From day one in Flint High pupils are exposed to the vast and interesting world of modern ICT. At early KS3 the pupils begin studying the Active Teach program by ICT4Life.
Active Teach 1 - Year 7
Unit 1 - Virtual Tour
Unit 2 - Helping an Animal Rescue Centre
Unit 3 - Create a Game
Active Teach 2 - Year 8
Unit 1 - A Video Guide to Collaborating Safely
Unit 2 - Creating an e-time Capsule
Unit 3 - Help Fight global warming
Unit 4 - An e-card System for your School
KS4 - Moving on...
From late KS3 (year9) through to the end of year 11, pupils begin to study the OCR Level 2 Nationals in ICT. This course is unit based and gives students practical ICT skills that have real relevance for the modern work place.
Units include: -
OCR ICT Unit 22 Creating Sound Using ICT
OCR ICT Unit 1 ICT Skills for Business
OCR ICT Unit 2 Web Page Creation
OCR ICT Unit 21 Computer Graphics
OCR ICT Unit 23 Creating Video
OCR ICT Unit 20 Creating Animation for the Web
For more information you can visit the OCR web site: -
http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/nationals/ict/l2/index.aspx
KS5 - ICT A-Level at Flint High...
The EDEXCEL course gets pupils to consider ICT in the modern world including: -
- How the information age affects aspects of our lives.
- How a modern transactional web site operates and the data needed behind it.
- How information modelling can be used to solve real world problems.
The EDEXCEL syllabus is practically based emphasising the use of cutting edge multimedia tools to present the students ideas.
Information about the EDEXCEL course can also be gained from the EDEXCEL web page: -
http://www.edexcel.com/quals/gce/app-gce/app-ict/Pages/default.aspx
