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Curriculum links

England KS3 computing curriculum

• design, use and evaluate computational abstractions that model the state and behaviour of real-world problems and physical systems
• understand the hardware and software components that make up computer systems, and how they communicate with one another and with other systems
• undertake creative projects that involve selecting, using, and combining multiple applications, preferably across a range of devices, to achieve challenging goals, including collecting and analysing data and meeting the needs of known users
• create, reuse, revise and repurpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability

England KS4 computing curriculum

• develop and apply their analytic, problem-solving, design, and computational thinking skills

England KS3 design & technology curriculum

Design

• develop specifications to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that respond to needs in a variety of situations

Evaluate

• investigate new and emerging technologies
• test, evaluate and refine their ideas and products against a specification, taking into account the views of intended users and other interested groups
• understand developments in design and technology, its impact on individuals, society and the environment, and the responsibilities of designers, engineers and technologists

Technical knowledge

• understand how more advanced electrical and electronic systems can be powered and used in their products (for example, circuits with heat, light, sound and movement as inputs and outputs)
• apply computing and use electronics to embed intelligence in products that respond to inputs (for example, sensors), and control outputs (for example, actuators), using programmable components (for example, microcontrollers)