Enrichment Activities
Throughout the academic year we offer many enrichments opportunities to develop:
- Soft skills and confidence
- Diverse learning opportunities
- Encourage creativity
- Develop interpersonal and team-building skills
- Learn about careers in the IT industry
Below are some examples of the Enrichment activities offered by the department:
Year 7 Sept-Oct Online Safety, Assembly to all Year 7s from PC Sharpe and Mrs N Joshi
Students will understand the:
- Importance of protecting username and password
- Issues with sharing emails that could have a virus
- Dangers of social media
- How to report an activity which they know have taken place
- Learn about the SENSO monitoring software used by teaching staff
- Importance of Firewall and Anti-Virus used on the network
Year 7 Nov – Dec: Network: Class workshop :
Students who are passionate to learn more about Networking, will participate in a bespoke workshop with the technicians who will learn more about the:
- Server room
- Wired and wireless networking
- Learn parts of the computer components and how to assemble them
Year 8 : Computer Systems : Jan – Feb: Class workshop
Students will learn about Computer Systems and essential hardware/software/operating system/CPU. They will be introduced to the components of a computer system and why they are essential, pricing and where to purchase these part. They will explore the inside of a computer and how to take these components apart. Students plan, as teams, how they are going to take them apart and the order of assembly.
Year 9s: Dec : Cyber Security
Year 9s will have a workshop delivered from the IT manager to discuss:
- What is a cyberattack? Why does cyberattacks take place?
- What are the TRUST’s preventative measures to cybersecurity
- Contingency plan
- Backup policies of the Trust and why these are important
KS3 microbits
During Spring Term we will plan a KS3 day – where students will design and create a game using microbits. We have previously worked with the Science department to design a “house” which is water-tight, students then programmed in microbit to sense if there is any water-leak.