Text and Information Management
General Aim: Text and Information Management is concerned with students
developing keyboard mastery and information technology skills either for personal and/or
vocational use.
Form 3 Text and Information Management
Course Content: Form 3 Text and Information Management course develops
the student's ability to master the keyboard and display simple letters, advertisements,
tables and menus.
Assessment: 3rd Form Common testing.
Form 4 Text and Information Management
Pre-requisite: Study at 3rd Form an advantage.
Course Content: This course aims to build on keyboard skills learnt at
Form 3 level and uses the keyboard as a communication tool to develop format and language
skills. It also encourages students to make decisions independently and prepares them for
an external examination.
Assessment: External Pitman Elementary Word Processing examination.
Internal Common tests and examination at end of year.
Form 5 Text and Information Management
Pre-requisite: 4th Form Text and Information Management.
Course Content: This course develops keyboard and communication skills
for personal and vocational use.
Assessment: SC examination. Pitman examinations. Internal common tests and
examinations.
Form 6 Text and Information Management
Pre-requisite: 5th Form Text and Information Management.
Course Content: Sixth Form Certificate in Keyboarding enables students
to utilise the word processor and allied technology competently as a means of
communication for both personal and vocational purposes, through mastery of keyboard
skills, graphic design skills and language development.
Assessment: Internally assessed for 6th Form Certificate. Pitman
external examinations.
Form 7 Higher School Certificate Text and Information Management
Pre-requisite: 6th Form Certificate Text and Information Management.
Course Content: This course is in advance of the National 6FC Typing
course and aims to extend the skills, knowledge, attitudes and values of that course. It
is a course approved for the HSC Award, independent of any other award and is aimed
towards vocational (business) use of information technologies.
Assessment: Internally assessed for Higher School Certificate. Pitman
external examinations.
Teacher in Charge: Mr J Gibbs (HOD)
Courses Offered: Computer Studies Form 6 and 7.
General Aim: The courses aim to develop an understanding of elementary
computer hardware and software concepts; develop skills in problem-solving using a
computer; increase a student's general knowledge of computers, their history, applications
and implications for society.
Form 6 Computer Studies
Pre-requisite: There are two options: Programming and Screen
Presentation - To do the programming option students need a minimum of Grade C in S.C.
Mathematics. (N.B. There is some programming in both courses).
Course Content: Using a word processor, desktop publishing,
spreadsheets, database; programming in BASIC; Computer System; Applications of computers,
Implications for society.
Assessment: Internally assessed for Sixth Form Certificate. Some units
will be assessed also for unit standards.
Form 7 Computer Studies
Pre-requisite: Form 6 Computer Studies. (Grade 5 or better in S.F.C.)
Course Content: This course develops in more detail the areas listed in
the Form 6 course, with the emphasis on programming skills. The units covered are: The
Personal Computer; The Computer System; Wordprocessing; Spreadsheets; Databases; Desktop
Publishing; Integrated Software; Logic; Problem Analysis and Programming.
Assessment: Internally assessed for Higher School Certificate. A
certificate is also available to students who gain a minimum of 80% in one or more of the
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