CIE [IGCSE + GCSE] Computer Science Pre-release Projects

These are three sample projects that I use with my students to prepare them for completing the pre-release material.

Having completed several years, I have looked at the skills and experiences that students are required to have to be successful in this area of the exam.

There are three student activities, as well as answer files for each of them.
I have included the pseudocode that I give to students as a starter for Task 1.

For each of the three activities, there are varying degrees of challenge and differentiation within each task. Most have around 5 parts to complete. I get my students to complete these in groups, as a lead up to the exam.

Successful lessons have included, students designing their own pseudocode in groups and then swapping with other groups.

Taking one student from each group and working through pseudocode plan with them and then them teaching it back to their group members.

For each of the three activities I have also included several python solution files (some containing multiple alternate solutions to the individual activities)
After studying this topic, my students are better prepared to complete the actual pre-release and these activities help them to understand the different parts that have been in several different pre-releases.

Alternatively, this would be useful for staff CPD to see the level of expectation when it comes to coding solutions at this level, or for independent learning for stronger students to complete whilst supporting students with lower ability.