Class Log

Computer Science 11

Year 11 (GCSE, OCR J277) · inherited mid-course

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Calendar §2.2 Programming Fundamentals, to the October break
Class notes

Half Term Homework

Mon 12 Oct

Half Term Homework: six programming challenges, Guess the Number as stretch. Due Wed 28 Oct.

Holiday challenge: Constants for a Tax Calculation
Holiday challenge: Even/Odd Checker (MOD)
Holiday challenge: Age Group Checker
Holiday challenge: Multiplication Table
Holiday challenge: Sum of Positive Numbers
Holiday challenge: Guess the Number

Week A · 5–9 October

Wed 7 Oct

P1 Programming Test worked through. P2 Programming 8: sub programs. Holiday work.

Programming 8 — Sub Programs

Week B · 28 September – 2 October

Thu 1 Oct

Programming Test — 35 marks, 40 minutes.

No handout
Wed 30 Sep

Programming 7: 2D arrays.

Programming 7 — 2D Arrays
Programming Test Review Checklist

Week A · 21–25 September

Wed 23 Sep

P1 Programming Quiz 1 (past-paper, Programming 2–5). P2 Programming 6: 1D arrays.

Programming 6 — Arrays

Week B · 14–18 September

Thu 17 Sep

Programming 5 — String Manipulation.

Programming 5 — The Cheat Sheet (scaffold), 6pp
Wed 16 Sep

Programming 4 — Operators, then Programming 5 — String Manipulation.

REFERENCE — Pseudocode, ERL and Python
Programming 4 — Operators
Programming 4 — Operator Activities
Programming 5 — String Manipulation
Programming 5 — String Activities

Week A · 7–11 September

Wed 9 Sep

Programming 1 walkthrough — the challenge program at the board, and the "break it on purpose" error table. First written work handed in.

Programming 1 — Answers
Programming 2 — The Three Constructs
Programming 3 — Data Types and Casting

Week B · 31 August – 4 September

Thu 3 Sep

Programming 1 — IDE Setup. First practical Python in a browser IDE: `print()`, variables, `input()` and casting, selection and iteration.

Programming 1 — IDE Setup
Wed 2 Sep

P5 — first meeting: course expectations + whole-course J277 coverage audit. P6 — tally against the inherited record, then a first-program diagnostic (see plan; options offered, not decided).

Course Expectations
Computer Science — the Year 10 Record