Securing level 5 in ICT

The three units in this booklet are designed to support the teaching of ICT in Year 9 to secure achievement at level 5.

Evidence suggests that the three key areas that pupils find difficult are control and monitoring, handling data, and modelling. The choice of objectives and the range of activities suggested in the units are designed to support both teaching and summative assessment in these key areas. They are based on the three case studies and show one way in which they can be adapted to meet the needs of pupils who are capable of attaining level 5 but may not have evidence to support such a judgement.

The units do not cover the whole content of the case studies but do focus on those areas that pupils find difficult. They are designed to enable pupils to demonstrate their ICT capability and follow ideas already exemplified in the sample teaching units. It is important that the original case studies are referred to as teachers prepare to teach these units.