AQA GCSE Computer Science 8525 – AQ1.17 Programming practice: loops – Lesson & Worksheet

Bespoke, fully editable lesson for AQA GCSE Computer Science (8525): AQ1.17 Programming practice: loops. Slides, worksheet and full answers.

Written for Paper 1 Computational thinking and programming skills, section 3.2 Programming (spec 3.2.2.2, 3.2.2.3). Everything is editable, so you can adapt it to your class.

What’s included

• PowerPoint lesson (13 slides) with teacher notes on every slide
• Student worksheet (Word), ready to print or edit
• Answer sheet (Word) with mark-scheme style answers for every question

AQ1.17 Programming practice: loops

By the end of the lesson students can:

• Choose a FOR, WHILE or REPEAT … UNTIL loop to fit a problem and justify the choice
• Write programs that use loops, including a loop inside a loop
• Find and fix the most common loop errors

Worksheet sections: A. Which loop?; B. Predict the output; C. Correct the errors and fill the gaps; D. Exam-style questions; E. Challenge

Every lesson includes

• Learning goals and a starter question
• Clear explanations, diagrams and worked examples (Python 3 throughout, with AQA pseudo-code alongside so students can read exam algorithms)
• A quick check and a “your turn” task linked to the worksheet
• Exam-style questions with marks, and an exit ticket

Format

• PowerPoint (.pptx) and Word (.docx), fully editable
• Works in PowerPoint and Google Slides
• Bright, clear GCSE design, consistent across the whole course

These are independent resources written for the AQA GCSE Computer Science specification (8525, version 1.3), for exams from 2027. They are not produced or endorsed by AQA. Spec point numbers are our own numbering of the specification statements.