Subject Departmental Philosophy
The ICT Department of Copthorne Preparatory School believes that the ability to use ICT effectively is an essential life skill in modern society. Our aim is to produce learners who are confident and effective users of ICT.
ICT Departmental Aims
‘Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.’Bill Gates ICT is a tool for learning and the key for raising standards across a wide range of subjects. Pupils use ICT at Copthorne Preparatory School to communicate and handle information and present it in a variety of ways.
ICT Curriculum Overview
"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog." Doug Larson The ICT Department has on the whole adopted the QCA scheme of work for ICT, which ensures that all pupils receive the statutory ICT curriculum as described by the ICT Programmes of Study.
Year 8 Website Design
The current Year 8 project is to design a band website. They first looked at existing websites and studied how the design matched the target audience. After choosing a name for their band and deciding on the band members, Year 8 then went about designing the layout for their website on paper. They are...
Year 7 Databases
Year 7 have worked for most of this term in Access. They have learnt how to set up a database, to input data and to create reports, queries and forms. They have all now been asked to help solve a crime that took place at Looneyville School. If you know anyone with brown hair, size 10 feet, who has access...
Year 8 – Integrated Business Scenarios
Pupils in Year 8 have just completed an Integrated Business Scenario. In order to make the work relevant they have spent the term planning a school fete. The aim of the project was to revise the use of several of the Office applications and to use them in a more realistic and meaningful way. We started...
Year 4 ICT
In ICT this term we are learning about handling data and this week we were looking at databases with a game called WHODUNNIT! The database is full of criminals and we have to find out the culprits for the different crimes. You can only move onto the next case if you get the culprit right. You have to...
