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GCSE Examination preparation To help prepare students for the upcoming Computer Science GCSE exam below is a range of resources available to help students create an effective revision plan. =================================== Six – A – Day challenge: A week before study leave commences students will start receiving via their school email accounts a daily ‘6-a-day’ challenge. It will comprise of 6 exam style theory questions on a variety of topics. At the end of the week the mark schemes will be sent for students to compare their answers.
Past Papers: * JWEC Past papers and mark schemes for the new specification can be located HERE. * In addition 2 JWEC specimen papers have been printed and given to students alongside 3 additional mock papers and 1 exam pro paper. Mark schemes are available from the shared area and students are encouraged to email these home.
Exam Command words: Command words are common across all exam boards. They are the words and phrases used in exams that tell students how they should answer the question LINK.
Specification: A copy of the Computer Science specification can be found HERE.
Interactive units: A series of interactive units to support revision provided by the exam board HERE
be asked to attend revision sessions during the school day even though they are on study leave. Parents and student will be notified of these sessions in advance.
JWEC Booklet: Students have been providing with a booklet provided byJWEC that forms a revision book. A digital version can be found HERE (word Doc)
Books: Students have had a range of books provided to them including: * GCSE Course Companion * GCSE Revision Booklet * Past Paper Bundle ===================================
Excellent revision websites:
Bletchley Park Code breaking's Forgotten Genius : Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park LINK
Greenfoot software download 2.4 LINK Greenfoot video tutorials LINK JohnPhilips you tube channel LINK The New Boston Python Vids LINK Practice binary conversions LINK Practice logic gates LINK Flappy the bird hexadecimal challenge LINK ===================================
Revision Sessions: We encourage all students to attend after school revision sessions on: Wed Mrs Moine, Tues Mr Smith, Mon Mr Craney. Revision sessions will continue after study leave starts until the exam. Students will
Calculating Ada The Countess of Computing: Ada Lovelace was a most unlikely computer pioneer. The film is an enthralling tale of how a life infused with brilliance, helped give rise to the modern era of computing. LINK