Recently updated with even more tasks! An entire 100+ slide PowerPoint covering Python Programming topics as stated in the OCR GCSE J277 Computer Science Specification. This set of slides includes theory, examples, coding tasks and answers as well as starter activities for the following topics: Variables Comments Data Types Casting Operators User Input Strings String Methods Concatenation Booleans Built in functions Conditional Statements FOR and WHILE loops Lists 2-D Arrays Functions and Procedures Worksheet for strings and string methods included WORKSHEET HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO FILES. Table of contents is linked to relevant slides to save you as much time as possible!

Let’s learn about Computers! This worksheet includes 20 pages with a large variety of activities and exercises about computers. The materials have informative exercises about many different computer related topics such as computer games, viruses, cyber-crime, hardware components, supercomputers and many other things! Crosswords, word searches, puzzles and other kinds of activities are included to make it a fun and interesting class. GOOGLE SLIDES WITH PREMADE TEXTBOXES INCLUDED! Overview: Page 1-3: Computers (puzzles and exercises) Page 4: History of computers Page 5: Pioneers Page 6-7: Hardware components Page 8: Games Consoles Page 9-10: Viruses Page 11-12: Cyberbullying Page 13-14: Cyber-crime Page 15: Computer Brands Page 16-17: Supercomputers Page 18-19: Common Terms Page 20: Reflection **Extra: **Puzzles in various levels The answers and an answer sheet are included. The following questions are a few of the topics handled in this worksheet: What is the difference between hardware and software? What is a computer virus? What is cyber-crime? What are the functions of hardware components? How can I protect my computer? You might also like these worksheets: Internet (FREE!) Facebook Keywords: e-mail, computers, PC, desktop, laptop, gadget, wi-fi, processor (CPU), apple, virus, software, hardware, download, operating system, programmer, RAM, motherboard, Tetris, World of Warcraft, cyber-crime, hacker, google, facebook, USB, Bill Gates, Steve Job, Charles Babbage.

This highly interactive lesson that requires the pupils to work in teams and use computational thinking skills to solve a range of puzzles. This activity perfect for pupils about to learn Python programming and you want to show the importance of computational thinking skills. **This resource was shortlisted for the Teach Secondary Awards, a very rare honor for an independent resource creator. ** Your class need to work together to escape a locked laboratory in a spaceship and start the engines to avoid being sucked into a black hole by completing different challenges which will use a variety of computational thinking skills. They are given most of the lesson to work together and at the end of the lesson, time is dedicated to discuss the computational thinking skills they used during the activity. This gives them a practical application for the computational thinking theory rather than using the tired old “making a jam sandwich” or “getting up in the morning” scenarios which are commonly used. This activity is not a handout driven escape room, it involves using an interactive PowerPoint presentation and physical tasks that moves away from pupils filling in yet another worksheet, to working together in a team to solve interesting and challenging puzzles. Pupils enjoy the lesson and are fully engaged whilst developing the key computational thinking skills of decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction and algorithms. Please note: This lesson does require teachers to prepare some props beforehand and it is highly recommended the teacher reads through the teacher’s instructions and creates the props well before they want to use the lesson. Also please note that this resource does not work with Google Slides. Written primarily for key stage 3, this activity can be used in a variety of situations: Introducing pupils to computational thinking skills before they are introduced to a text-based programming language Used as an end of term fun lesson which still has an education element A fun activity to use on a year 6 transition day Allow your new year 7s to get to know their new classmates and grow team sprit Helping a reluctant class see the benefits of learning programming skills . What are you waiting for? Download this interactive escape room NOW, to help students learn about computational thinking skills in a fun and memorable lesson they will love and remember. You may also be interested in my Computational Thinking Worksheets which you can buy from here.

**NEW for 2026 ** Need an end of term activity that is also educational and engaging? This quiz is the perfect resource for that. This resource includes a 50 question summer computing quiz with an answer sheet included! There are 10 rounds to the quiz, with a mixture of computing questions and fun rounds too. Rounds include guess the logo, pixelated images, spot the error, real or AI and many more! With 50 questions, it will last an entire lesson.

3 PPTs that are fantastic for GCSE OCR Paper 2 Revision. Lots of past paper style exam questions, answers for each question perfectly animated onto the screen in a timely fashion. Lots of retrieval activities in between exam questions that help students recall key concepts. 60 slides in total covering a range of key topics on the paper 2 GCSE OCR exam.

Introduction to computer systems for Year 7 students. The aim of this unit of work is to introduce year 7 students to the basic concepts of computer systems. What are we learning? To show understanding of the difference between input and output devices with suitable examples. To understand the difference between internal and external devices with suitable examples. To describe the different types of storage: Magnetic, Optical and Solid State. To understand the role and purpose of the CPU and the relationship with RAM (Fetch-Execute Cycle). To show an understanding of an embedded system including suitable examples. This unit of work includes a range of information and activities to develop student knowledge and understanding of computer systems. A final assessment is also included. Teacher answer powerpoint also included. **Please leave a review!

