ICT
ICT Lessons:
Develop, maintain and stimulate pupils’ curiosity, interest and enjoyment in ICT and to encourage pupils to have open, enquiring minds and to perceive ICT in the context of a wider body of knowledge, skills and vocabulary. Pupils should ideally become autonomous users of ICT with the associated skills supporting life long study, the pursuit of personal interests and prospective employment in a modern technological society.
Enable pupils to acquire appropriate, transferable ICT skills, knowledge and understanding – progression must feature in the acquisition of ICT skills. Staff are confident that pupils will achieve ICT capability which can be applied to pupils’ learning in any area of the curriculum.
Enable all pupils to have equal access to ICT and to experience success in their work.
The ICT department is housed within six modern computer suites giving a total of over 150 available machines. At Ormesby School we believe that every student should have the opportunity to gain a recognised qualification in ICT. Therefore, from year 8 onwards, students will complete the OCR Nationals qualification which will give students the opportunity to achieve a GCSE at the end of year 9. The two top sets in Year 9 study the AiDA course (Award in Digital Applications) which provides a GCSE.
Should students wish to continue their education in ICT, they can opt for a single or double option in Key Stage 4 in which they will gain further qualifications and learn new disciplines within the broad context of ICT.
Importance Of ICT in Education Video Clip (38.4MB)
2010 – 2011 Success
Year 9
AiDA
48 students were entered for the AiDA (Award in Digital Applications) Course which provides a GCSE equivalent. Of this cohort 98% passed with grades A – C.
Year 10
AiDA
24 students were entered for the AiDA (Award in Digital Applications) Course which provides a GCSE equivalent. Of this cohort 92% passed with grades A – C.
Animation
26 students were entered for the NCFE Animation Course which provides 2 equivalent GCSEs. Of this cohort 96% passed with grades A – C.
Year 11
AiDA
74 students were entered for the AiDA (Award in Digital Applications) Course which provides a GCSE equivalent. Of this cohort 93% passed with grades A – C.
CiDA
49 students were entered for the CiDA (Certificate in Digital Applications) Course which provides 2 equivalent GCSEs. Of this cohort 100% passed with grades A – C.
Animation
60 students were entered for the NCFE Animation Course which provides 2 equivalent GCSEs. Of this cohort 100% passed with grades A – C.
Vision to Learn – Using IT
82 students were entered for the OCR Vision 2 Learn Course (Using IT) which provides a GCSE equivalent. Of this cohort 100% passed with grades A – C.
Travel and Tourism
15 students were entered for the BTEC Travel and Tourism Course which provides 4 equivalent GCSEs. Of this cohort 100 passed with grades A – C.
