Year 10 Computer Science Learning Map – Little Lever School

Autumn Term 1 Sep – Oct

Topologies (bus, star, mesh)
Decomposition and Abstraction
Environmental impact of technology
Knowledge Organiser: Network Topologies
Subprograms
Personal Data Collection and Use
Variables, Constants, one and two dimensional data structures
A.I. and Robotics
Algorithms with complex maths (e.g. Modulus), relational operators, and logical operators
Knowledge Organiser: Issues

Autumn Term 2 Oct – Dec

Intellectual Property
Trace Tables
Digital Threats (Malware, Hacking and Social Engineering)
Errors
Methods of Protecting Digital Systems and Data
Sorting and Searching (Bubble Sort and Merge Sort)
Network Security and Identification of Vulnerabilities
Sorting and Searching (Linear Search and Binary Search)
Knowledge Organiser: Issues
Low and High Level Programming
Boolean Truth Tables
Translators – Interpreter Vs Compiler
Complex Boolean Truth Tables with up to 3 Inputs
Knowledge Organiser: Low and High Level Protgramming Language + Translators

Spring Term 1 Jan – Feb

Programming Project – Analysis
Programming Project – Written Description
Programming Project – Python Coding

Spring Term 2 Feb – Apr

Programming Project – Python Coding
Programming Project – Testing and Debugging
Interleaver Topic 2 (Filling gaps in knowledge, based on assessments)

Summer Term 1 Apr – May

Interleaver Topic 3 (Filling gaps in knowledge, based on assessments)
Interleaver Topic 4 (Filling gaps in knowledge, based on assessments)
Interleaver Topic 5 (Filling gaps in knowledge, based on assessments)

Summer Term 2 May – July

Exam
Enrichment – Raspberry Pi
Summer Programming Challenge