Develop your students problem solving skills with this resource! Learn about and break codes used across the ages including: Caeser Cypher Polybius Square Pigpen Cypher Braille Morse Code Also learn about how cryptanalyst Alan Turing shortened the length of World War II and saved millions of lives in the process! Includes both student PowerPoint work book and Teacher solutions. Final consolidation exercise includes differentiated challenges!

Printable Do Now Tasks for KS3 computing (10 for year 7, 10 for year 8 and 10 for year 9). All single sided A4 but include an extension activity to be done on the reverse of the sheet. Without the extension each sheet would take around 7 minutes to complete but with the extension it could be around 15 mins so can be used flexibly. Layering of concepts across the year groups - accessible for lower literacy students, calming activities to encourage focus. Perfect for: having ready for cover lessons to allow the teacher to get themselves organised. students who in isolation/moved to another classroom to give them something relevant and paper based to do Everyday lessons Homework Extension tasks for finished students

UPDATED TO INCLUDE 2025 series. A complete breakdown of the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 exam papers for both components 1 and 2 for the OCR GCSE Computer Science specification (J277). Each paper has been mapped out to include the specification points covered and the questions asked. Questions have been colour coded to show repetition over the 3 past-papers. Each paper also has a clear matrix mapped to the specification to help see which specification points are questioned more often, and which have been questioned least often. I use this as a revision tool with my classes to ensure they know the key knowledge for the types of questions that appear every year. I also use it to try to predict what may appear in the next summer exam series (which worked to great effect in summer 2024 when ‘Operating Systems’ was questioned after seeing it had not appeared on the 2022 or 2023 paper!).

A revision booklet with revision theory and questions for Paper 2 in the OCR J277 Computer Science specification. A range of questions are included in the booklet, and answers are included. Topics covered: Programming Errors Variables Inputs and Outputs Data Types Operators Selection Iteration String Manipulation Flowcharts Trace Tables Sorting Algorithms Searching Algorithms

Display consisting of 11 different women who have been influential in Computer science (past and present). Perfect for showing girls that computing isn’t just for the boys!

Wall display for computing classroom featuring 15 computing related films, series and docuseries currently available on Netflix (Jan 2025). All items are individual pages within the PDF and will print up to A4. PNG files of all images are also included. The “Computing” header is a separate file with each letter on an individual page.

Exam questions answered. Questions are taken from past OCR exam papers.

This unit was written to improve pupils understanding of the hardware and software components which are required to build a computer system. By learning how to understand specifications pupils should be able to make informed choices when they choose components. Geeky but great fun and engaging. The unit covers the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, Es & Os 3-08c and 4-08d. Have fun Greg P.S. Please leave feedback.

The Computer Revolution - Meant as a cross department study with the Humanities and ICT/Computer Science. This is 1 lesson from a series of 17 (see below). Each lesson is well constructed and fully resourced (all resources contained at the end of each PowerPoint to avoid multiple files). Lessons include a varied sequence of activities building up content and skills to answer a large essay question in lesson 17 on the nature of change and continuity thanks to the computer revolution, and a speculative discussion of the impact of future developments. The series also runs parallel to a 17 part ‘Guided Reading’ pack on the same topic. Each lesson is paired with an extended piece of computing literature – for ease these extracts have been included inside the PowerPoints but you can access the reading as a separate bundle, and for free at Wolsey Academy. The lessons are as follows: Enigma and Turing (free) The History of Women in Computing (free) The Microchip and Moore’s Law The PC, GUI and Microsoft How Video Games Shaped Our World Mid-Unit Test and Revision Impact of the Internet Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies (free) Covid Track and Trace Quantum Computing (free) Artemis and Space X Facial Recognition Digital Divide DeepMind, AI, AlphaGo and ChatGPT (free) Emerging Technologies and their impact Cybersecurity case studies Revision keyword flash cards and essay assessment. Wolsey Academy, a non-profit resource provider, directs all profits to various charities, including refugee support, youth sports, educational programs, and carbon capture, achieving a carbon-negative status. Explore our site for resources and free history role-playing games loved by students. Thank you for your dedication to teaching and for supporting our mission. We hope it helps. #BetterTeachingBetterPlanet

Ideally printed on A3, students write about each part of the computer shown in the boxes and label the parts they can see. Space for teacher feedback and a gap task/extension/homework task to find one more part of the computer and define/label it. I've used this with year 7, but equally would suit up to GCSE and as low as year 5/6. Enjoy!