ICT at key stage 3    (Year 8)

• to reach a decision on the nature of the event
• to identify the component tasks
• to allocate ICT-based solutions to each of the identified problems

• to identify the rules governing the model that will determine the profit or loss of the event
• to construct the financial model for the event using spreadsheet software
• to use the model to prepare a budget for the event

• to use a vector graphics program to design a simple logo
• the importance of choosing particular file types for graphics
• to use an image manipulation program
• to combine both vector-based and bitmap-based images for use in printed material

• to design the structure for a simple flat-file database (revision)
• to enter data into a database (revision)
• to design simple standard letters for mail-merging
• the difference between database fields and standard field codes
• to incorporate the corporate identity graphics into the design of standard letters
• to test the output from mail-merge printing
• to incorporate existing graphics files into designs for other documents

• to apply desktop publishing techniques to the production of posters and related documents

• to update a database with new information for each record (into pre-existing fields)
• to interrogate a database to produce reports
• to use e-mail address book entries for sending e-mails to a circulation list

• to evaluate the planning and organisation of the event, and the ways in which these have been enhanced through the use of ICT
• to discuss and respond to virtual ideas, carry out the task and then review and refine ideas