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You will need to download the Open Dyslexia font for the older resources, newer (post 2022 resources) are all on a yellow background and with a comic sans font (as advised by the BDA). am Head of Faculty at a high performing secondary school set in a challenging location, Specialist in Computer Science and Business. P8 scores in the first year using these resources jumped by over 1 whole grade (from -1.17 to +0.51). All revisions lessons have multiple past paper style exam questions.

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You will need to download the Open Dyslexia font for the older resources, newer (post 2022 resources) are all on a yellow background and with a comic sans font (as advised by the BDA). am Head of Faculty at a high performing secondary school set in a challenging location, Specialist in Computer Science and Business. P8 scores in the first year using these resources jumped by over 1 whole grade (from -1.17 to +0.51). All revisions lessons have multiple past paper style exam questions.
Full lesson on Linear and Binary Search
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Full lesson on Linear and Binary Search

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities.
IDEs and Programming Constructs
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IDEs and Programming Constructs

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities. Pacey lesson that is easily separated into 2 lessons should the ability of the group require it. Great for revision.
Arrays (1D and 2D) and Variables
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Arrays (1D and 2D) and Variables

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities.
Complete Revision lesson (Or 2) for 2.1 Writing Algorithms (pseudocode)
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Complete Revision lesson (Or 2) for 2.1 Writing Algorithms (pseudocode)

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities. Easily split into 2 lesson. This lesson has unique real life problems that need writing in pseudocode, with step by step instructions on how to complete it, and the algorithms explained. Great for all abilities!
Sub Programs
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Sub Programs

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities. The lesson covers sub-programs, procedures, functions, parameters and arguments, with definitions for each and exam questions on each. Easily adapted to be split over 2 or 3 lessons.
Testing Types and Database Records/Fields
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Testing Types and Database Records/Fields

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities.
Testing and Error Types
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Testing and Error Types

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities. Boundary / Normal / Erroneous covered. Data types for each. Error types = logical / syntax / runtime with great real life examples created by myself. Exam questions throughout.
Binary Images and Sound
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Binary Images and Sound

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities. This can be completed over 1 or 2 lessons, depending on ability of students - lesson is easy to tweak to add in more questions based on the content in here.
3 Sorts
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3 Sorts

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities. This lesson can easily be altered into 2 or 3 lessons depending on ability. Great for revision!
Binary Sound and Programming Aids
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Binary Sound and Programming Aids

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities. The lesson can easily be split into 2 lessons to cover each individually. Great for revision!
Translators
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Translators

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This is a full 60 minute lesson complete with technical terms on every slide, objectives, outcomes on every slide and exam questions throughout. Plenty of differentiation, support and challenge for students of all abilities. Covers compilers and interpreters.
2.1 Algorithms/Pseudocode Exam Style Questions and Answers
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2.1 Algorithms/Pseudocode Exam Style Questions and Answers

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5 pages of exam style questions (these have been created by myself in the format of OCR exam questions), with the answers (and examples) written on the following sheet. If printed back to back it provides students with exam question practice, in a booklet format, with answers for KS4 students to peer/self-assess the answers. This is a brilliant revision resource for a topic that covered 19 out of 80 marks on last years paper! Can be given to students as a homework/revision resource or used as part of a lesson (or 2 or 3) for writing pseudocode. This revision guide covers: algorithms pseudocode functions procedures IF statements loops MOD DIV constants variables
1.4 Wired and Wireless Networks (full set of lessons)
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1.4 Wired and Wireless Networks (full set of lessons)

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A full set of lessons for 1.4 Wired and Wireless Networks. Designed to be delivered at pace, but can be stretched over longer periods for students who are struggling. Each lesson contains bell work, objectives/outcomes, teacher content and exam style questions. Some brilliant diagrams in these in PPTs to illustrate networks, if I do say so myself.
2.4 Logic - Full set of lessons
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2.4 Logic - Full set of lessons

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A full set of lessons for unit 2.4 Computational Logic for OCR GCSE Computer Science. The lessons cover all aspects of the specification in detail and up to grade 9 standard. All lessons contain bell work, objectives/outcomes, teacher content, exam style questions.
Paper 2 Mini Assessments w/Feedback
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Paper 2 Mini Assessments w/Feedback

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A set of 11 mini assessments that cover all topics from paper 2 of OCR GCSE Computer Science. These are exam based questions with easy-feedback on each sheet that allows rapid progress. These are designed to be completed during the lesson and should be completed in around 10 minutes (great starter or plenary!). The sheets are designed to be printed on one single sheet of A4 paper (2 sides), making them easy to organise and mark. The feedback method allows you to provide brilliant and effective feedback to students easily. A class set of 30 takes around 20 minutes to complete. These can be added together to create a larger assessment.
2.6 Full Lesson Set
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2.6 Full Lesson Set

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GCSE Computer Science Unit 2.6 full lesson set. Created for OCR, but the content may be suitable for other exam boards. L1 - Binary and Denary L2 - Adding Binary, Hex and Denary L3 - Binary and Hex L4 - Check Digits L5 - Binary Shift and ASCII L6 - Binary Images L7 - Binary Sound L8 - Compression L9 - Recap on Binary/Hex/Denary All of the lessons have a bell work, recap of key content, key content to be taught, in-depth explanations and exam question practice (with exam style answers). Structured to aid students understanding of a tricky topic.